by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Donations, General news
On Saturday 12th May 2012, we happily provided our usual standby rescue cover for the annual Belmont Village Fell Races. This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind letter from Dave Bateson, the organiser of the Belmont Fell Races, with an... by admin | Jun 21, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Whilst providing standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies Staircase Fell Race in very wet conditions, (Which the photographs accompanying this report hardly shows!) we were alerted at 19.50hrs to an accident to a competitor taking part in the event. A 56 year old... by admin | Jun 21, 2012 | General news
This very wet ‘summer’ evening twenty six Team Call Out list members, in our four Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances and our Team Minibus, provided our usual standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies Staircase Fell Race, organised by Darwen Dashers... by admin | Jun 19, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Sometimes these things happen! Whilst at dabs.com receiving their wonderful cheque donation (See separate website report) this afternoon, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE muttered to the staff from dabs.com that it would be good PR for them and their story of raising... by admin | Jun 19, 2012 | Donations, General news
This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE visited the headquarters of dabs.com plc, at Wingates Industrial Estate in Westhoughton, Bolton. Garry met up with Bolton MRT team member Steve Fletcher, who works in the IT Department at dabs.com, and also with Michelle... by admin | Jun 18, 2012 | General news
The entire team membership and particularly our members who know Peter personally, extend full congratulations to him on his being made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) announced recently by the Queen in her Birthday Honours Listing. Peter Leslie Smith, a life... by admin | Jun 17, 2012 | 2012, Incident
Whilst providing Standby Rescue Cover for the day long Horwich Festival of Racing, (See below report) which included twenty three team members in attendance, the team responded to an accident during the last race of the day, the Bolton Council / Bolton CVS Road Cycle... by admin | Jun 17, 2012 | General news
Held for the last eleven years and with continuous team involvement since 2004, the Horwich Festival of Racing formerly known as the Horwich Carnival Races, are a day long series of running, street orienteering and road cycling events held within Horwich Town Centre... by admin | Jun 17, 2012 | General news
Every year the pupils, some of their parents and the teachers at Belmont Primary School, take part in a sponsored walk, which has raised over the years a huge sum of money for various charities, ourselves included. The route leads from the School up to the Winter Hill... by admin | Jun 15, 2012 | General news
This very damp, gloomy and chilly ‘summer!’ evening saw the team providing Standby Rescue Cover for a new short ‘Fell Race / Run’ in the area, organised as part of the Horwich Festival of Racing Series, and taking the form of a Trail Race...