by admin | Apr 13, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Sunday 13th April saw GMP contact the Team for a missing 82 year old male, last seen in the Westhoughton area the previous night. A full Team Call Out was instigated and both Team Members & our Search Dog Teams were deployed into the field, together with the...
by admin | Apr 12, 2003 | General news
On Saturday 12th April, a small number of Team members assisted Bolton South District Scouts, with their Challenge Walk in the Rivington & Anglezarke areas. Blessed with fine weather, the best kept secret for those Team members who offered to help, was only after...
by admin | Apr 12, 2003 | 2003, Incident
Saturday 12th April saw Search Dog Chi & handler Dave Marsh, together with Navigator Chris Moody, called to assist Oldham MRT with reports of Red Flares on the Pennine Way. 2 dog teams were to search a 4Km stretch of the Pennine Way, starting at each end and...
by admin | Apr 9, 2003 | Donations, General news
On the 9th April we received a surprise donation, from Team 250 Club Member David Clare, who on learning he’d won 1st prize in our January 2003 Draw, donated back to the Team his £30 winnings. Thank You David !
by admin | Apr 7, 2003 | Donations, General news
Early April also saw us receive a fantastic gift from Ex-Team Member Martin Sherlock, who on the occasion of his recent birthday, raised £170 for the Team by way of a donation. Happy Birthday Martin. (30 years old on April 1st – Hope you don’t mind...
by admin | Apr 5, 2003 | General news
On Saturday 5th April, 4 Team members including our Training Officer, attended a one day Rigging For Rescue MPSRO course, at Denham Quarry, Lancashire. One of the three MPSRO R4R Instructors was our very own Chris Moody.
by admin | Apr 1, 2003 | General news
We started off April as we’d like to start off all new months, with a donation! this time gratefully received from Eccles Rambling & Social Club, who sent £25, received with many thanks.
by admin | Apr 1, 2003 | General news
Early in April our treasurer, Ged Clarke, disappeared to the Far East. In fact, he was visiting Hong Kong to deliver distance-learning seminars for his college. During his spare time in HK, Ged followed up an e-mail contact with the Hong Kong Mountain Search and...
by admin | Apr 1, 2003 | General news
Also in early April, came the great news that Bolton RSPCA Group are to honour us with their ’James Newton Memorial Trophy 2003’, for our part in rescuing a German Shepherd dog ’Jazz’, last November, in Rivington (see incident 90-2002). All...
by admin | Mar 30, 2003 | 2003, Incident
On the early evening of Sunday, 30th March, the team was called out to assist GMP, in a search for a missing 5 year old boy, on the outskirts of Bolton (at Chorley Old Road, the area opposite Morrisons store). Initial police enquiries were followed by a rapid...
