by admin | Mar 13, 2016 | Safety Cover
Today the team provided standby rescue cover for a brand new race on the local moorlands, ‘Jackals Run,’ which started at 10.00hrs. Organised by Stuart Repon-Ness, this new event took in a 10 km course, starting and finishing at Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, with a route...
by admin | Mar 12, 2016 | Donations
Today our Support Group was out in force to hold a charity collection in the foyer of ASDA Astley Bridge, Bolton. Operating a rota were our Support Group members John Ryan, Bob Melia, Iain Clarkson, Laura Tunnicliffe, Sarah Hindle, Aron Kirsh, Dave Rees, and Gillian...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Donations
On Friday 27th February 2016, we reported that our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received within the post, a letter from Bromleys Independent Funeral Services, informing the team, that at the funeral of Mr John Aspbury (Doctor John Aspbury) donations had been...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
The following account has been kindly provided by experienced team member Mark Scott; All operational members of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team receive regular training and assessment in Basic Life Support, in order to ensure that whichever team member arrives at a...
by admin | Mar 9, 2016 | Training
This evening saw nine of our thirteen current Probationary members in the company of eleven experienced team operational members undertaking some local moorland navigation work. Eleven other team operational members attended at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, for a...
by admin | Mar 9, 2016 | General news
Please support us on our latest Collection Day, planned for Saturday 12th March 2016, when members of our Support Group will be collecting to support the team, at ASDA Moss Bank Way, Astley Bridge, Bolton, from 10.00am in the morning through to 6pm in the early...
by admin | Mar 8, 2016 | General news
On Friday evening, 12th February 2016, we played a central role, alongside a great many others, in the successful finding and then assistance to a missing 86 years old man, from the Farnworth area of Bolton (Please see website ‘News’ report dated the same) when he...
by admin | Mar 8, 2016 | 2016, Incident
In the early hours of this morning at circa 02.30hrs, Oldham MRT requested the services of our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, and Search Dog Boris, in connection with a missing person search incident developing in the Failsworth area of...
by admin | Mar 7, 2016 | General news
To our many regular website readers, and to those new to our website, please accept our apologies for the lack of regular reports since Monday 15th February 2016. Most of the reports to our website are made by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who has been unable to...
by admin | Mar 7, 2016 | General news
Our Secretary and Support Group member Gillian Gregory, on Friday 4th March 2016, received the following email from ASDA Middlebrook which is great news for the team; “Hi everyone, In our store, we have voted for your group (Bolton Mountain Rescue Team) to go on our...
