by admin | Feb 18, 2012 | Donations, General news
We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a £100.00 personal donation to the team. The kind supporter who made this much appreciated donation wishes to remain anonymous. The whole team membership wishes to express its thanks for such kind... by admin | Feb 17, 2012 | General news
Last year Her Majesty’s Government announced a grant to be utilised for team search and rescue equipment purposes, open to all teams within Mountain Rescue England and Wales, our national representative body. The grant from HMG administered and co-ordinated... by admin | Feb 17, 2012 | General news
At our monthly Support Group meeting of last night, Thursday 16th February 2012, the team welcomed Sarah Hindle, as a new member to the Support Group. She will serve an initial probationary period with the Support Group prior to being offered full Support Group... by admin | Feb 16, 2012 | General news
On Sunday 5th February 2012, six Team Call Out list members; Matthew Hailwood, Fred Taylor, Ken Oakes, Diane Blakeley, our Chairman Craig Lamb and Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE were involved in directly assisting two NWAS Paramedics in the treatment and evacuation of a... by admin | Feb 15, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 21.37hrs this wet and cold evening, with the majority of the team membership on our routine Wednesday night exercise, deployed throughout the moorland valley of Cadshaw Brook, the team was paged by a GMP Missing Person Search Manager to assist with a developing... by admin | Feb 12, 2012 | General news
Today the team provided its usual standby rescue cover provision for the gruelling Winter Hill Fell Race, organised excellently as ever by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletic Club. Now in its 30th year (the team has attended every event), the course takes in an 11 mile... by admin | Feb 12, 2012 | General news
Very experienced Bolton MRT member Dave Marsh has just returned back to Bolton after spending a long weekend down in Kent as a guest assessor for NSARDA Cantech [Kent] search dogs who were conducting an assessment weekend. Dave, who is currently the Secretary for the... by admin | Feb 9, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At circa 17:36 one of our crews at Royal Bolton Hospital (at the conclusion of incident 19/2012) were informed by a GMP Police Officer of a report of an incident which would likely require the team, as it involved an injured hill walker upon the local moors, and to... by admin | Feb 9, 2012 | General news
This afternoon our Honorary Life Vice President Tony McNally and Paul Copley visited Year 5 of RL Hughes Primary School in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan. Paul’s report on the visit is reproduced below: “Today on this very wet and cold afternoon, our Honorary... by admin | Feb 9, 2012 | 2012, Incident
At 15:30 this afternoon, during a period of freezing rain affecting many parts of Greater Manchester, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a direct call from NWAS (Manchester) who were very busy with a high emergency call volume. The team was requested to attend...