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RNLI Flag Day |
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Hayling Island's voluntary
lifeboat crew joined members and
supporters of the local RNLI
fundraising branch to take part in
the annual RNLI flag day
street collection on Saturday 20th
June when a record £1238.13 was
collected. |
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Crew
member Tony Green collecting in
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Hayling & Portsmouth lifeboat
crews in multi-agency rescue
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RNLI
volunteer lifeboat crews from
Hayling and Portsmouth took part
in a search and rescue exercise
covering a simulated fire and
evacuation of passengers from the
Hayling Ferry on Wednesday 10th
June. Click
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Nick
Power's sponsored tour |
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27.05.09 |
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Nick
Power, Volunteer Press Officer
from Sutton RNLI Fundraising
Branch, is travelling on foot and
by public transport from the Isles
of Scilly to the Thames
visiting all the RNLI lifeboat
stations on the way. He set off on
7th May and plans to reach London
on 30th May in time to celebrate
his 30th birthday. He visited
Hayling on Sunday 24th May when
the lifeboat crew signed a beach
tent he plans to auction off . For
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RNLI education
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Posted 26.05.09 |
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A number of
groups of children have recently visited the
station as part of the RNLI's education
initiative. Recent groups included 33 scouts
and cubs from the Hambledon Village Scouts
on Wednesday 20th May when they presented
the station with a cheque for £250. A
picture of the group will be posted on the
website soon. Other recent visitors included
the following groups:
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Mars Cub
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St Mary's
Infants, Byfleet |
Hambledon
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RNLI
Fundraisers visit station |
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Posted
15.05.09 |
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Committee members from Winchester
RNLI Fundraising Branch and their
supporters visited the station on
Wednesday 13th May 2009. The
visitors presented the station
with a framed photo of the old
lifeboat station on the seafront
and a photo of a very early
Hayling lifeboat. |
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A celebration in
honour of donors who funded three
lifeboats and major station
improvements |
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Posted
29.04.09 |
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On Saturday 25th April
2009 a special ceremony took place to
officially name the latest lifeboat to
be placed on service at Hayling Island
lifeboat station and to dedicate the
recently extended boathouse to those
who helped fund it.
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A special
visit from SC Johnson Ltd |
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Posted
30.04.09 |
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Johnson Ltd has been a very
generous supporter of the RNLI and on
Friday 24th April 120 current and
retired staff, who have all competeted
more than 20 years with the company,
visited the station during one of
their annual reunions. |
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Visit from
lifeboat crew from Courtmacsherry
Lifeboat Station |
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17.04.09 |
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Five members from
Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Station,
Republic of Ireland, visited the
station on Thursday 16th April
and presented Keith Holmes,
Deputy Launching Authority, with
a burgee. The group were on
holiday visiting RNLI lifeboat
stations in the area before they
visiting the RNLI stations on
the Isle of Wight and the
Channel Islands. |
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CHC Treasure Hunt |
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Posted 16.04.09 |
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On Thursday 16th April,
Chichester Harbour
Conservancy organised a
beach treasure hunt for
around 60 children and 40
adults which finished with
a visit to
the lifeboat station. |
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HISC Pursuit
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08.04.09 |
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Hayling Island
Sailing Club held a Pursuit Race
on Easter Monday and donated all
the entry fees to the lifeboat
station. Gil Carter, Deputy
Launching Authority, presented the
prizes and received £250 from the club. |
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Winners David HItchcock & Ian
Nicholson sailing an RS K6 with
Gil Carter |
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Stormy Stan
travels in style |
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The RNLI’s Stormy
Stan made a surprise visit to
the Hayling Seaside Railway
which was donating all its day’s
fares to the Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station......more
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Posted
08.04.09 |
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New
President for Emsworth RNLI Fundraising
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Thelma Parham was elected
President of the Emsworth RNLI
Fundraising Branch during its AGM held
on Tuesday 3rd March 2009 at Emsworth
Slipper Sailing Club. Thelma has just
retired as Chairman of the Branch and in
recognition of her 36 years of service
to fundraising and her support of the
Hayling lifeboats, Nigel Roper, Hayling
Island Lifeboat Operations Manager, on
behalf of the Hayling lifeboat crew and
station officials, presented Thelma with
a framed illustration of the station and
the lifeboats. |
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04.03.09 |
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Liss Infants
School – Visit 2nd March 2009 |
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Pupils from Liss Infants
School visited the lifeboat station on
Monday 2nd March 2009 as part
of their project on the history of the
RNLI. During the RNLI’s National SOS
fundraising day in January the pupils
raised £256 by wearing clothes with
spots and stripes at school and donating
money to the RNLI. |
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02.03.09 |
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New lifeboat
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It has been
a week of mixed emotions for the crew at
the lifeboat station. The crew were very
excited to welcome the new
Atlantic 85 on station but they
were also very sad to say goodbye to
"Betty Battle" , the Atlantic 75 which
has been on station since 1995. .......more
& picture gallery
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The "Battle"
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27.02.09 |
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Crew presentations |
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posted 15.02.09 |
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During the recent annual
crew dinner, D Class Helm,
Peter Hanscombe, was
presented with the "Crew
Member of the Year" shield
and retired Senior Helm,
Ian Harris, was
presented with his Long
Service Certificate.
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Peter Hanscombe |
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Ian
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RNLI SOS Fundraising Day |
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posted 31.01.09 |
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The lifeboat station was
open for visitors as part
of the RNLI's national
fundraising day on Friday
30th January. |
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Ian
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Mummers raise funds for the
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posted15.12.08 |
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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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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 &
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Island on 6th
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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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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
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Portsmouth "Navy Day "
Event - 25/26/27 July
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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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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:
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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
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Station Open
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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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