by admin | May 3, 2006 | General news
This evening at a Special General Meeting of the full team, Team Member Dave Sawyer, who had previously been co-opted onto the Team’s council as acting Team Treasurer, was formally voted into the Team council position of Team Treasurer. The Team wishes Dave...
by admin | May 3, 2006 | Donations, General news
Today, team members Tony McNally and Peter McKale attended a cheque presentation at the Beaumont Hospital, Chorley New Road, Bolton. The staff and patients of Beaumont Hospital had chosen Bolton Mountain Rescue as their annual charity and Tony and Peter were delighted...
by admin | May 2, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 18:29 today GMAS contacted the team requesting assistance at an incident on Breighmet Golf Course, on the outskirts of Bolton. A 17 year old male had fallen from a rope swing into the shallow waters of Blackshaw Brook on the immediate edge of Breightmet Golf...
by admin | May 1, 2006 | 2006, Incident
At 14:39 today, Lancashire Ambulance Service requested the team’s attendance at a horse riding accident in Rivington. A 15 year old girl from Blackrod, riding with a companion in the vicinity of Rivington Hall Drive in Lever Park, was unseated from her horse which...
by admin | Apr 30, 2006 | Donations, General news
Team supporter Mrs Susan Rourke of Tyldesley, today gratefully donated to the team 10x prizes for our forthcoming May 19th Annual Team Dinner raffle. Amongst the prizes are a cruet set, glassware, wrist watches and kitchenware items. Susan regularly donates items for...
by admin | Apr 23, 2006 | General news
Starting at 09.30 and lasting through until 17.30, the team held a full training day today with a two fold purpose. Firstly to select from our existing four probationery members, those the team wishes to proceed onto Trainee Team Membership, and secondly as an invite...
by admin | Apr 23, 2006 | General news
Starting very early this morning, ten team members in two team Landrover Ambulances provided standby safety cover for the Bolton Blast biathlon event, which commenced with a swimming event at Turton high School (which we did not cover) moving on to the running event...
by admin | Apr 22, 2006 | General news
Organised by Lancashire Constabulary on behalf of the Mountain Rescue Teams operating in Lancashire and in Greater Manchester, and endorsed by Greater Manchester Police, this excellent full day course was held at the Lancashire Constabulary Force Headquarters at...
by admin | Apr 20, 2006 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and Georgia Pacific GB Ltd. of Mansell Way Horwich both support the Horwich Carnival Races ) in different ways. The Team’s support is in the form of safety cover on race day in case any cylists or runners become injured. In turn, the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2006 | General news
Following the tremendous success of recent new member recruitment to the team, 3 persons who initially joined in November, Richard Alston, Tony Berry, and Andrew Livesey have all been taken on as trainee team members. We also have 5 other persons in their initial...
