by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news
Stand down of a Legend. Tonight at the AGM of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, very long-serving Team Leader, Vernon Garry Rhodes MBE, aged 58, decided to hand the reins over to a new Bolton Team Leader – Alistair Greenough, an experienced serving team member and senior A... by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news
This evening, commencing at 20.00hrs, forty one team members, including 37x Full Team Call Out list and 4x members of our Support Group, jointly attended our Annual General Meeting and our Election of Council Officers held this evening at our Ladybridge Hall Base /... by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | General news
Over this weekend we become aware through social media, that very long serving and experienced Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Association team member Roger Jones MBE had sadly passed away. We in Bolton MRT join our colleagues nationally in mountain rescue in expressing... by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | General news
This morning, our Equipment Officer – Stretchers and Ropes Nigel Booth, took personal delivery of a brand new Lyon Bell Tangent Split Mountain Rescue Stretcher, which was handed over to the team at Lyon Equipment Limited, Tebay, Cumbria. This new latest generation... by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | General news
Yesterday, Monday 14th March, our Equipment Officer – Stretchers and Ropes Nigel Booth, journeyed to Tebay, Cumbria, to drop off our Bell Mark 3 Mountain Rescue Stretcher, for its scheduled service and re issue of a new Test Certificate. This stretcher, the second... by admin | Mar 15, 2016 | General news
Way back in July 1985 the Bolton MRT took delivery of a brand new Bell Mark 2 model, Mountain Rescue Stretcher from Peter Bell Mountain Rescue Stretchers. This Bell Stretcher replaced at the time our Rigid Thomas Mountain Rescue Stretcher, with which the team had been...