by admin | Jun 26, 2015 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind letter and a donation from Bob Dredge, the orienteer we assisted during the Horwich Festival of Racing on Sunday 21st June 2015 – see website report dated the same, and Incident Report 54 / 2 also of the same... by admin | Jun 26, 2015 | Donations
Our Treasurer Martin Banks recently received a £20.00 cash donation for the team, with thanks to the donator who shall remain anonymous. by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | General news
This evening commencing at 20.00hrs (well 20.05hrs for Garry due to the new door security system!) our Team Leader Garry Rhodes and Steve Nelson, jointly attended the summer Business meeting of the MPSRO – Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation, our regional... by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | Lectures/Presentations/Displays
This afternoon four team members visited the Year 5 and 6 pupils of St Peter’s Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School, Limefield Road, Smithills, Bolton. Present were Equipment Officer – Base and Catering Paul Copley, David Crawford, John Dickinson and... by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | General news
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was approached this week by a team supporter, wishing to undertake a sponsored mountain bike ride in aid of the team and a local Hospice charity later this year. Meanwhile our Equipment Officer – IT and Communications Steve Fletcher... by admin | Jun 24, 2015 | Training
This evening our weekly training exercise took place in Worsley Woods, where local Boothstown resident and team member Martin Battersby had organised for his team colleagues an orienteering exercise based upon the existing orienteering course in the extensive... by admin | Jun 24, 2015 | General news
This evening at 18.55hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh, met at Leverhulme Park, Bolton, with Mick Spiers, the organiser of the Midweek MTB Madness mountain bike event to be held on Wednesday evening, 8th July 2015 in and... by admin | Jun 24, 2015 | General news
Regular website readers may be aware that our website is linked directly to our Facebook and Twitter feed, though sometimes glitches in the system means that not all website reports are then notified on our Twitter feed. To our many Twitter followers, 2,577 currently,... by admin | Jun 23, 2015 | Donations
On Sunday 31st May 2015, the team as usual provided standby rescue cover assistance to our valued friends at Darwen Rotary Club, for their annual sponsored walk centred upon Darwen Moor and Jubilee Tower. Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received in the post a... by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | General news
Tonight team member Steve Fletcher attended a meeting in Preston in his capacity as Equipment Officer (Communications & Lighting). The meeting was chaired by Mid-Pennine Search & Rescue Organisation (MPSRO) ICT officer Iain Nicholson. The meeting was attended...