by admin | Jan 20, 2014 | General news
Today saw glorious sunshine over Pennington Flash. The air was calm [too calm for dog training] and the temperature warm. Our Training Officer, Dave Marsh along with trainee Drowned Victims Search Dog Sasha, journeyed to these outer limits for a days water search dog...
by admin | Jan 16, 2014 | General news
Our Support Group members were delighted to welcome Eddie Birchall and his Boxing Club companion, Bill, to their meeting this evening. Eddie, the leader of the New Bury Youth Club’s Welsh Coast Cycle Summer Charity Challenge 2013, had brought along further...
by admin | Jan 16, 2014 | General news
This evening our Team Support Group held its first meeting of 2014, with much to discuss for this coming year regarding the fantastic assistance to the operational part of the team provided by the Support Group. As usual our Team President (And a Former Team Leader)...
by admin | Jan 16, 2014 | General news
Last night, our second Wednesday evening exercise of this New Year, saw no sign of winter ice or snow, instead it was a ‘warm’ 7c, misty with light rain and very wet conditions underfoot. The scenario for tonight’s exercise arranged by our Training Officer Dave Marsh,...
by admin | Jan 15, 2014 | General news
Yesterday evening our Mountain Rescue Trailing Dog Handler Steve Nelson (A member of SARDA Wales) received two calls for his specialist assistance, one in North Wales and one to possibly assist with a search in the Lake District. During the evening he was informed he...
by admin | Jan 15, 2014 | Donations, General news
On Saturday 4th January 2014, we were involved in a joint search operation with and in direct assistance of Greater Manchester Police, for a missing man in circumstances giving GMP cause for concern for his welfare. GMP Missing Person Search Manager Chris Moody...