NEWSAR News 2009

December 2009

31/12/2009	NEWSAR would like to congratulate ex Team Member Rod Stoddart who has been awarded an MBE for services to Mountain Rescue
31/12/2009	Flintshire Chronile - North East Wales Search and Rescue and British Red Cross to revive The Challenge charity walk
30/12/2009	Closing date for applications for team membership is the end of January 2010. Further details and application forms
21/12/2009	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Red Lion in Hope, their collection box raised £19.02 for the Team
21/12/2009	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Royal Oak in Kinnerton, their collection box raised £29.74 for the Team
21/12/2009	Thanks to the staff and customers of the White Lion in Hope, their collection box raised £40.35 for the Team
21/12/2009	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Owain Glyndwr, their collection box raised £16.97 for the Team
21/12/2009	Thanks to the staff and customers of Key to Beauty in Johnstown, their collection box raised £10.19 for the Team
21/12/200	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Queensferry Hotel in Deeside, their collection box raised £9.75 for the Team
21/12/2009	Thanks to Team member Damon who donated £15.96 to the Team after a Halloween party.
19/12/2009	Thanks to everyone who donated money to the Team during our collection day in Chester raising £1601 for the Team. Thanks also to the Kelsborough Choir, the Waverton Singers and the Chester Ladies Choir who sang carols whilst we collected.
18/12/2009	£25 was raised for the Team in the “Guess the birth date of the Team Leader’s baby”
18/12/2009	Thanks very much to the Youth Committee of the North Wales Centre of the Caravan Club who donated £230 folowing a raffle and sponsored walk up Moel Famau.
18/12/2009	Thanks very much to "The old codgers" from Aylesbury who donated £93 to the Team after a Halloween do in Llanarmon DC.
03/12/09	The Team broke its previous record for the number of callouts today reaching no 49 of the year.

November 2009

03/12/09	The Team broke its previous record for the number of callouts today reaching no 49 of the year.
29/11/09	The Team now has its own Twitter account. Follow us at www.twitter.com/newsar
24/11/09	Thanks very much to Tattenhall Talkabout, who donated £30 to the Team.
09/11/09	The Team received £100 from the organisers of the Cilcain Show for the provision of first aid cover to the Mountain Race
	The Team received £1.16 from Mission Fish as a result of sellers nominating NEWSAR as the beneficiary of their sales.
03/11/09	An additional £16.59 was raised from our Balloon Race NEWSAR Balloon Race Update 1st balloon ended up in Soye which is close to the French / Swiss border 747 miles 2nd prize balloon ended up in Broadstairs in Kent - 271 miles 3rd prize balloon ended up in Braintree in Essex - 193 miles
03/11/09	The annual NEWSAR Fell Race raised £200 for the Team. Thanks to all those who ran the event – hope you had a good race despite the course being changed due to poor weather conditions
02/11/09	The 360 to Yosemite expedition raised £724.75 for the Team. Thanks very much to Dave Fildes, Harold Burrows and Roly Layland for their efforts
02/11/09	Thanks very much to the staff and customers of the Mountain Biking Centre in Llandegla Forest, their collection box raised £38 for the Team

October 2009

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27/10/09	Thanks very much ho donated £1,000 to the Team
22/10/09	Thanks very much to Vauxhall Motors who donated £500 to the Team
22/10/09	Thanks very much to Richard Whitley who donated £125 to the Team
14/10/09	Thanks very much to the staff and customers of the Horse & Jockey in Buckley, their collection box raised £40.53 for the Team
14/10/09	Thanks very much to the staff and customers of the Black Lion in Buckley, their collection box raised £13.22 for the Team
12/10/09	The Team received £300 from the organisers of the Snowdon Race for providing first aid assistance
08/10/09	Daily Post - Police fear for missing Wrexham woman Daily Post - Son’s appeal to help find missing Wrexham woman Daily Post - Divers join search for missing Wrexham mum The Leader - Search continues for missing Wrexham woman The Leader - Son speaks of fears for missing Wrexham mum The Leader - Underwater team joins search for missing Wrexham woman The Leader - Mountain rescue and divers still searching for missing Wrexham woman Wales online - Teams look for mother BBC News - Dogs used in missing woman hunt BBC News - Search for missing woman goes on
04/10/09	Daily Post - Man in 80ft cliff plunge
04/10/09	The Leader - Man rescued by helicopter after North Wales quarry fall
04/10/09	Wales Online - Quarry plunge rescue man in serious condition
03/10/09	BBC News - Quarry fall man taken to hospital
01/10/09	Thanks to Rev. Shufflebotham who donated £75 to the Team
01/10/09	Flintshire Chronicle - Members of North East Wales Search and Rescue Team take part in Channel 4 show How to Look Good Naked with Gok Wan

