Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family following the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of our members were inspired to enjoy the outdoors through the DofE Award. The picture shows members meeting the Duke in 1979. pic.twitter.com/SSTC30CcPB
At 4.56pm yesterday we were requested by NWAS to assist with a 22yo male who had fallen at Tiger’s Clough. The team treated him with pain relief & placed a vacuum splint around the injured ankle, then stretchered him to the waiting ambulance.We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZEbrt4vaLT
1/2 From all of us at BMRT we would just like to thank every one of you that donated to us this weekend. It was a hard decision for us not to do our usual Easter meet and great around Rivington but for the safety of our team members, we decided against it. pic.twitter.com/xkNOo8equX
It's been a busy start to 2021 for the team. Three months in & we are already on our way to more callouts than we had last year. If you can support us in our work, please feel free to donate via boltonmrt.enthuse.com/#!/ #BoltonMRT #Volunteers #Donate #Rescues #BeenBusy pic.twitter.com/KhDxLT92N8
1/ Today is usually a busy and important day for the team. With so many people visiting the Rivington area in particular, we would usually have our displays set up around the area to help educate people about outdoor safety. pic.twitter.com/0iKNZaqWU1
Thank you to everyone who nominated us for these awards and huge congratulations to Ricky Lomax for winning the Emergency Service Award 🥳 #BoltonNewsLockdownHeroes twitter.com/TheBoltonNews/…
Our water team has been very busy over the past few weeks! Congratulations to our new MOD2’s and well done to our MOD4’s for passing their refreshers course 🥳 facebook.com/58756182794365… #BoltonMRT #WaterSafety #Training pic.twitter.com/3MaO6XkOnF
If you see a fire in the countryside, report it immediately 🔥 Leave the area as soon as possible and dial 999 📱 If you witness illegal activity report it to Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 pic.twitter.com/I7eRXLwQx4
❓ Did you know that moorland and wildfires can be started in a number of ways? Sadly, many are started deliberately, however, some can break out by people being careless with barbecues, campfires or not disposing of cigarettes properly 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDHdEHFcXA
We appreciate this encouraging message of support from our colleagues at NWAS twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
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Aug 1 2010
Sponsored Horse Ride in support of the team by Shoreside Farm Yard and Stables, Prestolee Road, Stoneclough
Today saw a unique way of raising funds for the team, a Sponsored Fancy Dress Horse Ride.
Organised by the riders and helpers at Shoreside Farm Yard and Stables, Prestolee Road, Stoneclough, the idea for this ride came about from our going to the rescue of injured horse riders in this area over the last few years leading the riders to kindly come up with this idea as a way of thanking the team.
Michelle Moore and Elaine Foster of the Yard and Stables both commented it was their way of “putting something back in to the team for all the horse riders we have helped in the past.”
On hand to see off all the riders was our Chairman Ken Oakes, Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, and Team Call Out List members Gillian Leigh, Diane Blakeley and John Fletcher.
Over fifteen riders had turned out in fancy dress along with a great many helpers and walkers, even some of the horses were in fancy dress.
There were Cowboys, Warriors, Maid Marion (on horseback) accompanied by Friar Tuck and Robin Hood, An ’injured’ horse rider on her horse decorated as an Ambulance with a ’Sexy’ Nurse alongside, a young girl dressed up as a Police Woman with her horse in fancy dress as a Police Car! one rider sported a Dalmatian (Spotted) Fancy Dress with her horse similarly made up, whilst there were also Harlequins’ and Clowns. All in all a very colourful and eye catching group of horse riders.
Before they all set off we were asked to judge the ’Best Home Made Fancy Dress,’ announced by Diane Blakeley after much deliberation between the team members present as being the ’Ambulance Rider and Horse. We were also asked to nominate the ’Most Imaginative Fancy Dress,’ again the Team Judging Panel deliberated on all the excellent costumes (and made up horses) before Diane announced the ’Clothes Horse’ as the winner.
At around 11.20hrs all the riders and walkers set off for a grand trip around the Prestolee, Ringley and Stoneclough areas, stopping outside pubs, touring housing estates and no doubt causing many a driver on the local roads to do a double take.
For the initial part of their journey in one of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles, the team members present accompanied the riders.
Keep watching our website for news of how much those involved in this unique event raised for the team. (Our Team Leader Garry said he could not recall a similar fund raising event ever being held in the teams history)
By admin • General news