The Cleveland Mountain Rescue 4-Tops is back for 2024 - but with a difference! This year our event will be a fun filled day out that everyone can enjoy. The walking / running part of the event will start and finish at Guisborough Rugby Club on Saturday 14th September (times to be confirmed). The route is yet to be finalised…

The Summer 2024 edition of Mountain Rescue magazine is now available online and includes articles on the forthcoming Mountain Rescue conference which will include inputs from Cleveland MRT members Jenny Hall and Dan Scoular (pages 4 - 7).There's also a separate article by Dan (on page 31) plus a feature on our Technical Rope Rescue training at Peak Scar (on…

We were recently contacted by Victoria Price who sent us a lovely note and drawings made by her son Edward, a Year-2 pupil at Marwood Infants School in Great Ayton. For their homework, Edward’s class were asked to do some research about someone who has done things to help others. Edward spoke to a family friend, Jan Snowden, whose husband Bryan…

In a recent News article on this page, we thanked Vicky McFarlane for a donation following her rescue last year and now Vicky has been featured in this Northern Echo article. Thanks for you kind words Vicky (and again for your donation). Screenshot courtesy of the Northern Echo:

The Team recently received a very generous donation of £500 from the Northallerton Lodge of the RAOB. Our Team Leader, Tim Wood, was on hand to receive a cheque from the RAOB's Ken Evitt at a meeting of the group at The Oddfellows pub in Northallerton. Many thanks to the ROAB for such a kind gesture.

Whilst we were covering the Ardmoors event at Lordstones last Saturday we had a very welcome visit from members of the Centurions Walking Group. It was the latest stage in their walk along the Cleveland Way, which they are doing in seven sections over the course of the spring and summer to raise funds for Cleveland MRT. So it was…

A very welcome visitor to our stand at Saturday’s Great Ayton fete was Vicky McFarlane who was one of ‘our casualties’ back in June last year. Vicky had fallen and sustained a nasty break to her right leg. As a result she had a metal plate fitted and is still recovering but is able to walk. Being immensely greatful for…

This weekend we provided safety cover for the Ard Moors mountain bike event, which saw over 1200 competitors taking part. A mixture of minor and serious injuries were dealt with, two of which required ambulances being called to our medical tent to take casualties to hospital. We also dealt with two unrelated call-outs whilst the event was taking place. Many…

Many thanks to the organisers of the CPAD Ingleby Barwick Fund 'Siren Fest' that we attended last month. They donated £550 to the Team as a 'charity share' of the receipts from the entry fees and the mascot race. On the day, our members there received £282.75, mostly from our children's games, but also from the sale of merchandise and…

The Annual Review of Mountain Rescue England & Wales (MREW) is now available to read online via this FlippingBook link. Lots of interesting and useful features about the work of mountain rescue teams in the last year plus the statistics regarding all of the incidents attended.