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NAVY NEWS, SEPTEMBER 1990
Helping Hands
Hogging all the limelight
for all Navy
A TEAM of divers from HMS Graham, the Clyde Division RNR unit based in Glasgow, raised £1,200 in the Hogshead Rally between Bowling and Grangemouth via the Clyde and Forth canal. HMS Graham's team had to navigate the canal carrying a sealed container of waler drawn from the Clyde, and the money raised during the rally will be donated to Erskine Hospital for cx-scrviccmcn, the Save ihe Children Fund and the Forth and Clyde Canal preservation trust. Cdr. Pat Barren, also of HMS Graham, and one of the few horse riding members of the unit, took part in the annual Wesl Highland and Pony Rally. Riding his pony Mcggcrnie Sarah, he raised £120 for equestrian charities. D
Surgeon Capt. A l e x a n d e r Craig, of the Institute of Naval Medicine, Gosport. has presented Gosport C o m m u n i t y Nursing Service with an APNOEA alarm. The money for the alarm, which will be on loan to parents of children at risk from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, was raised by the staff at the I N M . D
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M e m b e r s of t h e I b e r l a n t Women's Club from NATO's Iberlant HQ. near Lisbon. Portugal, presented Padre E s t a n i s l a u s Langner w i t h a cheque for 164.000 escudos. the proceeds of a fund-raising fete organised by the IWC. The money will be used for a r e h o u s i n g scheme at Pego Longo, near Quelex. which has already provided houses for families previously living in extremely poor conditions.
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The Tactical Systems department of HM submarine Superb held a 24-hour darts marathon in aid of the special care baby unil at Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth. Thirteen members of the department took part in the event, which was held at the Royal Sovereign in Plymouth. and £600 was raised for the unit.
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Pedal-power pulled in the pounds when c y c l i s t s from HMS Dryad, the School of Maritime Operations, raised £250 for the British H e a r t Foundation by taking pan in the annual London to Brighton bike race. A further £400 was raised for the British Heart Foundation by PTIs from HMS Dolphin who also took part in the cycle race.
IT was "hair today and gone tomorrow" for LSTWD Smudge Smith of the ocean survey ship HMS Herald. LSTWD Smith had nurtured his magnificent set since returning from the Gulf but he was persuaded to shave half of it off in order to raise over £120 for the ship's charity, Myton Grange Home, in Warwick. The Herald's commanding officer, Cdr. Peter Jones, is pictured wielding the scissors assisted by the steady hands of CK Wurzel Warnes. Further funds were raised for Myton Grange when a team of five runners completed a half marathon around Plymouth. Three Wrens from HMS Dolphin took to the skies with RM Display Team and raised £292.55 for Great p r m o n d Street Hospital for Children. The girls — LWrens Bonnie Arlingstall and Lynda Williams and Wren Mandy Horsburgh — joined "R" Company at RM Ppolc and abseiled out of a Sea King helicopter from a height of 180ft.
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With the announcement that the annual Royal Marines Tattoo at Eastney is to close, the tattoo's organising committee has decided to close its fund with two donations of £1.000 to the Portsmouth Area Hospice and the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth's Appeal.
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The crew of HM submarine Revenge (Starboard) held a casino and horse-racing evening and raised £250 for the Trefoil Association Jacuzzi Fund. The aim of the fund is to help spastic children in the Dumbarton area and the purchase of a Jacuzzi was made possible by a previous donation of £1,000 from the Revenge.
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Members of the Air Department of the assault ship HMS Fearless presented a cheque for £1,029 to TSW's Miss Marlcne Crawley in aid of ITV's Telethon '90 appeal. The money was raised by a sponsored parachute jump.
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