by admin | May 18, 2014 | General news
Today for the second year of its running, the team provided standby rescue cover for the Darwen Leisure Centre Aquathon – Fell Run Section, held over a course taking in Darwen Moor and Jubilee Tower, starting and ending in the vicinity of the Sunnyhurst Inn, Darwen.... by admin | May 17, 2014 | General news
Today three team members in various capacities attended the AGM and the following business meeting of our national body: Mountain Rescue England and Wales. Held at the usual venue of Lancashire Constabulary Force Headquarters at Hutton, Preston, the day started with... by admin | May 17, 2014 | Donations, General news
Today we can publicly announce the absolutely fantastic sponsorship support now provided by VARTA Consumer to all member teams, including Bolton MRT, of MREW. On Tuesday 13th May 2014 the following was announced to all MREW member teams: Mountain Rescue (England and... by admin | May 16, 2014 | General news
Organised excellently as usual by long serving team member Gill Leigh, our Annual Team Dinner this evening was held at the familiar and very pleasant venue of Dunscar Golf Club. Proceedings on route for some to this evenings dinner were interrupted by a relatively... by admin | May 16, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 18.36hrs this evening we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway requesting the team’s assistance. The call was answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who was informed a woman who had fallen was being tended by a NWAS crew on scene, but they needed... by admin | May 15, 2014 | General news
This evening saw the monthly meeting of our Support Group membership at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ. Seven members of our Support Group attended, alongside Team President Bob Hutchinson, who attends in his role as the liaison link between our Support Group and the... by admin | May 14, 2014 | Training
Meeting at Batridge Road car park between Turton and Entwistle and Wayoh Reservoirs, this warm sunny evening saw team members assemble for a ‘round robin’ casualty exercise around the top end of Wayoh Reservoir. Three exercise casualty sites challenged the twenty five... by admin | May 14, 2014 | General news
In late 2006, our Team Council decided for the first time to purchase individual climbing helmets for all the team call out list membership, to standardise on this vital piece of team equipment rather than relying on team members to supply their own as has happened... by admin | May 14, 2014 | Donations
This evening prior to our departure for our weekly Wednesday nights training exercise, we were visited by four members of Bolton Liberal Democrats at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, commencing at 18.50hrs. The four were present following a kind promise made during... by admin | May 13, 2014 | Donations
We are very pleased to report the receipt of a wonderful £500.00 donation from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire / Lancashire Constabulary. This very kind donation has been made to recognise the vital work of mountain rescue teams operating in...