by admin | Nov 12, 2011 | General news
Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, received a letter from MP Yvonne Fovargue, regarding her visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ on Friday 4th November 2011. (Please see website ’news’ report dated the same) “Dear Garry, Just a Short note to... by admin | Nov 12, 2011 | General news
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team is today the grateful recipient of a generous donation of £129.50. Our kind donor of this sum celebrated her 80th birthday on 8th November and asked her family and friends to make donations to the Team instead of buying her birthday... by admin | Nov 9, 2011 | Donations, General news
During tonight’s exercise, the team’s entire compliment of radio equipment was audited in an attempt to find problems with the kit, most of which is now 8 years old. A large part of this testing, aside from the usual faulty displays on radios and poor... by admin | Nov 8, 2011 | General news
Team member Diane Blakeley plays rounders as part of the BSF Rounders League. Between 1983 and 2010 the league has raised £96,134.72 for charity which is a fantastic sum of money. Last November Diane decided to nominate Bolton MRT to be the charity for 2011.... by admin | Nov 6, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 13:14 this afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre regarding assistance at an incident in the Hindley area involving a teenage horserider who had fallen from her horse. The NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew despatched to this... by admin | Nov 5, 2011 | General news
Each year Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) holds a Medical Seminar aimed at team members who are doctors, nurses or are very experienced mountain rescue casualty carers. So it was that Bolton team members Naomi Horan and Mark Scott headed for Charlotte Mason... by admin | Nov 5, 2011 | General news
Today team call out list members Dave Cook and Dave Marsh headed to Delph Sailing Club, Egerton, Bolton for Powerboat training to Royal Yachting Association Level 2. Dave Cook is a member of Delph Sailing Club, and after hearing that Dave Marsh requires the Level 2... by admin | Nov 4, 2011 | General news
The following email was received by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE from Chief Inspector Operations, John Buttress of GMP Bolton Division immediately after his visit to us this afternoon: “Garry, Thank you very much for your hospitality and that of your team... by admin | Nov 4, 2011 | General news
This afternoon the team was honoured to receive as very special guests five local Members of Parliament to our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ, situated on Chorley New Road, Bolton. Visiting us alongside the five Members of Parliament were senior representatives of the... by admin | Nov 4, 2011 | General news
A year ago today, on Thursday 4th November 2010 we held the first of our two part recruitment sessions for our November 2010 potential trainee members intake. We had reopened our online request for new members on 12th September 2010, with seven articles appearing in...