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2008
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Mummers raise funds for the
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Lifeboats are now featured in
a traditional folk drama
thanks to the Prize Old
Mummers, a local group that
performs traditional Mummers
plays at Christmas time to
raise funds for the RNLI. Full
report click
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The lifeboat
station has a
new tractor |
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posted
15.12.08 |
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The lifeboat
station has a
new launching
tractor for
the D Class
Lifeboat. The
tractor is a
New Holland
and has been
named "Gwendoline"
after the late
Mrs Gwendoline
Prince whose
substantial
legacy helped
to fund its
purchase and
modification
for beach
working |
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Crookhorn College of
Technology |
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posted 21.11.08 |
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Thank you to Crookhorn College
of Technology for raising £500
for Hayling Island Lifeboat
Station. |
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Nigel Roper,
Lifeboat
Operations
Manager
receiving the
cheque. |
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Hayling
Island's
Remembrance
Day Parade |
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A poppy wreath
was laid on
behalf of the
lifeboat crew
during the
Remembrance
Day Service on
Sunday 9th
November 2008.
Twenty five
crew members
took part in
the march,
including one
who crew
member who
carried an
RNLI standard. |
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Congratulations and thank you Jan & Roy |
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posted 20.10.08 |
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Jan Wallis, mother of shore crew member, Steve
Wallis, recently married Roy
Rees.
Jan & Roy asked for donations
to Hayling Island Lifeboat
Station in lieu of wedding
presents and they presented
the station with £600. |
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Ray, Jan &
Steve |
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Boys' Brigade
Visit -
Saturday 27th
September 2008 |
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29.09.08 |
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Fifty four
members of the
Boys Brigade
and Officers
and some
parents used
the Station as
a 'halfway
house' walking
twenty miles
from Emsworth
via Hayling Is
Billy Trail
along the
seafront to
RNLI LB
Station and
returning via
the same route
to Emsworth
raising £2000+
for "Naomi
House", the
childrens
Hospice. |
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Mayor of Havant's Civic Day |
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posted 29.09.08 |
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On
Friday 26th September the
Mayor of Havant, Councillor
John Smith, and his wife
Hilary visit the lifeboat
station with a group of the
Mayor's guests as part of a
tour of the Borough. |
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Crew
changes |
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There have
been a number of crew changes
recently. Ian Fiddaman was appointed
Senior Helm of White Watch and Andy
Ferguson has been appointed Senior
Helm of Blue Watch. Click
here for the full crew list. |
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The RNLI says thanks to Ian |
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Ian Harris clocked up nearly 17
years of voluntary service for
the RNLI on Hayling Island until
his recent retirement as Senior
Helm of White Watch. Ian joined
the lifeboat crew in 1991 when
he started work as a PE and
mathematics teacher at the
Hayling School . He had
previously been teaching in
Essex and working as an
instructor at a sailing centre.
He qualified as a helm in 1995.
During his service with the RNLI
Ian received three “Letters of
Thanks” from the RNLI Director
of Operations and in 2001 he
received a “Letter of
Appreciation” signed by the RNLI
Chief Executive for his part
during a difficult night
service. The following year he
was appointed Senior Helm of
White Watch. |
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On Saturday 13th September,
during his retirement party organised
and funded by the crew, which was also
attended by RNLI crew from other local
stations and HM Coastguards from
Hayling, Ian was presented with gifts
from the crew and a “Letter of Thanks”
from Andrew Freemantle, Chief
Executive of the RNLI. Ian, who is now
a lecturer at Southampton University,
said, “I am looking forward to
spending more time with my wife Karyn
and our two daughters, Abigail and
Louise and I would like to thank them
for their support over all this time
and tolerance of the disturbed nights
when I responded to my call-out
pager.” [Posted
22.09.08] |
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Kayak trip
around the
Island on 6th
September |
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A strong
headwind and
choppy waters
were not quite
what six
canoeists
hoped for when
they left
Northney
Marina on
their round
the island
trip to raise
money for the
RNLI.
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here for a
full report
and pictures. |
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Laura ran for Laura |
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On
Sunday 10th August, Laura Allen,
who ran the London Marathon in
April, presented the lifeboat
station with a cheque for
£2167.14 which will be used to
fund the training of Hayling
crew member, Laura Harding.
