by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | General news
We are proud to announce once again that senior and very experienced Bolton MRT team member Mike Marsh has had the honour of organising and co-ordinating the Mountain Rescue England and Wales Annual National Party Leader’s Course, held over the course of this... by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | 2011, Incident
At 03:24 in the early hours of this morning, we were paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester area) Belle Vue Control to assist with an incident in the Blackford Bridge area south of Bury. An NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew had requested MRT assistance, with the evacuation of... by admin | Jul 16, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a generous £100.00 donation from Miss Barbara Brown of Bolton, the casualty involved in Incident 33 of this year, when she suffered a serious lower leg fracture, whilst out walking her dog on the moorland... by admin | Jul 16, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a kind £30.00 donation from Mrs Dale Birtwistle, of Harwood, Bolton, the casualty involved in Incident 21 of this year, when she unfortunately injured her knee falling whilst out walking with her dog. In two recent... by admin | Jul 16, 2011 | Donations, General news
We are pleased to announce today the receipt of a very kind £25.00 donation from the members of ’The Sunday Walking Group,’ The Sunday Walking Group is in the words of their Treasurer, W.R. Scott, a small walking group based in Preston, Lancashire,... by admin | Jul 15, 2011 | General news
Today our Life Vice President, Tony McNally was invited by Mrs Lynne Baker, Headteacher, to a morning assembly at Lowton St Mary’s Junior School. The 7 classes at the school from Year Reception to Year 6 had throughout the past year been raising money for their... by admin | Jul 14, 2011 | General news
This evening, Bolton Mountain Rescue Team was very proud to be invited by Lynne Baker, Head Teacher of Lowton St Mary’s Junior School in Lowton, Wigan to partake in their Annual Presentation Evening ‘St Mary’s Oscars’. Bolton Mountain Rescue... by admin | Jul 13, 2011 | General news
At 23:46 late this evening Greater Manchester Police directly contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE regards an urgent request for the teams assistance with regards to a search for a missing from home woman in the Hale Barns area of South Manchester. As our Team... by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Donations, General news
Today our Team President Bob Hutchinson was invited to the weekly lunch meeting of the Rotary Club held at Smithills Coaching House (Mr Pip’s room!). Bob was met by Brian Southwood (Hon. Secretary) and introduced to Ken Hahlo (President) After a delicious lunch... by admin | Jul 10, 2011 | General news
At 09:34 this morning, the team was paged by GMP regarding assistance with the location of a missing person in the North Manchester Hospital area. Specifically GMP were requesting the use of specialist search dogs. Our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon dealt with the...