by admin | Mar 22, 2008 | General news
Held annually for over 100 years, the Easter Saturday Rivington Pike Fell Race takes a short but very gruelling route from Horwich directly up to the summit of Rivington Pike and then a direct and fast, return straight downhill. This event organised by Horwich RMI...
by admin | Mar 22, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was contacted directly by GMP at 11.05hrs this morning regarding a developing search for a missing 23 year old male, possibly within the general area of Winter Hill. The circumstances of his disappearance were of concern to the Police, and...
by admin | Mar 22, 2008 | General news
The Team very strongly believes in the total dissemination of information throughout all of the team membership, and central to this is our photocopier / collator provided by Ordee Reprograhics, and particularly their Sales Engineer Roy Dutton. As anyone who works in...
by admin | Mar 21, 2008 | 2008, Incident
A Team Landrover Ambulance, already in the area – see previous story, relocating to a different holding point, chanced upon a tragic incident today. A male out walking in the Lever Park area of Rivington, in the company of two other persons, suffered a collapse....
by admin | Mar 21, 2008 | General news
Today saw the Annual Rivington Pike Fair Celebrations, which have been held for over a 100 years and nowadays involves a small fair, established high up on the slopes of Rivington Pike on Georges Lane. This fair always attracts a considerable number of people and this...
by admin | Mar 20, 2008 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce today the very kind donation of £100, from the long established Merseyside walking club of Liverpool HF Ramblers. In a letter attached with their generous donation, they explained that ’Our club has decided it would like to show...
by admin | Mar 20, 2008 | General news
Today we sadly announce the retirement from the Team of the very experienced and well respected call out member Chris Moody. Chris joined the Team as a serving Police officer with GMP, on 16th August 1995. Chris brought to the Team his keen hillwalking and...
by admin | Mar 19, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the news of a kind donation, from the Sportsman Public House on Darwen Rd, Bromley Cross, Bolton. Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes and Secretary, Gillian Gregory, have been in touch with the Publican David Shott and an evening date is...
by admin | Mar 16, 2008 | General news
Happy 5th Birthday to our friends in Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, the youngest Mountain Rescue Team to form in our national organisation which is now in its 75th Anniversary Year. In the formative period before Cornwall Team became operational we hosted a visit by...
by admin | Mar 16, 2008 | Donations, General news
Mid day today at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ we welcomed Joanne and Dave McClure, Chairman and Medical Team respectively, of our colleagues at Cheshire Lowland Search and Rescue Team, who had called to collect from us the donation of two Donway traction splints no...