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"Laura Allen said, "I had always wanted
to run the London Marathon and finally got
my chance this year when I got my place to
run for the RNLI. I began my training in
November but iIhad been running for years at
around the 8-10 mile distance so it wasn't
like starting from scratch. However it was
going to be a big jump going from 10 to 26
miles so I planned all my training and
learnt lots about marathon running - it was
like doing a degree, there was so much
information!! I also had the task of
raising the £2100 for the RNLI and I wanted
the money to go to my local station on
Hayling so I enlisted the help of Siri who
was fantastic and I went on to raise the
money by holding the "Laura's Leap Year
Lifeboat Party" at HISC in February as well
as sponsorship, collecting outside
Somerfield on Hayling and a sweepstake of my
Marathon time at work. The marathon
training continued through all this and I
was running over 40 miles a week! I
suffered some knee problems along the way
but took to the distance well, completing
two 22 mile runs in my training. When the
day finally arrived I was ready to go and
ran a fantastic race despite the rain
finishing in 3 hours and 35 minutes which i
was absolutely thrilled with, especially as
I'd planned to come in just under 4! Not
bad for my first marathon!!
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Mayor's Charity
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On Friday 1st August last
year's Mayor of Havant,
Councillor Vic Pierce-Jones and his wife,
Margaret, visited the
lifeboat station, along
with a group of Havant BC
Councillors. After a tour
around the station,
Councillor Vic Pierce-Jones presented Nigel
Roper, Hayling's Lifeboat
Operations Manager, with a
cheque for £6725 for the
Hayling Lifeboat Station
from the "Mayor's Charity
Appeal" run during his
year in office as Mayor.
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Community Service Badges |
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Congratulations to Josh
Haines and Mike Kenny from
the 3rd Hayling Lion Scout
Troop who completed their
"Community Service Badges"
as part of their Chief
Scout Awards. They both
spent one evening and some
Sundays each week for 3
months helping the
lifeboat crew. During the
station's Open Day, Josh
[right of picture]
and Mike helped visitors
in the car park. |
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http://www.haylingscouts.org.uk/index.shtml |
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Portsmouth "Navy Day "
Event - 25/26/27 July
2008 |
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Three of the Hayling
Island lifeboat crew
took part in a
demonstration with the
Coastguard helicopter on
the Sunday of "Navy Day"
held in the Portsmouth
Harbour Docks. Ian
Fiddaman was at the helm
with Pete Hanscombe and
Laura Harding. [Click on
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Hayling Island
Scarecrow Festival |
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The Lifeboat
station has
entered the
Hayling Island
Scarecrow Festival
which runs from
26th July until
9th August.
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Which one is the
Scarecrow? |
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RNLI
Chairman,
Admiral Sir
Jock Slater
GCB, LVO,
DL, visited
the station
on Monday
14th July to
meet crew,
operations
team members
and local
RNLI
fundraisers.
He was
accompanied
by Andrew
Ashton,
Divisional
Inspector,
and Richard
Wynn,
Training
Divisional
Inspector. |
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Picture:
[left to
right]
Richard
Wynn, Graham
Raines MBE,
Ex Senior
Helm and
current
Station D
Class
Mechanic,
Admiral Sir
Jock Slater
GCB, LVO, DL
& Nigel
Roper,
Station
Lifeboat
Operations
Manager |
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Station Open
Day |
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Planned
demonstration
launches at
the Open Day
on Sunday 13th
July were
delayed when
the lifeboats
were tasked to
three real
incidents
requiring
immediate
assistance.
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The East Hayling Light Railway
supports the RNLI |
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The
EHLR had a charity
event on Tuesday 19th February and
donated all their fares for
the day to the Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station.
Lifeboat crew
spent spent the day travelling
on the train and talking to
passengers and handing out
“goody bags” and flags to the
children. To add excitement to
the day, the lifeboat crew had
to dash from one station to
another during the afternoon
when they responded to their
call-out pagers to launch the
lifeboat to a RIB in
difficulty in Hayling Bay. At
the end of the day,
Ian Edwards, Chairman of the
EHLR Society, presented Siri
Young, Chair of the Hayling
RNLI Fundraising Committee,
with £333.50. |
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