by admin | Aug 6, 2009 | General news
As regular readers will be aware our team collection boxes generate a large amount of donations for the team, and our many collection boxes are hosted by a variety of shops, pubs, clubs, hotels, garages and individuals. Jordan Kennedy, the twelve year old nephew of...
by admin | Aug 4, 2009 | General news
At this evenings Support Group meeting, the July month end collection box totals were announced. To date this year our Collection Box total amount raised is £2,124.07 (Compared to £2,298.19 last year at this time). Within July we raised the fantastic total...
by admin | Aug 4, 2009 | General news
Back in February this year the team hosted a visit to our base / HQ by seven members of Bolton and District Round Table, to receive the excellent news from their Chairman Craig Knights that we had been selected as his Chairmans’ Charity for this year. Today...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | General news
Today we received a kind letter of thanks from Superintendent Joanne Rogerson of Greater Manchester Police, Criminal Justice and Partnership, Manchester Metropolitan Division. The letter was in relation to the teams involvement in the search operations centred on...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | General news
This evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, team members welcomed husband and wife SARDA handlers Alison and Iain Nicholson, both of Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, SARDA handlers registered respectively with SARDA England and SARDA Wales. They gave a very...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | General news
This evening the team was pleased to welcome to its Ladybridge Hall, Bolton, Base / HQ, Yvonne Charnock the casualty involved in Incident 92 of Thursday 18th September 2008. (See news report dated the same on this incident) Yvonne attended in the company of her friend...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | General news
Met initially by experienced team call out list member Chris Tennant, and then our Team Training Officer Andrew Ryding, three more potential recruits who had all previously filled in our on line initial membership application form, visited the team tonight to gain a...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | General news
A while ago now at one of our supermarket collection days team call out list member Samantha McKay was approached by a very kind gentleman offering the team help with the donation of some chemical lightsticks. Furthermore he stated he owned a company dealing in...
by admin | Jul 26, 2009 | General news
Within Mountain Rescue England and Wales there exists the excellent Mountain Rescue Casualty Care Course, with an established syllabus and training materials. Within the Bolton MRT all members are expected to undertake this comprehensive course, including its renewal...
by admin | Jul 25, 2009 | Donations, General news
On Saturday 6th June 2009, team members in two team Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances were on route to the Leigh District Scout Council ’Making the Links Camp at Bispham Hall’ event when they were redirected to an urgent search incident, see...
