The Moorjock April 2012
May Fundraiser
As well as Matt giving us his time for free our sponsor for the night is Thompson Fertilisers. Thompson Fertilisers was set up by Bill Thompson nearly 45 years ago. It was then based at North Grimstonnear Malton. Over the years the business developed, catering for arable and grassland farmers looking for various types and quality of fertilisers. It now has over 550 customers. Angus Langworthy joined Bill in 1995 after doing an HND in Commercial Horticulture at Writtle Agricultural College in Essex. He had gained 5 years experience in the horticultural industry before moving into the agricultural sector. In 1998 the business moved to its current premises at Thorpe Bassett, Malton where in 2005 Bill retired and Angus carried on developing the business. Thompson Fertilisers Ltd is grateful to all its suppliers and loyal customers and endeavours to continue the ethos of the business in providing a personal and competitive service to all its customers, old and new.
-2What have we been up to since the last newsletter?
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2 April – Training evening th 4 April – Rescue, car trapped in snow above Egton Bridge (two vehicles attended) th 4 April – Open and recruitment evening th 10 April – Training sub committee th 14 April – Search, missing walking in sight of RAF Fylingdales. Found by MOD police as team got into the area. th 15 April – Training day th 16 April – Training evening rd 23 April – Domino Drive at the Stiddy Lythe th 25 April – Committee meeting th 28 April (evening) - Ravenscar half marathon preparation th 29 April – Ravenscar coastal half marathon th 30 April – York Medical Student (limited attendance)
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1 May – Assessment evening th 6 May – potential new members induction th 9 May – Equipment sub committee th 14 May – Ops group th 15 May – Training evening th 16 May – Marketing and Fundraising sub committee th 20 May – Training day th 25 May – Chicks, Chimps and Chinchillas – Milton Rooms, Malton th 26 May – Training review th 30 May – Committee meeting
Team web site
York medical students suffer a tragic accident Each year medical students from York University spend a day on the hills with Mark Reid of ‘The Inn Way‘ fame learning navigation skills and an appreciation of medical care in ‘wild and remote places’. When practical we end the day demonstrating how Mountain Rescue deal with injury or illness in exposed area. th
On the evening of the 30 of April as the expedition approached Levisham one of the students suffered a simulated lower leg injury while a second started to suffer from the effects of hypothermia. Three search parties attended and here we see Megan, one of the finds, bundled up a ready for the carry out. Mark Reid is standing top right.
Raising funds in wild and remote conditions
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Team fundraising walks 2012 Monthly update
Adverse weather conditions did not prevent Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue team hosting their successful annual Ravenscar Coastal Half Marathon Fundraiser this weekend. The popular, yet demanding, all terrain event starts from Ravenscar village hall and runs south to Cloughton along a combination of roads, public footpaths and the old Whitby Scarborough railway line before returning along the scenic cliff path to Ravenscar. Despite a strong north easterly wind and driving rain reducing the temperature to something feeling close to zero degrees centigrade the event attracted some ninety entries. The race was started by Geoff Mortimer of Construction Marine Ltd, Leeds who was kind enough to sponsor the event this year. The first runner, Andrew Huddleston was back in a very respectable time of 1:31:57. The first lady, local resident Cathy Wood, finished in an equally impressive time of 1:50:35. For a number of runners this was their first event since last week’s London Marathon and for one, Anthony Corbett it provided the opportunity to present the team with a cheque for £75 raised in sponsorship last weekend when he was running on behalf of Mountain Rescue. Anthony tells us he has similar gifts for a number of other teams in the North Eastern Search and Rescue Association (NESRA). Prizes were awarded to the two winners by Geoff Mortimer of Construction Marine Ltd, Leeds and Assistant Chief Constable Sue Cross of North Yorkshire Police and President of North Eastern Search and Rescue Association. Sue is a long-time supporter of the team and the voluntary Search and Rescue service we provide. A full listing of results is available on the team web site.
We hosted a very successful Falcon Flyer in March. Along with a very wet but popular ½ Marathon in April. Our last challenge event of the year is the Saltergate circuit th – Saturday 6 October th
Please make sure the 6 is in your diary. Remember we need 13 staff to man the base, control, vehicles and sweep the route before we cover any check points. We also need people the night before to set up the venue and the equipment needed for each check point. We have approached a number of companies for sponsorship but perhaps team members could suggest other opportunities? The Raven Hall hotel sponsored part of the costs of the Falcon Flyer and Construction Marine Limited sponsored the ½ marathon. Please advertise the events to friends, colleagues, clubs and organisations. Remember entry fees are refunded if individuals raise more than £50 sponsorship for the team. Entry forms for the events are on the web site. We are also advertising with running club and walking groups. Let’s hope they all turn into entries. We saw a significant increase in entries for the Saltergate circuit last year and the Falcon this year let’s see if we can continue that sucess.
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April training day
Peter’s patch
This month’s training day took place in the forestry around Yearsley moor and was organised and run by Roger and Drew. For the morning activity they took parties around the forest running around six mini scenario, each giving the team lots of time to practice each of the roles within a search party.
"Rowathon" Saturday 16th June 2012. We have planned for this event to take place in the Brunswick Centre Scarborough, starting at 0900 through to 1800. I am looking for volunteers to take a turn on the rowing machine for periods of 20 mins. The aim is to row a total distance of 100km throughout the day. Please contact me if you can help at anytime during the day. When I have numbers I can make out a rota. If you dont feel like rowing there will be collecting buckets to manage etc., this event is open to all volunteers and their families. Filey Emergency Services Day Sunday 12th August. Team Demonstration of a search and rescue incident. A perfect chance to raise the Teams profile within the community. We will need a large numbers of team members to stage this demonstration. Please contact me if you can help on the day. We expect to hold the demo twice during the event. Again this opportunity is open to all volunteers and their families. There is something for all ages at this show and is well attended by the general public.
Following lunch we embarked on a team line search looking for a domestic heating engineer overdue for an appointment. After a brief, yet demanding, search he was successfully found and quickly and reunited with his tools
Look forward to hearing from you all, regards Peter Holtby.
Training review The committee, Training sub committee, Incident controller group and honorary medical officer are holding a review of th the training scheme on the 26 of May. The current scheme has now been in place for a full training cycle and in a spirit of continual improvement it is time to review the content of the modules, any duplications or omissions and how we demonstrate knowledge and compliance. We, the team, already have the opportunity to comment on training at the end of each session, by anonymous feedback via Russ’s coffin in the training room or simply by speaking to Russ and his subcommittee. However there is an option for you to provide input into this process by making your views known to any one of those attending this review.
Above Egton Bridge 4th April 2012
Ian Hugill May 2012