by admin | Oct 16, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Just as we were about to begin our usual Wednesday night training session, GMAS requested the team to respond to an incident in Wigan, involving a 14 year old boy who had fallen from a rope swing. Our first vehicle was on scene 13 minutes from the initial pager call,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2002 | Donations, General news
On the evening of Wednesday 16th October, our Chairman Tony McNally and Team member Mark Dooley, were pleased to attend Deane Golf Club to receive a truely fantastic donation of £675 form the Deane Golf Club Ladies Section. Proving just how busy we are and...
by admin | Oct 15, 2002 | Donations, General news
Mid October saw a £25 donation from our dear friends and supporters in Men of Christchurch, Heaton, Bolton. We received a donation from Mr Derek Mountain for £30, funds raised by selling a mobile phone and donating the profit to the Team. We thank you both...
by admin | Oct 15, 2002 | 2002, Incident
The team was called at noon, to assist GMP in the search for a missing 65 year old woman in the Marsh Green area of Wigan. This search had a sad outcome with the discovery of the womans body in the River Douglas, in an area being search by the Team. Members remained...
by admin | Oct 12, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Early evening saw a request from Greater Manchester Ambulance Service. They had reports of a two vehicle RTA on the M61, one vehicle had gone down the embankment and a casualty was lying in a ravine. The Team was mobilised to help extract the casualty from their...
by admin | Oct 11, 2002 | General news
Over the weekend of the 11th to the 13th October, 17 Team members, inclusive of 3 instructors, undertook a joint Foundation Course in Mountain Rescue for new Team members, with Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team, who also provided instructors and students...
by admin | Oct 6, 2002 | General news
An early morning start saw 20 team members providing standby rescue cover for the Blackburn Duathlon event. 105 competitors took part in the run / road cycle / run event, taking place in the Abbey Village, Tockholes and Roddlesworth areas. the whole event was blessed...
by admin | Oct 3, 2002 | General news
Today saw Team members Paul Jorgesen, Louise Jorgensen & Dave Healey attend a meeting of the Bolton MBC & Wigan Council Emergency Planning Consortium Voluntary Agencies meeting. Together with representitives of St John Ambulance, WRVS, British Red Cross,...
by admin | Oct 2, 2002 | General news
This evening our Team Leader and Chairman, journeyed to Huddersfield to meet with Sally-Anne Bennett of UCS Consultants, who have been appointed by the MRC to look at the issue of National fundraising for some aspects of Mountain Rescue. The evening was extremely...
by admin | Sep 30, 2002 | Donations, General news
Towards the end of September we received a generous donation of £412.50 from the Cowpe family. The donation represented the sum of monies contributed by family and friends, in lieu of flowers, following the recent death of Kate Cowpe’s mother, Beatrice...
