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News and Events
August 2005 to May 2006 |
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Betty Battle visits "Betty
Battle" |
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Mrs Battle and her friend,
Ann Reynolds, who is the
Secretary of Ashtead Branch,
visited the Lifeboat Station
on Sunday 28th May, where
they watched the lifeboats
being launched on a training
exercise. |
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The picture was taken with
lifeboat crew Tony Green,
Jasper Graham-Jones, Nigel
Roper, Lifeboat Operations
Manager, Ann Reynolds, Betty
Battle and Ian Harris,
Senior Helm. |
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Rogation Sunday |
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The
lifeboat station was the venue
for the first service for
Rogation Sunday on 21st May but
bad weather prevented all but
one boat attempting to
circumnavigate the island for
the annual "Beating the Bounds".
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The Old
Prize Mummers |
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The "Old
Prize Mummers" which is a group
that performs traditional “Mummers”
plays each Christmastime and raises
money for the RNLI, gave £1,300 to
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station and
£1,300 to Emsworth RNLI Fundraising
Branch on 6th May 2006 at Emsworth
Slipper Sailing Club. Nigel Roper,
Lifeboat Operations Manager, Hayling
Island, said that this was a most
generous donation and thanked the
group for the support "The Old Prize
Mummers" give the RNLI. |
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Chernobyl
Children |
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Twenty years after the Chernobyl
disaster in the former USSR, now
Ukraine, when a nuclear power
plant exploded, the people in
the area are still suffering the
affects of the nuclear
fall-out. The UK funded charity
“Chernobyl Children Life Line”,
which was established in 1991,
helps 3,000 children each year
who have health problems as a
result of living in an area
heavily contaminated by
radiation. Groups of children
visit the UK for a month when
the fresh air and a healthy diet
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On Wednesday 19th
April 12 Chernobyl children, who
were staying for a month with
families in the Petersfield
area, visited the Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station and tried on
the lifejackets and looked over
the lifeboats. Earlier in the
afternoon they had been
entertained at Hayling Island
Sailing Club. This was
thirteenth time that groups of
Chernobyl children had visited
the lifeboat station. |
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Gil
Carter [left], Simon Payne
and David Nicholls, Commodore of HISC |
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HISC
RNLI Pursuit Race |
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Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station received a
donation of £289.10 from the
sailors at Hayling Island
Sailing Club on Easter Monday
when the entry fees from their
annual RNLI Pursuit Race were
donated to Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station. There were 53
entries with the first prize
being presented to Simon Payne
who sailed in an International
Moth. |
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Gil
Carter, DLA, presented the
prizes and thanked the
Commodore, David Nicholls and
HISC members for their kind
donation. HISC run three
pursuit races each year when all
the entry fees are donated to
local charities.
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Cycle Challenge |
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Avid
cyclist, Will Blight is cycling
around the UK to raise money for
the RNLI Crew Training Campaign.
