by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | General news
Regular readers of our website may recall that on Thursday 31st July 2014 we announced that Councillor Richard Silvester, the Town Mayor of Horwich, had kindly chosen Bolton Mountain Rescue Team as one of his charities to support for his year in Office, which... by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Donations
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received in the post a donation to the team of £10.00 from S.B. and J.A. King. A short note with this kind donation stated ; “Keep up the good work, hope I don’t need your help ! Steve.” by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | General news
This morning we received the following kind comment via our Facebook site, from Shaun Newbury of Remote Medic UK, regards the Joint Exercise day of Sunday 16th November 2014. “Shaun Newbury would like to say a big thank you to Bolton MRT for the weekend and all the... by admin | Nov 16, 2014 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Cheshire SART member Mark Susca regards todays exercise ; “Garry, Thank you for today, it was a good day and very grateful for the invite, it was good to chat too. Yet again, another... by admin | Nov 16, 2014 | General news
This evening, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Training Officer Alistair Greenough received the following kind email from Bolton MRT Probationary team member Steve James regards todays exercise ; “Hi Garry and Ali, Just wanted to say thank you for the invite to... by admin | Nov 16, 2014 | Training
Today we held a full day (well daylight at least) joint mountain rescue exercise, on the local moors between Rivington and Belmont, involving many agencies, some local to us, some not so local. The entire day had been jointly organised by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes... by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | General news
On Monday 10th November 2014, we reported on the kindness of Bent and Bongs Charitable Trust in awarding us a fantastic donation of £4,000.00. It has now come to our notice, that Bent and Bongs Charitable Trust over the last circa 26 years of operating, has raised an... by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Late this morning a male mountain biker on a local ride, chanced across an injured competitor, with a serious knee laceration, who was taking part in the 2nd Annual Hell of a Hill Marathon 5 Day Challenge Event (yes it is as hard as it sounds!) in the Rivington area.... by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | 2014, Incident
This morning, whilst they were in attendance at the MREW meeting, at circa 09.45hrs, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson and his usual navigator Elaine Gilliland, both members of SARDA Wales, alongside their Bolton MRT membership, were called... by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | General news, Training
Commencing early this morning, our Training Officer Alistair Greenough, who works full time as an Accident and Emergency Nurse at Warrington Hospital, had arranged a full days mountain rescue familiarity awareness course for nine members of Remote Medic UK. The nine...