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Monthly Archives: May 2014
£1M support helps fund local lifesavers
Four new volunteer crew members at Cleethorpes RNLI lifeboat station have had a vital part of their crew training funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
Mayor Joins England International to play Wheelchair Rugby
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby stars Kylie Grimes, Mike Kerr, Chris Ryan and Bulbul Hussein joined Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and Harlequins and England rugby star Mike Brown to announce the first World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge, which will take place at London’s Copper Box Arena at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park between 11-16 October 2015 cementing the legacy of the 2012 Games. As well as Great Britain, current Paralympic Gold Medal holders Australia and current World Champions USA will take part, along with teams from Canada, South Africa, Japan, France, and New Zealand.
Walking With The Wounded Summer Events
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BlueShore Financial Wins $10,000 Award for NSR
Excerpt from BlueShore’s press release –
“BlueShore Financial’s long-time partnership with North Shore Rescue was one of 18 credit union community projects that were awarded $10,000 in Concentra Financial’s 2014 emPOWERING Your Communities campaign. A national business-to-business cooperative serving the Canadian credit union system, Concentra Financial supports credit unions by recognizing their role in contributing funds and leadership to local charitable initiatives within their communities.”
Thank you BlueShore from all of us at North Shore Rescue!! BlueShore has been a long time partner of NSR and consistently goes above and beyond to support NSR.
Pete Holder Retires: the End of an Era
On May 17th 2014 the head of Weston-super-Mare RNLI lifeboat station retires from the RNLI after 40 years’ service. Sadly, after that date he will no longer represent the RNLI nor have any function within it.
Seahouses Lifeboat called out as Duke of Kent visited.
At 10.54hr Wednesday 7th May 2014, just as the Duke of Kent arrived on a visit to Seahouses Lifeboat Station, as part of a visit to stations in north Northumberland, the crew pagers went off as Humber Coastguard requested both Lifeboats to launch to search for a missing Kite Surfer off Beadnell, 2 miles south of Seahouses.
In the middle of their Lifeboat Pull Weston-super-Mare RNLI volunteers were called out to save a jet ski in trouble.
The Weston RNLI Crew were taking part in the annual Lifeboat Pull when their pagers sounded off. A Jet Ski rider in Weston Bay had engine problems and was drifting dangerously.
Mudeford RNLI Shout 04.04
4 May 2014
Mudeford Servant was launched for service at 8.19 am today following a call for assistance from a man on board a broken down boat. The 4m speedboat was heading out of Mudeford for a day of fishing when it suffered engine trouble. The volunteer crew towed the vessel back to the public slipway at Mudeford to allow the owner to make repairs.
Exmouth RNLI volunteers announce fundraising appeal success
Volunteers at Exmouth RNLI are overjoyed at reaching their fundraising target of £150,000 towards the new Shannon Launch and Recovery System, just in time for the arrival of their new Shannon class lifeboat on 9 May.