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.

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".

Lifeboat crew enjoying "Fathers' Day" at the lifeboat station       [left to right] - John Trapmore with Patrick, Andy Ferguson with James and John Robertson with George.

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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.

Lifeboat crew enjoying "Fathers' Day" at the lifeboat station       [left to right] - John Trapmore with Patrick, Andy Ferguson with James and John Robertson with George.

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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. (pictures of refit)

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.

Lifeboat crew enjoying "Fathers' Day" at the lifeboat station       [left to right] - John Trapmore with Patrick, Andy Ferguson with James and John Robertson with George.

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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.

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.

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]

Wargrave Fundraising Branch visit the station

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]

Emsworth fundraising Branch present cheque

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station received its first donation of the year on Sunday 4th January at Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club when Gil Carter, DLA, received a cheque for £1,000 from the “Prize Old Mummers” which is a group that performs traditional “Mummers” plays each Christmastime and raises money for the RNLI. 

New lifeboat crew

At the Hayling Island Lifeboat Station Christmas Party on 17th December, RNLI crew jumpers were presented to John Trapmore (left) and Kieran Kinsella (right) who have both successfully completed a year of training to become voluntary lifeboat crew. Kieran and John joined the crew as trainees in September 2002. During their first year they have been attending training sessions on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings learning about navigation, first aid, boat handling and the launch and recovery of the lifeboats. Their training was shore based for the first three months and as the station operates a three watch system, during the rest of their year of training they spent three month periods working with the senior helms and boat crew of each watch. This has been a particularly busy year for Hayling Lifeboat Station so Kieran and John have already been involved in a number of rescues.

Nigel Roper, Lifeboat Operations Manager receives a cheque for £1,226 from Northney Marina. This sum was raised during their annual berth holders BBQ held on 18th July 2003.

On 9th November some of the crew participated in the Hayling Island Remembrance Day Parade. Nigel Roper, LOM and Gil Carter, DLA, laid wreaths, on behalf of the RNLI,  at the memorials in Elm Grove and St Mary's Church.