by admin | Sep 26, 2015 | Donations
We are very pleased to announce the receipt of a thoughtful donation via the Charities Aid Foundation of £237.49 from a very kind person who wishes to express support for the team, following our involvement in the search for a missing 50 year old man at Moses Gate...
by admin | Sep 26, 2015 | Donations
We are extremely pleased to announce some fantastic news from Greater Manchester Police, regarding their recent kind support granted to Bolton MRT. Much discussion has taken place within the team to add a sonar device to our 3.4 metre long semi rigid inflatable SAR...
by admin | Sep 26, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 09:47 this fine sunny morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) Parkway EOC for the team’s assistance at an incident in Westhoughton, involving a fisherman who had sustained a serious lower leg...
by admin | Sep 25, 2015 | General news
Sunday 27th September 2015, sees the Haigh, Aspull and Blackrod Annual Ploughing Competition take place, hosted on the land of Brinsop Hall Farm, off the A6 Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton. It is the seventh event to be held in the borough after Blackrod Town...
by admin | Sep 24, 2015 | General news
This evening commencing at 20.00hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Elaine Gilliland and Steve Nelson, jointly attended the late summer Business meeting of the MPSRO – Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation, our regional mountain rescue body. Representatives...
by admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This morning team members Michael Eddleston, Trainee member Steve James and our President Bob Hutchinson, journeyed to Wellfield High School, Yewlands Drive, Leyland, to give a presentation on the work of the team to Year 7 pupils. Joining the three, who attended with...
by admin | Sep 24, 2015 | General news
On Saturday 25th April 2015, we provided assistance to the large scale Scout Pike View Hike Event 2015, details of which can be viewed within the ‘News’ pages of our website dated the same. Today we are very happy to report the receipt of a £50.00 donation to the team...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Training
This evening saw an indoor training session take place at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, which commenced at 20.00hrs. A very intense and comprehensive session, gave a full overview on the Mountain Rescue England and Wales Drug Formulary, which has been issued by MREW...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | General news
This evening at 19.45hrs, as team members were awaiting the start of our weekly training meeting, we welcomed to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, former Rossendale and Pendle MRT (as it is now named) member Malcolm Welch. At the official opening of RPMRTs new Burnley...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | Donations
This evening at 19.00hrs, we warmly welcomed to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ over twenty guests from our friends at Lostock Athletics Club, who had arrived to handover another wonderful donation to the team, as thanks for the help we provide to Lostock Athletics Club...
