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News & Events
February 2004 to December 2004 |
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The Selsey
RNLI Tyne Class lifeboat "The City of
London" visited Hayling Island Sailing
Club during a routine training exercise
on Monday 27th December where they met
some of the crew from Hayling Island
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Andy Peasley, who joined the crew in
2002, was passed out by the RNLI’s
Divisional Deputy Inspector as a D Class
Helmsman on Tuesday 14th December. Andy
recently completed the week-long
helmsman’s course at the RNLI’s training
college in Poole but needed a final
assessment in the Hayling Island D Class
lifeboat.
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Trevor
Pearce presented a print of Hayling
Island Lifeboat Station on behalf of the
Hayling crew to Bob Woodwark DC Solent
Coastguard at his retirement party. |
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Three
more trainees, who have completed
their probationary training year,
were awarded with their RNLI crew
jumpers at the lifeboat station’s
Christmas party. It takes a year of
dedication and hard work before
lifeboat crew receive “the jumper”,
the uniform of all voluntary RNLI
lifeboat crew. Andy Ferguson will
join the boat crew, and Martin
Blackman, who initially trained with
the boat crew, and Paul Taylor, will
join the shore crew who drive the
tractors and launch the lifeboats. |
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Martin
Blackman, Andy Ferguson, Paul Taylor
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Graham Raines
received his MBE from the Queen on Tuesday
16th November. |
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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 14th 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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Langstone
Raft Race |
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On 3rd
July 2004 the Ship Inn hosted the
annual Langstone Raft Race. From the
money raised during the event, a
cheque for £1,300 was presented to
the Hayling Island lifeboat station
at a celebration gathering held on
the 8th November. Other local
charities also received cheques. The
landlord, John Delahunty, and his
wife Rita were presented with an
RNLI shield in recognition of their
support for the RNLI. |
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On 4th
November a presentation of a framed
illustration of the lifeboat station
was made to Lt. Col. John Q Davis
and all the Team at the Harbour
Office, Chichester Harbour
Conservancy. It was from all "Hands"
at the Hayling Island RNLI Lifeboat
Station in gratitude for their
support of the RNLI and for their
active participation in setting up
and maintaining the Chimet and
Cambermet Weather Stations
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[Left to
right] Richard Craven, Deputy
Harbour Master, Chichester Harbour
Conservancy, Nigel Roper, Lifeboat
Operations Manager, Haying Island,
Peter Glasby, Chairman of Hayling
Island Lifeboat Management Group,
Roger Bleasby, Chairman of the
Advisory Committee, Chichester
Harbour Federation of Sailing Clubs, Nigel Pusinelli CMG, OBE, MC, Royal
Yachting Association,
Lt Col. John Q Davis RM,Harbour
Master, Chichester Harbour
Conservancy. |
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John
Gallagher [right] presenting a cheque
for £140 to Nigel Roper, Lifeboat
Operations Manager, on Sunday 31st
October. The money was raised by members
of the Victory Athletic Club when they
organised a 22 mile relay race around Hayling Island in early September. |
Congratulations to Hayling Island
lifeboat crew member, Colin Parke, who
was passed out as a B Class helmsman on
27th October. |
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Chichester Harbour Conservancy
organise a number of guided walks
around parts of Chichester Harbour.
On Sunday 24th October the guided
walk went along the foreshore of
Eastoke Point, visiting the lifeboat
station on route, where the walkers
were able to watch the lifeboats
launch on a routine training
exercise. |
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For more
information about guided walks and
activities organised by Chichester
Harbour Conservancy follow the link
on the "Links" page. |
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Trevor
Pearce, who is one of the shore crew at
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station,
received a National Level Award
at this year's recent National Training
Award Ceremony held at Winchester
Guildhall. Trevor, who runs a first aid
training organisation and private
ambulance, holds regular first aid
training sessions at the lifeboat
station. |
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Trevor
Pearce and Sue Barker |
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Donation
in memory of the late Brian Thomas |
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On Sunday 17th October
Joan Bounton, from Cowplain,
presented the lifeboat station with
a cheque for £9,191.25 In memory of
her late nephew, Brian Thomas, who
died 13 years ago. Joan visited the
station with her husband Alf and
friend David Coxon and watched the
lifeboats launch on exercise. Mrs
Bounton’s late sister, (the late
Brian Thomas’ mother) had donated a
similar sum to the Haying Island
Lifeboat Station about 10 years ago
in memory of her son who had always
been a keen supporter of the RNLI.
