Three of our team members were across in North Wales over the weekend of 21/22/23 November to complete their assessment to qualify them as Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) Module 2: Water First Responder instructors. A further two were on the assessment weekend 38/29/30 November. This training has
Read more →The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 15:30 on the 14th of November to assist with the rescue of an 86 year old lady who had been dog walking with a companion on tracks approximately a third of a mile south of Aislaby near Whitby.
Read more →The team voted in three more full team members last night….. At one of our routine team meetings last night the team membership unanimously voted to offer Neil Armstrong, Paul Kirby and Robert Newburn full team membership. When an individual wishes to join the team as an operational
Read more →For the second year running Kelly presents a sizeable cheque to the team A chance remark by the team on Facebook in Summer of 2013 that we had lost two significant fundraising events because of callouts on the day got Scarborough resident and stalwart of the Hardmoors Ultra
Read more →For a number of years we have had concerns on how best to recover a casualty from the bowl below Falling Foss. Following team members attending the recent Mountain Rescue Gathering in Aviemore and specifically a practical workshop on the Tyrollean Traverse we thought we would try
Read more →The last weekend in October saw the team out training with RAF Leeming Team. Saturday was spent reviewing the equipment carried by each team followed by a technical rope rescue session. The first pictures below show collaboration in a Tyrollean Traverse rescue. Sunday was a simulated plane crash
Read more →Three Yorkshire community groups have had their coffers boosted by grants from a top royal award scheme. Coatham House – Redcar, Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue and The Island, York each received a share of by an £8,000 pot distributed to its award holders by the Duke
Read more →Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team and team members formally recognised at the 2014 North Yorkshire Police Search and Rescue Awards Dinner. Joining team members from the Cave Rescue Organisation, Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team, Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team and Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association David Edwards,
Read more →Innovation Fund award winners…. We are delighted to announce that have just been advised that we have been successfully in a bid for funding from The Duke of York’s Community Initiative, Innovation Fund for 2014. The purpose of the fund is to promote innovation and the sharing of
Read more →By popular demand we now accept on-line entries for our challenge walks. Don’t worry if you prefer the postal version we still also accept these. The first event we are using this for is the Saltergate circuit in October. Simply click on the link at the bottom
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