He started his trip on 8th April
from Swanage and on Wednesday
12th April he visited Hayling
Island where he was welcomed by
the lifeboat crew.. |
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More
funds for the station |
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On Hayling Island
there is very active RNLI
fundraising branch which has had
a very successful year raising
£7,259.07 in the period March to
December 2005. All funds now
raised on Hayling Island will go
direct to the Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station and on Sunday 5th
March the local fundraising
committee presented a cheque
to Conrad Davies, Lifeboat
Station Honorary Treasurer and
the voluntary lifeboat crew who
were on duty that day. |
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Conrad Davies, Hon
Treasurer of the Lifeboat Station
(left) with the lifeboat crew and
Nigel Roper receiving the cheque from
the Hayling Island RNLI Fundraising
Branch - Siri Young, Wendy Prior,
Audrey Layton and Mike Bryant
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Half term activity at the
Lifeboat Station |
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The
“Little Cockles” visited the
lifeboat station on 15th
February and despite a night of
torrential rain and strong winds
over 115 people met at the
lifeboat station, 65 of these
being children of 5 years or
under. |
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The
“Little Cockles” walk was
organised by Chichester Harbour
Conservancy (www.conservancy.co.uk)
and is a fun walk for families
with pre-school aged children
along the shoreline around the
eastern corner of Hayling Island
to the lifeboat station. During
the walk the children were
encouraged to collect any items
of interest which they carried
in their buckets. |
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The
walkers were given a short talk
about the RNLI followed by
a demonstration by one of the
voluntary lifeboat crew on how
to wear the full crew clothing
and equipment. The
children also looked at the
lifeboats and the launching
tractors. At the end of their
visit they were given packs to
take home full of information
about the RNLI and Storm Force
(the RNLI’s membership for
children). |
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Training Exercise |
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During a recent training
exercise lifeboat crew practiced
moving a casualty on a stretcher
through the mud. There is a lot
of mud in Chichester Harbour
when the tide is out and the
lifeboat crew need to practice
moving an injured person who may
have got stuck in the mud. |
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Lifeboat Crew visit Solent Coast
Guard |
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A
group of lifeboat crew from
Hayling Island visited the HQ of
Solent Coastguard, based at
Lee-on-Solent, to
to get to know
the people and process on the
other side of search and rescue
operations. |
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Long
Service Badge for Chris |
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The
RNLI recently presented
Chris Reed with a Long Service
Badge in recognition of twenty
years voluntary service to the
RNLI. Chris joined the lifeboat
crew in 1985 and spent 15 years
as part of the boat crew,
becoming a Helmsman in 1995. Due
to a knee problem Chris
was unable to continue as part
of the boat crew and in 2000 he
became part of the shore crew as
a tractor driver and launcher.
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Andrew runs the New York
Marathon for the RNLI |
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THE RNLI
is very grateful to Hayling
Islander, Andrew Jameson, who ran
the New York Marathon on 6th
November 2005 to raise money for the
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station.
When Andrew started collecting
sponsorship he hoped to raise enough
money to go towards kitting out a
new crew member (£1,200). Andrew far
exceeded his target and raised
£2,715, which is enough to pay for
the kit and cover the cost of
training a new lifeboat crew member.
Andrew’s official time for the
marathon was 3:55:29 placing him
7,355th out of 38,000 entrants. |
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In thanking
Andrew for his very generous and
hard earned donation, Nigel Roper,
Hayling Island Lifeboat Manager,
presented him with an RNLI Plaque
and a framed picture of the lifeboat
station and the lifeboats with
details of his achievement. |
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Nigel Roper
(left) & Andrew Jameson |
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Presentation of RNLI Jumpers
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RNLI
jumpers were presented to lifeboat
crew on 21st December by Nigel
Roper, Lifeboat Operations
Manager, Hayling Island. |
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From
left to right: Aaron Logan, Simon
Robins, Peter Hanscombe, Mark
Neile, Gemma McIntyre, Stephen
Wallis, Scott Peters & Craig
Elsdon. Andy Ellender, who was on
holiday, will receive his formally
on another occasion.
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An
RNLI jumper is the official
uniform of all RNLI lifeboat crew
around the UK and Republic of
Ireland. |
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Betty Battle meets "Betty
Battle" |
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Mrs
Betty Battle is a regular
visitor to Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station. In 1995
Mr & Mrs Battle paid for the
Atlantic 75 lifeboat named
"Betty Battle", which is still
on station, and in May this year
Mrs Battle also paid for the
station's new D Class lifeboat
which was named "Amanda, James &
Ben" after her grandchildren.
Mrs Battle watched the lifeboats
launch on a routine training
exercise on Sunday 27th
November. |
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Andrew Jameson, a member of
Hayling Island Sailing Club ran
the New York Marathon on 6th
November raising money for the
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station.
When he started collecting
sponsorship Andrew hoped to
raise enough money to go towards
kiting out a new crew member
[£1,200]. Andrew has already
exceeded his target and money is
still coming in. His official
time was 3:55:29 placing him
7,355th out of c.38,000 entrants.
