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Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news

Stand down of a Legend. Tonight at the AGM of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, very long-serving Team Leader, Vernon Garry Rhodes MBE, aged 58, decided to hand the reins over to a new Bolton Team Leader – Alistair Greenough, an experienced serving team member and senior A...
Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

Bolton MRT Annual General Meeting 2016 and Election of Officers for the period 2016 – 2017 this evening

by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news

This evening, commencing at 20.00hrs, forty one team members, including 37x Full Team Call Out list and 4x members of our Support Group, jointly attended our Annual General Meeting and our Election of Council Officers held this evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base /...
Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

MRT joins other mountain rescue colleagues in expressing our condolences on the recent death of OVMRO stalwart team member, Roger Jones MBE

by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news

Over this weekend we become aware through social media, that very long serving and experienced Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Association team member Roger Jones MBE had sadly passed away. We in Bolton MRT join our colleagues nationally in mountain rescue in expressing...
Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

Team purchases a brand new Lyon Bell Tangent Split Mountain Rescue Stretcher

by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | General news

This morning, our Equipment Officer – Stretchers and Ropes Nigel Booth, took personal delivery of a brand new Lyon Bell Tangent Split Mountain Rescue Stretcher, which was handed over to the team at Lyon Equipment Limited, Tebay, Cumbria. This new latest generation...
Statement from newly appointed Chair Gillian Leigh on Garry Rhodes MBE standing down as Team Leader this evening

Bell Mark 3 Mountain Rescue Stretcher in for its regular service and issue of a new Test Certificate

by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | General news

Yesterday, Monday 14th March, our Equipment Officer – Stretchers and Ropes Nigel Booth, journeyed to Tebay, Cumbria, to drop off our Bell Mark 3 Mountain Rescue Stretcher, for its scheduled service and re issue of a new Test Certificate. This stretcher, the second...
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