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NAVY NEWS, AUGUST 1997
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Holy Island cleaned up
Shooting party shells out record amounr SHOTGUN enthusiasts unloaded more than £20,000 for the Royal Navy Benevolent Trust at a clay pigeon shoot in Surrey.
TEN MEN from HMS Lindisfarne cycled 150 miles from Rosyth to their affiliated town of Alnwick to raise cash for their adopted charity. The team, made up of Lindisfarne's CO, Lt Cdr Peter Garden, two officers and seven juunior rates, collected £1,500 for N orth Northumberland Day Hospice through the event.
Cut off They cycled from Rosyth, where the ship is in refit, across the Forth Road Bridge, through Edinburgh and on to Berwickupon-Tweed where they were welcomed by the Mayor and Sheriff, and their affiliated regiment, the 6th Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. On route, they stopped off at Lindisfarne to help local people clean up the beach and spent an enjoyable night on the island, cut off from the mainland by the tide.
The 12 RN teams, including one from Flag Officer Surface Flotilla led by Deputy FOSF, Commodore James Burnell-Nugent (left)
competed with 13 others at the shoot at David Gosling's Whithorn Farm.
Conservationist The winning team was Matra Marconi Space Systems and HMS Osprey were the best Navy team. 'Clay pigeon conservationist of the year' was Cdr the
Rt Hon Michael Cochrane. Fund raising was coordinated by HMS Nelson's Cdr John Wills, Lt Rebecca Russell, WO Dick Hussey and CPO Monty Mountford. The shoot itself raised a record £19,500 and a champagne reception and lunch afterwards raised another £3,500 for the RNBT.
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1997 YEAR OF THE SEAFARER
RpYAL MARINES Reservists helped to raise almost £50,000 for charity by launching people from the top of Bristol's Avon Gorge. They set up a 900ft rope slide which ran from cliff tops near the suspension bridge all the way down to the banks of the Avon below. Blue Peter presenter Stephen Myles, showjumper Oliver Skeete and HTV's Kate Sanderson were among the celebrities who took the plunge along with 50 local fund-raisers.
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OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON OUR SEAFARERS The Year of the Seafarer is the theme chosen by King George's Fund for Sailors (KGFS) for its 80th Anniversary Appeal. It is a timely reminder of how much we depend on the men and women who serve in the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy and the Fishing Fleets providing our defences, our daily food, our goods and our leisure. KGFS is the central fund for all nautical charities who help seafarers and their dependants when they hit their own rough seas. The 1996 grants totalled £2,736,736. PLEASE HELP US TO SUPPORT OUR SEAFARERS SEND YOUR DONATION OR ASK FOR MORE DETAILS
Publishing Director Brian Reed and his sons Mark and Paul spent three days on the ship and Mr and Mrs Reed were VIP guests at the destroyer's rededication ceremony on arrival (Navy News, July.) The opportunity was auctioned at Newcastle Brewery's annual charity gala last year and Mr Reed's bid was the biggest single contribution of the night. Much of the money will go directly to the ship's adopted charity, Newcastle's Percy Medley School for children with cerebral palsy .
• Cpl Paddy Goodall checks Blue Peter Presenter Stephen Myles before his 900ft ride to the bottom or Avon Gorge.
Motivation, the Muscular Dystrophy Society, Bristol Age Care and the National Children's Home.
The school's Appeal Director, Des Bustard, said: "The ship's CO, Cdr Nick Lambert, presented the prize in such an attractive and compelling way that the bidding just went up and up. It was great to see." Mr Reed, who owns Reed Print and Design in Washington, has made several trips in HMS Newcastle, including a visit to the South Atlantic. As Navy News went to press Mr Reed was abroad, but his son Mark said: "The whole thing was absolutely superb from start to finish. We had the run of the ship. "We are very keen on supporting charities in the North East and we're delighted that a lot of the money is going to HMS Newcastle's chosen charity, the Percy Hedley School."
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THE FIRST Lieutenant of HMS Nottingham, Lt Cdr Colin Martin, raised £2,000 for handicapped children by running the London Marathon. The Commander of HMS Dasher, Lt Alex Bark, raised £1,500 for KGFS in the same race, and Lt Cdr Keith Howorth from HMS Warrior collected £332 for the RNLI after finishing the endurance event.
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The shop in the Naval Dockyard in Bermuda sold souvenirs to visiting sailors before closing in 1995. The cash, presented to Queen Alexandra Hospital by Amanda Simpson, will pay for a machine to allow children to control their pain relief.
SAILORS from HMS Collingwood hiked 72 miles along the South Downs Way to raise £1,100 for the British Cot Death Society. The walk was split into three 24-mile stages with a separate team tackling each one, and despite very poor weather, they covered the ground in just 27 hours. Collingwood personnel also brushed up their DIY skills during a visit to Collingwood School in Hull when they decorated a room used by mums and toddlers and put up signs produced in the establishment's drawing office.
HMS NORFOLK and HMS Leeds Castle proved to be hugely popular attractions during a British Forces open day in the Falkland Islands. The ships attracted scores of visitors and with an impressive show at Mount Pleasant mounted by the Falkland Islands Defence Force, RAF, Royal Engineers, Gurkhas, the Defence Fire Service and explosives disposal team, the event raised £1,085 for the 'Blue Bus' elderly mobility appeal.
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FOUR teams of runners raised £3,500 for cancer research through a 24-hour relay.
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Two teams from HMS Nelson, one from HMS Nelson's lodger units, and one from Captain Fleet Maintenance took part in the event, staged at Burnaby Road, Portsmouth.
TO the Director General, KGFS, 8 Hatherley Street, London SW1P 2YY. Tel 0171-932 0000. I would like to learn more about the work of KGFS Q I enclose my gift of £
Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Peper Harrow Foundation want 50 cyclists to take part in the event from May 3 to May 14 next year. The route includes visits to Warsaw, Krakow and Prague, and the required sponsorship of £1,600 covers all costs. For details, call Rosemary Torrington on 0171 928 7388 or Joe Mearns on 0171 916 5678.
POORLY children in Portsmouth will soon be feeling the benefits of £3,000 raised by the charity shop in HMS Malabar.
Cruise to Newcastle is sold for £30,000 ONE OF HMS Newcastle's biggest fans donated £30,000 to charity for the privilege of sailing with the ship from Portsmouth to Tyneside.
VpLUNTEERS for a 585mile cycle through Poland and the Czech republic are being sought by two children's charities.
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High speed On the way down they reached speeds of up to 45mph before hitting a crash mat at the end of the slide. The event was co-ordinated by WOII Tony Boyle, a mountain leader and Sgt Major of RMR Bristol and run with the help of 18 reservists from detachments all over the South West including Exeter, Cardiff, Poole and Plymouth. The charities which will benefit from the event include the Winged Fellowship,
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• Lt Peter Adams and the ship's flight crew dropped in at the Percy Hedley Centre to present £500 raised by auctioning a football signed by Newcastle United. Meanwhile, petty officers were visiting children at Newcastle General Hospital to present £300-worth of toys. Picture: LAIPHOT) Mark Hipkin. FOSFPU
HMS CORNWALL donated £400 to Trengwreath School in Plymouth to pay for summer outings for children with cerebral palsy.