Many thanks to everyone who donated
at Sainsbury's on Sun 4 Dec. Below is a picture of
Colin, nobody
told him that you didn’t have to buy the items, take
them to the self-serve & pack your own.
He is after all new to
this game, and we should be sympathetic.
We supported the Bere Alston Trekkers
Poppy run, both with our vehicles and some runners -
here Julian, Dave N and Dave M prepare for the off
10th Plympton Guides pose with
members of the team after a successful search and rescue
exercise in July this year:
Sainsbury's Manager Mark Prout and
his customer service team present us with a very large
cheque. This is the total amount raised over the year.
Roy Noble, Nigel Higgs and Dave Northcott accept the
cheque on behalf of the team from Mark, Grace and Fiona.
A potential new search dog has started
training at only 7 months old! Rob Heath and Toohey take
a break from their training recently in the Brecon
Beacons. They are both amongst a small band of trainee
dogs undergoing training.
Check the SARDA website here for more info
On 10 April Richard Thorne presented
RAF Chivenor with a framed picture of a Seaking with a
search team having just disembarked.
On a sunny Sunday 22 March, 3
intrepid members of Sainsbury's jumped out of a
perfectly serviceable aircraft in aid of the team!
 
Clockwise: Dave, Helen and Mark pose in front of 54.
Mark and Helen kitted up and ready to rock! Yehaw!
floating on air!
Over the weekend 13/14 Feb and
13/14 Mar we wrapped flowers. Here Dave shows Liz what
to do!
Meanwhile outside; our latest
recruit - Rob's trainee search dog Toohey draws the
crowds.
Mike, Neil and Dave try to look busy
On 10 Nov Bridgestone and National
Tyres donated
£250
to the team. This was a result of their 'Pose with a
Formula 1 car' event held at the store earlier in the
year.
Steve Rose, Alasdair Clement and James Daymond pose with
Handy Landy along with National Tyre rep, Sainsbury's
Manager Mark Prout and Bridgestone's Tim Lee
Posing again with National Tyres are Steve, James, Handy
Landy, Helen and Alasdair with the Plympton based
National Tyres rep.
This picture was taken whilst we
were training recently with the RAF from Chivenor. A
cracking photograph I think you'll agree! Photo courtesy
of Derek Spink
Our Search
Management Control Van and Land Rover have had their
signage completed:
 
Liz
Thurkettle (one of our current trainees)
presenting £100 to our
Team Leader Howard Otton from the staff and kids of
Plymstock School, raised by selling cakes at lunchtimes.
Victor and the staff of the Skylark Inn in Clearbrook
present a new lightweight stretcher to the team on Mon
17 Nov 2008. Neil, Steve, Pub Staff, Victor, Dave, Roy,
Mark W, Mark S and Nigel accept it on behalf of the
team:
This proves that some members of the
team can quite literally walk on water! This was taken
from the Lych Way Walk in 2008. Mark S, Phil L, John B
and Steve R show how its done
The Giant Chair of Natsworthy, impressive
by any standards:
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