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Nigel Roper,
Alf & Joan Bounton and David Coxon |
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1st
Purbrook Explorer Scouts |
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Members
of the 1st Purbrook Explorer Scouts
visited the lifeboat station on
Wednesday evening 29th September.
They saw the lifeboats launch on
exercise, watched a video about the
RNLI and Nigel Roper gave them a
talk about the RNLI service and sea
safety. |
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Graham
Raines MBE visited Power FM |
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On
Friday 24th September Graham Raines
was awarded the title "Meridian
Television's local hero". The
presentation was filmed by Meridian
TV and will be broadcast in October.
(more
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Fred
Dinenage, Graham Raines & Rachel Brooks |
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Photograph
by Matt Streten |
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Paul Lewis, Senior Helm
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Paul
Lewis was appointed a Senior Helm at
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station
on 24th August 2004. Hayling Island
lifeboat station operates a three
watch system and Paul will now be
responsible for managing the boat
crew of "Red Watch". He
is employed by Marina Development
Ltd at Northney Marina where he is a
hoist operator which involves moving
boats on the land in and in the
water and organising the layout of
the boats in the yard. |
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Paul
moved to Hayling Island in 1971 when
he was 3 years old and has always
been involved with the sea. Before
he joined the RNLI he used to hear
the maroons going off and wished the
lifeboat crew well. He was
introduced to the lifeboat station
by one of the crew and in 1993 he
joined the RNLI as a volunteer.
After extensive training he
qualified as a Helm in 1999. He
lives near the lifeboat station with
his partner and three step daughters
and their many pets. In his leisure
time he
enjoys drawing, photography,
swimming and restoring and riding
motorbikes. |
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On Sunday 29th August the Steward from the
Farnborough Masonic Club, Geoff Andrews and
his wife Beryl visited the station with six
members of the Club to present the Hayling
Island RNLI lifeboat station with a cheque
for £1,850. Nigel Roper, LOM, thanked
all the members of the Club for this
generous donation. |
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Damien
Taylor, Graham Raines & Robert
Briggs returning from exercise on
22nd August. |
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Graham Raines MBE |
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Graham
Raines, Senior Helm at Hayling
Island RNLI station retired from the
boat crew on 23rd August 2004 after
28 years service. |
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On
Sunday 22nd August crew members,
family and friends welcomed Graham
back to the lifeboat station after
his last routine boat exercise
before his retirement |
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The 201st
Islington Sea Scouts, who were camping
on Hayling Island, visited the Lifeboat
Station on Wednesday 18th August. |
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Sunday
morning at the Hayling Island lifeboat
station is an opportunity to catch up
with some routine "housekeeping". |
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gallery click here |
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Emsworth
RNLI Quay Sale |
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The Emsworth
RNLI Fundraising Branch held its annual
sale of RNLI souvenirs, bric-a-brac,
books and boat jumble in aid of
the RNLI on the quay by Emsworth Slipper
Sailing Club. The two lifeboats from
Hayling Island visited the quay. This is
year the Branch raised £3,448.78 for the
RNLI. |
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Selsey
Lifeboat Launch Day |
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On Sunday
8th August 2004 Hayling Island's
Atlantic 75 B Class lifeboat "Betty
Battle" visited Selsey and
participated in a "Search & Rescue"
display. For more information look at
www.selseylifeboat.co.uk
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Thanks to
Lynn Corbett Selsey LPO for the pictures |
Thanks
to John Trapmore for the picture |
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Lifeboat
College |
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New Lifeboat
College Opens in Poole |
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The RNLI
proudly welcomed its patron, Her
Majesty The Queen, to its
headquarters in Poole for the Royal
Opening of the world’s first
Lifeboat College on 28 July 2004.
Robert Briggs, Senior Helmsman from
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station
attended
the opening which was also the first
time there has been a
gathering of a representative from
each of the 233 RNLI lifeboat
stations in the UK and the Republic
of Ireland.
more info
www.rnli.org.uk |
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Robert
Briggs |
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HISC
Visit |
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As part
of Hayling Island Sailing Club's
Family Fun Week, a group of members
from HISC visited the lifeboat
station on Wednesday 4th August.
