WINSTON STANDINGS

With the third Btln Major(Winteslam) under our belts(literally)it was time again for another Winston Standings update. There are 10 more nights(give or take)left in the 2011/2012 Btln Season and Zach has himself a 2 Helmet lead. Can Zach hold on until the end? Can Nathan catch him? Will Zach tie or beat the single season record? (Sam Schiesser and Chris Henderson own the record at 6 Helmets each.)

WINSTON STANDINGS
ZACH GOBBETT - 5 Helmets and 2 Major
NATHAN KLASSEN - 3 Helmets and 1 Major
JORDAN HAMMETT - 2 Helmets
JOHN VAN - 2 Helmets
STEPHEN LAWRENCE - 1 Helmet
GERRALD NICHOLSON - 1 Helmet
DARTAGNAN BUTCHER - 1 Helmet
TRISTAN HARVEY - 1 Helmet
MAXWELL NICHOLSON - 1 Helmet
LUKE BOSCHMAN - 1 Helmet
DANIEL TRESHAM - 1 Helmet

THE CAPTAIN

NATHAN IS THE CHAMP!

 

 

 

 

Congrats to Nathan on his Winterslam win! We are never sure how the Btln Majors will end, but it is usually exciting and tonight was no exception!
The Lightweight division was first with Jonathan and Dylan each winning in the first round. Dylan and Jon battled hard in the second and final round of the Lightweight Division, with Jonathan taking the win and the Lightweight Division crown! Congrats Jonathan!
Next up were the Heavyweights. There were four first round matches and all four had good battles but some better than the others. Zach and Tristan had a battle that seemed to last forever. It went back and forth, both were totally exhausted but in the end it was Zach taking his match in the first round. Stevie took his first round match with some help from Dan D. who took a knee? Really, not sure why. Nathan took his first round match and Cody dropped Dartagnan real hard to advance to the final round. Cody was the first to go in the second round, he seemed to be the target, I guess they were worried about him. Stevie was next. Nathan and Zach teamed up and it wasn't long before we were down to the final two. Zach has owned Battalion 3739 this year but at Winterslam Nathan was not going to be denied! It was a tough battle but it seemed as if Zach was still feeling the effects of his earlier battle with Tristan. Nathan dealing the final blow that would knock Zach down and give him the win and the Belt!

Thanks to all the guys that came out and competed!

Thanks also to Jeremy, Aaron, Joe, Owen, Ben and Jake for all your help! It doesn't go unnoticed!

Again, Congrats to Nathan Klassen, Winterslam 7 Champion! Congrats also to Jonathan Fojt, Lightweight Division Champion!

THE CAPTAIN

WINTERSLAM!!

 

 

That's right, this week is Winterslam 7, the third Btln Major of the season and the last time that we will see the boxing ring until next year!

Make sure that you are early and bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

WINTERSLAM 7

 

Yes it is time again for Winterslam! Can't believe that it has been seven years! Seven years for the boxing ring and seven years for the belt! In the six previous years we have only had one back to back Champion, Steven Feenstra! This year will see another new Winterslam Champion. Seven years ago we added Winterslam, The Royal Rumble and The Masters to the Btln Olympics and the Btln Ping Pong Tourney to bring our Btln Majors total up to five. In the last six years only one Btln Member has been able to win more than two Btln Majors in one Btln Season. In 2005/06 Ben Jepsen won the Btln Olympics, The Royal Rumble and Winterslam. This year Zach Gobbett has a chance to tie Ben's record for most Btln Majors in one season! Zach has already won the Btln Olympics and The Royal Rumble. Can Zach win his third Btln Major or will someone else take the belt? Nathan, GeRRald or Cody? Or will someone else step it up?

WINTERSLAM CHAMPIONS
2006 - Ben Jepsen
2007 - Devin Chursinoff
2008 - Steven Feenstra
2009 - Steven Feenstra
2010 - Sam Schiesser
2011 - Kaleb Horkoff

Remember to be early (6:50 p.m. Wednesday night) and bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE - U.F.O. ?

 

 

This week was very unconventional for Btln 3739. It is not very often that we do anything that could be considered a craft but this week we made hot air balloons! It is hard to know how well the balloons will turn out but they worked really well and the first balloon was amazing! It was so high that it was only a spec in the sky! (U.F.O. sighting in G.F.!)

