General news

Our representative body, Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) have released two documents our readers may be interested in reading.

The MREW Annual Review 2018 gives a taste of what mountain rescue teams across England and Wales have been up to over the past 12 months.

The MREW Incident Report 2017 report outlines the type of incidents the teams have been involved with. There were only 9 days in 2017 without a Mountain Rescue callout.

Ever fancied climbing the 8,848m to the Everest summit but don’t seem to ever get round to it? Then this may be your chance. Bolton Mountain Rescue Team invite you to help us climb the height of Everest by walking a length from Rivington Top Barn to Rivington Pike.

Our fun, family walk will start at Rivington Top Barn this Saturday, 12th May . You can sign up any time between 10am and 2pm. Once you are all signed in then you can follow our markers to the top of the Rivington Pike. On your return you will be presented with a very special certificate and have your photo taken for our Everest hall of fame.

It’s the teams 50th Anniversary and we need at least 50 people to reach the top of Everest so please sign up by liking our Facebook events page then come along and show your support.

Today, at the invitation of the organisers of Greenmount Village Party, one Support Group member, one operational team member and two trainees attended this event with our Mountain Rescue Minibus Ambulance on display.

With the road closed between The Miller & Carter and the Cricket Club, the main stalls took place this year on the closed road near Greenmount Cricket Club. All the attractions were attracting many young (and not so young!) villagers.

Our good friends and supporters, Neil & Helen Grundy known as the Holcombe Duo, were there mingling with the villagers and playing their Alphorns for donations to our Team.

Thanks to the generosity of the public attending the event, we received donations totalling £83.23 towards our work.

Last Wednesday evening Bolton MRT held its Annual General Meeting where a new Team Leader, Steve Fletcher was elected. Steve replaces Alistair Greenough, who has held the position for 2 years.

A new secretary was also elected; Paul Brain. Paul takes over the role from Gillian Gregory who has been secretary for the past 12 years. Gillian has worked tirelessly, often behind the scenes, ensuring correspondence is kept up to date and taking minutes of meetings. She has been a member of the support group for a great many years working selflessly to help raise funds, raise the profile of the work of the team and provide very welcome refreshments at team training events and call outs. Gillian was presented with a bouquet of flowers in recognition and thanks for all her hard work.

John Ryan and Dave Conn both stepped up into new roles, namely Equipment Officer (Medical) and Equipment Officer (Comms and Lighting) respectively.

Steve James was also elected to be one of the 5 Assistant Team Leaders