The children had their picture taken
sitting in the D Class lifeboat "Leonard
Stedman". They had a tour of the lifeboat
station, a talk about sea safety and
watched both lifeboats being
launched on a routine training
exercise. |
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The Atlantic
75 "B" Class Lifeboat "Betty Battle" was
launched on exercise on Wednesday 28th
July and practiced a winching procedure
with "India Juliet", Solent Coastguard's
helicopter. |
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Dunannie
School
A group of
children and parents from Dunannie School
visited the Lifeboat Station on Wednesday
30th June. Every Wednesday evening and
Sunday morning the voluntary lifeboat crew
take part in routine training exercises and
on this particular evening the visitors were
able to watch both lifeboats being launched.
The children had their picture taken sitting
in the D Class lifeboat "Leonard Stedman". |
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Open Day -
Sunday 20th June 2004
Lifeboat crew enjoying "Fathers' Day" at the
lifeboat station
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right] -
John Trapmore with Patrick, Andy Ferguson
with James and John Robertson with George.
more info about
Open Day
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Chichester
Harbour Working Boats
On 3rd June the
lifeboats from Hayling Island went to Itchenor to take part in the
display of
Harbour Working Boats organised by
Chichester Harbour Conservancy. |
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Congratulations to Graham Raines MBE |
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Graham
Raines, Senior Helmsman at Hayling
Island Lifeboat Station has been
appointed an MBE in the
Queen's 2004 Birthday Honours list for
services to the RNLI.
Graham joined the RNLI when he was
17 and has completed 28 years of
voluntary life saving service. |
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"Betty Battle"
returns
"Betty
Battle", Hayling Island's Atlantic 75 B
Class lifeboat returned to station on
Wednesday 2nd June 2004 after a major refit.
The lifeboat, which went to Cowes on 21st
January 2004, was welcomed back by Mrs Betty
Battle and Nigel Roper, Lifeboat Operation
Manager. In 1995 Mrs Battle and her late
husband, Derrick, donated the Atlantic
75 B Class lifeboat to Hayling Island. The
refit took place as part of the planned
maintenance for all RNLI lifeboats.
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refit) |
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Colin ran for
the station |
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Colin Trowles,
who is a D Class helmsman at Hayling
Island Lifeboat Station, ran
the London Marathon on 18th April to
raise money for the station funds. This
was his third
marathon. He said that he wanted to do
one more marathon and try to get back in
shape whilst raising money for the RNLI.
Colin is a police dog handler with the
Surrey Police. His training partner was
his police dog "Buster".
Unfortunately Buster was not be able to
join Colin on the actual Marathon but
Colin ran with a life-sized
toy replica of Buster on his back.
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Colin
completed the Marathon in 3 hours 38
minutes and raised about £600 for the
Hayling Island RNLI lifeboat station.
Colin would like to thank everyone who
sponsored him |
[Thanks
to Ian Fiddaman for the picture]
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Wargrave Fundraising Branch visit the station |
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Wargrave Fundraising Branch had a tour of the
Hayling Island Lifeboat Station on Sunday 18th
April 2004. It was a windy and wet day. During
their visited they watched from the beach the
lifeboats participating in a routine training
exercise with the Coastguard's helicopter
"India Juliet".[Thanks
to Ann Davies for the photographs] |
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RNLI welcomes Russian Recruits
A group of 8
children from Chernobyl were given the
opportunity to try on the wet weather gear
when they visited the RNLI Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station on Wednesday 31st
March after an early supper at Hayling
Island Sailing Club. They then watched the
launch of the Atlantic 75 lifeboat going out
on a routine evening training exercise.
The visit to the
lifeboat station has become an annual event
for the children who live for four weeks in
the Petersfield area with local families.
During their stay they have a full programme
of activities and they are encouraged to eat
healthily with lots of fresh fruit, milk and
vegetables to boost their immune system. The
children come from an area in Russia which
still remains heavily contaminated from the
nuclear fall after the explosion at
Chernobyl on 26th April 1986. |
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the picture] |
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The children’s
visit to the UK is funded by the charity
“Chernobyl Children Life Line”. This is a
national charity, founded in 1991, which
helps 3,000 children each year.
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Helicopter
Exercise
On Sunday
21st March in stormy conditions, the Hayling
Island lifeboats, together with the
Portsmouth lifeboats were out on a joint
exercise with the
Coastguard
helicopter, “India Juliet”, practising the
various techniques of transferring
casualties from incidents at sea.
[Photo
by Andy Ferguson, Trainee Boat Crew, who was
on the D Class lifeboat] |
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RSPCA present
award
On Sunday 8th February 2003, the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) presented
lifeboat crew from Hayling Island RNLI Station with the RSPCA’s
Certificate of Merit for their part in
rescuing three horses on 16th July 2003.
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