At the beginning of the night we started with a game of fumble. Fumble is always good for a few laughs. It seems like it is always the same people that end up against the wall.(George, Luke and the Captain. I took two shots to the body!)
GeRRald has been pushing me to play a video collage of pictures from Creation 2011 and this week we finally got it together.(Sometimes the Captain needs to be pushed.)Thanks to Bent for putting that fabulous video together! If that video doesn't convince anyone to go to Creation then nothing will!(Did I mention that the O.C. Supertones will be at Creation 2012? So pumped!)

It was Jeremy's turn to lead the Bible study and this week he had us take a look at Caleb in our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men".(Numbers 13:1-33, Numbers 14:1-24, Joshua 14:6-15)
Caleb was one of twelve spies sent by Moses to spy on Canaan.(A spy, very cool! He must have been very courageous!) When the spies came back and gave their report to Moses and the rest of the nation, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones that trusted God and gave a good report. After seeing the plagues in Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea it should have been easy to trust God. This is human nature to want to do things ourselves. Caleb and Joshua knew that with God's help that anything is possible!

Numbers 13:30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."

Numbers 14:6-8 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes and said to the Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Bulldog was again the finale of the night. Because we didn't play any other rough games it seemed like we had extra aggression that we had not burned earlier in the night. Tristan took GeRRald down real hard and there were a few other big collisions. In the end though it came down to Cody and Zach. These guys battled alone for about four or five rounds and in the end Zach pulled out his fifth Helmet of the season! On the last round as Cody was going down he tackled Zach and was going to roll over Zach for the win but was unable to. If he would have pulled it off it would have been amazing! Zach is one Helmet win away from tying the record for most Helmets in one Btln season! Congrats Zach!

Next week is The Btln Winterslam!(Boxing)

Remember, Battalion is like Heaven, there is always room for one more! So bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

MEET THE NATION / BTLN TRIVIA

 

There have now been 26 "Meet The Nation" features here on the blog! I have picked ten questions and the answers given by the member from one of the "MTN" posts. Can you figure out who gave the answers to these questions? Leave your answers in the comments.
Here is the list of guys and when their "MTN" feature was posted.

RYLEY HEPPNER - OCT.16/06
JOE KRAFTCHICK - NOV.21/06
JASON HAYASHI - FEB.25/08
BEN JEPSEN - MAR.17/08
DAN TRITHARDT - APR.15/08
DEVAN ENGLAND - JUNE 21/08
BRAD PAULS - JULY 6/08
TIM FEENSTRA - JULY 21/08
NATHAN KLASSEN - AUG.12/08
GERRY NICKEL - SEPT.21/08
CALVIN PETERS - NOV.25/08
DREW BROWN - APR.4/09
CHRIS HENDERSON - APR.7/09
CHARLIE LANGIS - NOV.9/09
SAM JEPSEN - DEC.5/09
TYLER FRANCIS - DEC.30/09
JORDON WALSH - FEB.15/10
ALAN MARTENS - MAR.7/10
OWEN SPISAK - MAR.20/10
BRUCE JEPSEN - JUNE 25/10
DALTON ERIXON - AUG.12/10
HARRY TOURNEMILLE - OCT.31/10
DEVIN CHURSINOFF - FEB.15/11
MIKE HUGHES - FEB.21/11
GEOFF MARTENS - MAR.26/11
LEIGHTON FRIESEN - SEPT.20/11

(1)What is your hat size?
(A)7 3/8
(2)If you could be a superhero for a day, who would you want to be?
(A)The Flash
(3)Do you have a favourite quote?
(A)It is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
(4)What is your favourite Battalion shirt?
(A)The blue Alumni shirt.
(5)What will you miss most about Battalion?
(A)Bulldog
(6)You arrive at the boat launch on your way out to the May Long when you realize that the boat doesn't have enough room for both your tarp and your food. What do you leave behind? Your tarp our your food?
(A)My tarp, Lance has enough tarp for everyone.
(7)What size pizza could you eat in one sitting? Individual, small, medium or large?
(A)Medium
(8)What is your favourite flavour of chips?
(A)Miss Vickie's - Sweet Chili & Sour Cream
(9)What is your favourite restaurant?
(A)Boston Pizza
(10)Who is your favourite Bible character?
(A)Samson