September 2009

28/09/09	Members of NEWSAR bared all to appear on How To Look Good Naked with Gok Wan back in July. To see how they got on, watch the programme on Channel 4 at 8pm tomorrow night (29th September). Channel 4 How to Look Good Naked Series 5, Episode 1 15:48 -18:15 and 25:15 to 29:20 BBC News - NEWSAR team ditch their mountain gear for a photo shoot to "show the UK how to celebrate body confidence" for Gok Wan's Liverpool Dailypost - Mountain rescue team keep their boots on for TV strip show Daily Post - North Wales rescuers in Gok Wan show Wales Online - Mountain rescue team go starkers for Gok Wan Shropshire Star - How to rescue mountain climbers – naked! UK Press Association - Rescue team strips off for Gok Flintshire Chronicle - Members of North East Wales Search and Rescue Team take part in Channel 4 show How to Look Good Naked with Gok Wan
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21/09/09	Thanks to Tattenhall WI who donated £5 to the Team
10/09/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of Key to Beauty in Johnstown, their collection box raised £26.83 for the Team
10/09/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Sun Inn in Trevor, their collection box raised £24.81 for the Team
05/09/09	Thanks to all those who attended the Llangollen Balloon Festival and helped us raise £1322.56 for the Team. NEWSAR Balloon Race

August 2009

31/08/09	Thanks to all those who attended the Cilcain Show and helped us raise £81 for the Team
26/08/09	Thanks to Cheshire Police for donating 3250 to the Team from the Chief Constable’s Property Fund
19/08/09	Thanks to the British Legion (Ladies Section) based in Upton who donated £75 to the Team following a talk from Dave, one of our Deputy Team Leaders
03/08/09	Thanks very much to those who attended the Flint 999 Day and helped us raise £107.60 for the Team

July 2009

30/07/09	Flintshire Chronicle - Your Champions: North East Wales Search and Rescue nominated for Team category
24/07/09	Thanks very much to Wrexham Rotary who donated £500 to the Team
24/07/09	Thanks very much to Whitewell Church who donated £50 to the Team
16/07/09	Thanks to Tattenhall WI who donated £64.95 to the Team
07/07/09	Thanks very much to Waverton Pensioners Club who donated £30 to the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to those who donated old phones and printer cartridges to the team raising £140.67 for the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to the staff and customers of the Loggerheads Country Park Visitors Centre, the collection box there raised £90.03 for the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks to everyone who bought reindeer food last Christmas raising £118 for the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to the Capenhurst Running Club for donating £100 to the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to Supporters in Iraq who donated £280 to the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to those who attended Whitewell Village Fete raising £48.81 for the Team.
07/07/09	Thanks very much to Mike Waters who raised £235 for the Team by running the London Marathon. This will be increased due to Gift Aid.
02/07/09	Thanks very much to Tarporley Rotary Club who donated £100 to the Team.
01/07/09	Thanks again to Wrexham Rotary Club who donated a further £500 to the Team following a second talk by Huw.

June 2009

27/06/09	Thanks again to the Bank of America who donated a further £2,319.77 to the Team.
25/06/09	Flintshire Chronicle - Members of Loggerheads-based NEWSAR have raised money for the search and rescue team by climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park in California
19/06/09	Thanks very much to the Bank of America who donated £1,250 to the Team.
09/06/09	Thanks very much to everyone who came to see us during our street collection in Chester helping us raise £973.92.
08/06/09	Flintshire Chronicle - All Wales 1,000 runners on Snowdon have been accounted for and search and rescue attempts called off
02/06/09	Thanks very much to the Runcorn Rotarians who donated a pile of stamps to the Team to help our fundraising efforts.

May 2009

28/05/09	Thanks very much to Agrovista who donated £100 to the Team.
28/05/09	Thanks very much to the friends and family of the missing male from incident 13/09. A collection at his funeral raised £730 for the team.
28/05/09	Thanks to Wrexham Rotary Club who donated £500 to the Team following a talk by Huw, one of our Deputy Team Leaders.
28/05/09	Thanks very much to Mold Golf Club who raised £1,500 for the Team, this money will be added to our New Vehicle Fund.
18/05/09	Thanks to the North Wales Masons who donated £3,125 to the Team, this money will be added to our New Vehicle Fund.
18/05/09	Thanks very much to Corus who donated £500 to the Team.
14/05/09	Flintshire Chronicle - The North East Wales Search and Rescue Team (NEWSAR) have opened their new base at Loggerheads
12/05/09	Evening Leader - Flintshire home for North East Wales Search and Rescue
09/05/09	The Team held the official opening of its new base in Loggerheads. A raffle run on the day raised £97.10 for the Team. Thanks to all who took part. Flintshire Chronile - The North East Wales Search and Rescue Team (NEWSAR) have opened their new base at Loggerheads
06/05/06	The Team were at the Duck Race held in Loggerheads Country Park organised by the Trinity Fammau Scout Group. Thanks to all who attended and helped the Team raise £116.15.
06/05/06	Thanks to all who took part in the BASF raffle which raised £50 for the Team

