by admin | Mar 13, 2008 | General news
This evening Team Training Officer Andrew Ryding and Team Equipment Officer (Base and Catering) Sue Purtill were guests of the Rotary Club of Westhoughton at their annual charity presentation evening. Held at ’Brooklands’ Peel Street, Westhoughton, each...
by admin | Mar 13, 2008 | General news
The team would like to express its very grateful thanks to a valued friend and supporter of the team with regards to a recent and very kind supportive gesture. Whilst marking this acknowledgement we have respected the wishes of this supporter to remain...
by admin | Mar 12, 2008 | General news
Tonight 33 team members, including Full Team members & Trainees and members of our Support Group attended our AGM this evening and our election of council officers. Proceedings were opened by our Chairman Ken Oakes, who presented his report. Ken opened his report...
by admin | Mar 12, 2008 | Donations, General news
This evening the team was again honoured to have as its guests for the second time in 6 months, two representatives from Bolton Lever Rotary Club who visited the team this evening with yet another very kind donation. David Bolton, President of the Rotary Club of...
by admin | Mar 12, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 08:20 this morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was contacted by Team Leader Phil O’Brien of our colleagues at Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team who requested our team’s assistance to the BPMRT with a search in the Wheelton area of Chorley. An 80 year old woman...
by admin | Mar 11, 2008 | Donations, General news
Today we received an extremely kind donation from the ’Open Door’ Group from Holy Trinity Parish Church, Horwich. The very generous £200.00 donation was raised at a coffee morning held on March 1st. In a letter accompanying their donation they...
by admin | Mar 9, 2008 | 2008, Incident
At 17:37 this evening, whilst some team members were still present at our base (after returning from the earlier search in Manchester), the North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester Area) paged the team asking for assistance at an incident at Sale Water Park,...
by admin | Mar 9, 2008 | 2008, Incident
Early this morning at 07.55hrs, the Greater Manchester Police Force Incident Manager contacted our Team Leader via mobile phone regarding the report of a “body in the water” in the vicinity of Deansgate train station, in Manchester City Centre. In actual...
by admin | Mar 9, 2008 | General news
Not previously reported, 19x team members passed their final part of this exacting course, with Trauma and Medical practical examination scenerios on Wednesday evening 27th February. The team is grateful to Doctor Bob Stokes, Stuart Greenwood and Steve Hatton, all...
by admin | Mar 9, 2008 | General news
From the ten persons who turned up for our potential new members session on Sunday 24th February, our Team Leader and Training Officer had the daunting task of selecting members to go on to become Probationary Team Members. We are pleased to announce nine have been...
