by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 13:10 this afternoon the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control requesting the team’s immediate assistance at an incident in the Prestolee area of Kearsley. Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and senior team member Mike Marsh simultaneously returned the call to NWAS... by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | General news
Our September 2011 Collection Box income total is an excellent £246.24p (Compared to £547.86p in 2010), with our Year to Date collection box income total standing at a fantastic £2,989.15p (compared to £3,242.79p in 2010) We currently have 134x... by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | General news
On 3rd February 2010, we accepted from Greater Manchester Police the very kind donation of a second hand former Police staff transport, Ford Transit Minibus, which became known as Bolton Mobile 5. This vehicle was officially handed over to the team on 9th March 2010,... by admin | Oct 2, 2011 | General news
On Friday 23rd September, the team hosted a visit by 25th Warrington East Scout Group (St Wilfrid’s, Grappenhall) to our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ. At the visit, we learned that the team had been named as the Scout group’s Christmas Charity for 2011, and the... by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | 2011, Incident
With a small number of team members already at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ at the conclusion of the mornings and early afternoon standby rescue cover for the Salomon Rivington Trail Half Marathon event, we received a pager call out from NWAS (Lancashire) at... by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | General news
As well as being part of the Full Team Callout list, a number of members are also involved with local Scouting groups. Two of our members, Steve Fletcher and Mike Marsh, are involved in organising the Pike View Hike which takes place in April/May each year and is open... by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | General news
Today for the third year running, the team provided standby rescue cover and shared marshalling duties with our friends from Horwich Rotary Club and the Air Cadets for this years Salomon Rivington Trail Half Marathon event. Organised by 2:09 Events, the race enjoyed... by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | General news
In 2009 and 2010, Bolton MRT were one of the named Charity Beneficiaries of the very successful annual three day Edgworth Real Ale Festival, which resulted in a substantial £12,000.00 being donated to the Bolton MRT over the two years by the ERAF. We utilised... by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | General news
Today experienced team callout list member Neil Warburton journeyed to Hardy Mill Primary School in a team Land Rover to give a presentation to the pupils on the work of the team. Neil’s account of the day appears below: I was asked to go and give a talk to the... by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | General news
With the commissioning into team service earlier this year of our three new Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, we were faced with having to purchase three new sets of snow chains for them, as the chains from our previous vehicles did not fit the new vehicles. Our...