April 2009

20/04/09

Thanks to Corus who donated £250 to the Team

20/04/09

Thanks to the Lions Club who donated £399.40 to the Team

06/04/09

Evening Leader - Man's body found in Wrexham woodland

See Incidents 04/08

Missing man’s body found after North Wales rescue effort

March 2009

26/03/09	Flintshire Chronicle - North East Wales Search and Rescue team commended by Chief Constable
24/03/09	Daily Post - Rescued North Wales woman tells of her ordeal
23/03/09	Thanks very much to the staff of Toyota who donated £2,000 to the team. This money will go towards our New Vehicle Fund.
23/03/09	Thanks to Miss Ellis who donated £25 to the Team
22/03/09	BBC News - Forest rescue for Missing Woman
19/03/09	NEWSAR received a Commendation from Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable of North Wales Police which recognised the Team’s ‘much valued support to North Wales Police in continued voluntary service, both past and present, in rescuing and searching for persons in distress on the mountains and other parts of North Wales and in so doing, often exposing themselves to risk and danger for the benefit of the community for no reward other than the satisfaction derived from helping others.’ North East Wales Search and Rescue team commended by Chief Constable
18/03/09	Thanks to the Capenhurst Running Club who donated £100 to the Team
18/03/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of Field & Trek in Chester, their collection box raised £25.21 for the Team
18/03/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of Lewis’ Farm Shop at the Plassey, their collection box raised £40.20 for the Team
12/02/09	Evening Leader - Looking back: the disappearance of Wrexham's Ermatati Rodgers See Incidents 04/08
11/03/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of the White Lion in Hope, their collection box raised £10.70 for the Team

Febuary 2009

22/02/09

Thanks very much to Ceri and Phil who raised £558 to the Team by raising sponsorship to run the Cardiff Half Marathon in October 2008.

12/02/09

Thanks very much to the Malpas Air Cadets who, following a visit to our new Base, donated £25 to the team.

03/02/09

BBC Wales Weblog - While you were sleeping

See Incident 09/09

January 2009

30/01/09	Flintshire Chronicle - Mold Golf Club raises funds for NEWSAR at Casino night
27/01/09	Evening Leader - Rescue team find Llangollen man in Ceiriog Valley See Incident 06/09
22/01/09	Thanks to Cilcain Parish Council who donated £35 to the Team
21/01/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Horse and Jockey their collection box raised £39.08 for the Team.
21/01/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Sun in Rhewl, their collection box raised £17.43 for the Team.
21/01/09	Thanks to the staff and customers of the Ponderosa café on the Horseshoe Pass near Llangollen, their collection box raised £34.55 for the Team.
19/01/09	Flintshire Chronicle - Search and rescue team’s busy start to the new year
15/01/09	Wrexham Chronicle - Team rescues man from mountain
14/01/09	Denbighshire Free Press - Mountain drama rescue
12/01/09	Evening Leader - Missing Wrexham man saved in mountain drama
09/01/09	Wrexham Chronicle - Wrexham man rescued from mountain in icy weather
09/01/09	Daily Post - Wrexham man rescued in Berwyn Mountains Daily Post - Freezing late night rescue of Wrexham man by dog team
05/01/09	During Hune 2009 will see 3 Mountain Rescue Team Members from North Wales travel on a round trip to Yosemite to raise funds for NEWSAR, SARDA Wales and the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team The 3 mountain rescuers intend to tackle the Half Dome a 27km (17mile) hike classed as very strenuous and involving 1500m (4800ft) of ascent and descent to a mountain peak in the Yosemite national park in California.
	Why 360 - the 3 participants will be 60 years old and will have amassed 120 years involvement with UK Search & Rescue between them.360/3 Further Details avilable at http://www.360toyosemite.org.uk/
05/01/09	We are searching for new members. We need people who are committed, and willing to learn and work as part of a close and supportive team. Prospective team members should also have hill awareness and be physically fit. Please complete an application form and return it to us by 31st January 2009. Download an application form from here in [microsoft word (100kb)] or [pdf format (164kb)] Daily Post - Mountain searchers need new volunteers Denbighshire Visitor - Rescue team look for new members
01/01/09	Thanks to Alex, Jeanette, Amy, Lynn and Beth from the Physio Department at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen for braving the Tegid monster when they swam Bala Lake raising £962 for the Team. This money will go towards defibrillators for NEWSAR
01/01/09	Happy New Year

New Base for NEWSAR

Thanks to Liverpool City Council and Kingswood, NEWSAR now has its first long term base. At the beginning of June, we moved into a building located at the Colomendy Centre in Loggerheads which will ensure the long term future of the Team. We are currently in the process of adapting the building so that it fits our needs before hosting a grand opening in May 2009

Thanks to Element 6 in Hawarden who provided us with temporary accommodation from 2005.