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

T-Square!!! Tristan has been so close so many times this year and now finally he has broken through and has his first Helmet of the Btln season! Should be the first of many!
Gym football was the game this week! The timing, accuracy and speed required to play football in the gym is more like pro ball than any other football that we play at Btln. Jeremy's team scored on their first drive taking an early lead. My team tried to battle back, coming close a couple of times but were unable to score for the entire game. Jeremy did not score again, the final was 7-0. (The season series is now the Captain 7 and Jeremy 7.)
In Bible study we looked at King Solomon in our series "Entrust to Reliable Men".(1 Kings 3:3-15)
The Lord came to Solomon in a dream and said "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."(verse 4) I'm not sure what I would have asked for but Solomon's choice was amazing!

1 Kings 3:9a Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.

Obviously God is pleased with Solomon's answer.

1 Kings 3:12-13 "I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for-both wealth and honor-so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings."

Solomon's walk with God started so strong! Those gifts that God gave Solomon helped him at first but soon he became arrogant and he forgot that it was God that gave him everything that he had!

Near the end of his life Solomon writes about some of the choices he made in his life in the book of Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in my in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labour. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

This would be a sad end but Solomon's final conclusion was this.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

If we make this last passage our goal we can truly be Reliable Men of God!

The night ended with Bulldog and like Maxwell said "Tristan deserved to win!" He was almost stopped a couple of times but was not to be denied!

Almost forgot to mention that I seperated my finger but was able to put it back in place! It looked really strange!

Two weeks until Winterslam!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN BIRTHDAYS - JANUARY

 

Birthday time again on the blog and just in time for Maxwell and the J-Man's birthday!(Sorry that this is late!) It seems as if it has been all Maxwell all the time lately on the blog! So many great leaders from the Btln 3739 past having birthdays this month!(And one in the making!)

Proverbs 10:7a The memory of the righteous will be a blessing.

This can truly be said about these men!

Happy Birthday and may God bless you again this year!

JEREMY FEDDERSON - January 2
COURTNEY FRIESEN - January 4
JASON HAYASHI - January 10
MAXWELL NICHOLSON - January 10
OWEN SPISAK - January 23
GEOFF MARTENS - January 31

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

 

Congrats Max!! Max won his first career Helmet!!!!!! I'm sure that GeRRald has been hearing about it all week!!!! It is always a big deal to win the Helmet, but there is nothing like winning it for the first time!!!
This week we played the Btln Trifecta! We started with Murderball and this time it wasn't even close! The J-Man was in town and his team handed it to Jeremy and Joe's team! The best of seven ended 4-0! Next up was Handball and it wasn't much better, ending 7-3 again for the J-Man! There was no need to play the third leg of the Trifecta, the J-Man winning the Trifecta 2-0! (I was on the J-Man's team, the season series is now the Captain 7 and Jeremy 6!)

This week we got back into our series "Entrust to Reliable Men". This time around it was Joseph.(Genesis 37 and 39) In this series we always try to find something about these men to emulate. With Joseph it was his ability to conqueror and avoid temptation.(With God's help of course.) Joseph knew that if he gave in to temptation that it was his relationship with God that would suffer.

Genesis 39:9 "No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

When the temptation became too much, Joseph did what we all need to do when temptation becomes more than we can handle. He ran from it!

Genesis 39:12 She caught him by the cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

The temptation of Jesus is another good example of how to handle temptation. (Luke 4:1-13, Hebrews 4:15,16) Jesus quotes scripture to avoid temptation.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Psalm 119:9-11 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

We ended with Bulldog and yes Maxwell was our winner!!!!

It was only our first week back and it was amazing!!!!!

THE CAPTAIN

LET THE SECOND HALF BEGIN!

 

(Some pictures from the second half 2010/11.)

This week the second half of the 2011/12 Btln 3739 season begins! In the second half we will have Winterslam(Boxing), The Btln Ping Pong Tourney, The Btln Masters, Btln spring Football, Last Night, and The May Long Campout! We will also have Mike Night, S*A*M, Handball, Murderball and yes a lot of Bulldog! (Those that finish the Memory Work will also be going to Creationfest!)

Time to start making some more memories! Wednesday Night at the gym!

Remember, Battalion is like Heaven, there is always room for one more! So bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN