by admin | Oct 22, 2014 | Training
Our weekly Wednesday evening session tonight saw team members assembling at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a 20.00hrs start, for all attending to take part in a steep ground exercise, or for those who could not attend the first session on Wednesday 1st October...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Mark Susca, Treasurer and Search Manager, Cheshire SART, who this weekend acted as a mentor on our Foundation Course. “Garry, sorry for the delay, I went straight up to the Lakes...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
This morning without much notice or prior appointment, our Equipment Officer (Medical) Nigel Booth, journeyed to Aiguille Alpine, of Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria, with a damaged casualty bag, to enquire if it could be left with Aiguille for repair to a damaged heavy duty...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
It is with great sadness that we have been informed today that Eric Unsworth, a great friend and supporter to this team, has recently passed away. Eric was known to many of our longer serving members as the organiser of the annual Remembrance Sunday Service at the...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | Donations
Not previously reported by us, has been the donation of some casualty care items by Orvecare www.orvecare.com to the team via our DVSD Dog Handler Dave Marsh, who received the donated items at the recent Emergency Services Show, held over 24th / 25th September 2014,...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from GMP PC Melanie Jackson this morning, further to her visit to our Foundation Course on Saturday evening, 18th October 2014. “It does me good to come see you all, I’m still smiling from...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | Donations
On Thursday 17th October last year (2013) we reported within our website that we were very pleased to announce the extremely generous donation to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team of £1,500.00 from a fundraising adventure at the time by staff (and their friends) of the Go...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
Received in the very early hours of this morning by our late (as ever) working Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was the following very kind email from the equally late night / early morning working on SAR team business, Team Leader of Cheshire SART, Simon Lane; “Hi Garry,...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | General news
With the opening of our team once more to operational membership recruitment, as a result of our having a limited number of current vacancies, we published a website ‘News’ item on Tuesday 9th September 2014. We can report that to date we have now received fourteen...
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the following kind email from Paul Chamberlain, Vice Chairman and Operational Team Leader of Norfolk LSART; “Garry, Thanks for another great weekend! Full on, exhausting, informative and above all loads of fun! Our...