by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | Donations
Mrs Sue Brohi of Bradshaw, Bolton, recently held a party at Dunscar Conservative Club on Saturday 25th April 2015 to celebrate her forthcoming 70th birthday. She very thoughtfully and generously asked her guests to make donations to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team in lieu...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | General news
On Saturday 28th February 2015, our team alongside others from MPSRO, was involved in the third session regarding awareness training for the new HMCG Sikorsky S92 SAR Helicopter (Please see website ‘News’ report dated the same) held at Bibbys Scout Camp, Limbrick,...
by admin | Apr 26, 2015 | General news
Congratulations to team friend Mick Nield, the Team Leader of Oldham MRT and a SARDA England Air Scenting Dog Handler, who was featured alongside his team, and colleagues from NSARDA, on Countryfile this evening, in a report by presenter Ellie Harrison on the work of...
by admin | Apr 26, 2015 | Training
As part of the continuing process to review our rope access training, and as a direct follow on to the training received on the recent visit by five team members to Lyon Equipment on Saturday 18th April 2015 (Please see website report dated the same) this afternoon...
by admin | Apr 26, 2015 | 2015, Incident
At 11.53hrs late this morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Greater Manchester) EOC Parkway, for the team to respond to a serious motorcycle accident at Morleys Farm Race Track, Morleys Lane, Marsland Green, on the open land between...
by admin | Apr 26, 2015 | General news
Today commencing at 10.45hrs, 10x team call out list full members, 3x trainee team members, and Support Group members Iain Clarkson, Amanda Strickleton and Sarah Hindle met at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for our monthly Vehicles, Trailers, SAR Boat and Base / HQ...
by admin | Apr 25, 2015 | General news
With so many team members being engaged in various team activities today, including training at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, two SARDA events, a team collection day and our association with the 14th Annual Scout Pike View Hike, combined with a great many of our...
by admin | Apr 25, 2015 | General news, Training
On Thursday 23rd April, we reported that our trainee mountain rescue air scenting search dog handler, Jess Ellsmore, and her trainee search dog Blitz, headed off to Princetown, Dartmoor, to attend the SARDA England Search Dog training weekend, which commenced on...
by admin | Apr 25, 2015 | Donations
Our Support Group were fundraising today at Sainsburys Savacentre, Trinity Way, Bolton, collecting donations all day from kind shoppers. Present on a rota basis were Iain Clarkson, Sarah Hindle, Amanda Strickleton and her partner Simon Nichols, Julie Thompson, Gillian...
by admin | Apr 25, 2015 | Training
Our latest six trainee team members joined the team late last October, and so missed out on our last in – house casualty care in mountain rescue certificate accredited course. Illustrative of their keenness and commitment to training, this morning, five of our six new...