[see below for previous report] |
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Remembrance Day Parade |
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Hayling
Island lifeboat crew took part in
the island's Remembrance Day Parade
on Sunday 13th November. Wreaths
were laid on behalf of the RNLI, at the memorials in Elm
Grove and St
Mary's Church. |
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In the
evening Hayling Island lifeboat
crew attended the Salvation
Army's Service of Remembrance in
Portsmouth |
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New
lifeboat crew join the station |
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After a year of training, six
new recruits have now become
lifeboat crew at Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station. From left to
right - Stephen Wallis has
joined the shore crew and Simon
Robins, Gemma McIntyre, Peter
Hanscombe, Andy Ellender and
Aaron Logan have joined the boat
crew. |
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Southern Model Lifeboat Society |
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Members of the Southern Model
Lifeboat Society visited the
Lifeboat Station on Sunday 25th
September and presented the
station with a cheque for £250
raised when they have taken
their models of lifeboats to
various events. Some of
their models were on display and
were much admired by the
lifeboat crew.
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Roy
Smith 1923-2005 |
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Sadly the Station's President,
Roy Smith, died on 30th August
after a long illness. His
funeral was held on 7th
September when his coffin was
carried into a packed church by
lifeboat crew. |
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Roy
was appointed Deputy Launching
Authority at Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station in 1975. He was
Honorary Secretary 1976-88,
Deputy Launching Authority
1988-89, Chairman 1989-1999 and
President 1999-2005. During his
service with the RNLI Roy was
awarded the "RNLI Binoculars" in
1987, the RNLI Silver Badge in
1989 and the RNLI Gold Badge in
1998. |
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His
last official duty was on 22nd
May 2005 when he asked Amanda
and James Chitty and Ben Battle
to name the Hayling Island D
Class lifeboat "Amanda, James &
Ben". |
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Helicopter Exercise |
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As part of this
training programme on Sunday 17th
September the Hayling Island
lifeboats took part in an
exercise with Coastguard
helicopter “India Juliet” when
the winch man from the
helicopter was lowered onto the
Atlantic 75 lifeboat “Betty
Battle” whilst it was travelling
at high speed through the water.
This may be required if a
casualty needs to be transferred
quickly to hospital.
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[more pictures] |
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Sailor runs for the Lifeboat
Station |
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A member of
Hayling Island Sailing Club,
Andrew Jameson, will be running
the New York marathon on 6th
November to raise money for the
Hayling Island RNLI station.
When Andrew recently visited the
station to meet the voluntary
lifeboat crew he said ,
"I am
currently training hard in order
to run the New York Marathon.
For those of you that know me
well, I am no "Paula Radcliffe"
so it is certainly a challenge.
I am running the marathon with
a friend who I have sailed
against for many years. As a
result we felt it would be very
appropriate to raise funds for
our local RNLI lifeboat stations
being Hayling and Bembridge.
The money I raise will go
towards the costs of kiting out
a member of the Hayling Lifeboat
crew (cost £1,200) and hopefully
providing them with some of the
necessary training. Fortunately
I have not had to use their
services but I know a number of
people who have and they provide
an invaluable reassurance to
anyone going afloat. "Anyone
wishing to sponsor Andrew can
contact him via: webmaster@haylinglifeboats.org.uk
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The
Mayor & Mayoress visit the
lifeboat station |
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The
Worshipful the Mayor & Mayoress
of Havant, Councillor Cyril
Hilton and Councillor Olwyn
Kennedy, visited the Lifeboat
Station on Wednesday 31st August
and watched the two lifeboats
launch on a routine training
exercise . The lifeboat crew
demonstrated the manoeuvrability
of the inshore lifeboats and
performed a “man overboard”
exercise. The Mayor and Mayoress
had a tour of the lifeboat
station and met the lifeboat
crew. |
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