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Blood donor sessions
Thursday 1 November
2007
Holy Trinity Parochial Centre
Hoghton Street
SOUTHPORT
2.00-4.00 & 5.30-7.30PM
Tuesday 6 November 2007
St John Stones Parish Centre
7 Sandbrook Way
SOUTHPORT AINSDASLE
2.00-4.00 & 5.30-7.30PM
Friday 9 November 2007
Westbourne Hall Community Centre
Westbourne Road
WEST KIRBY
2.00-4.00&5.30-7.30PM
Saturday 17 November 2007
St Peters Parish Centre
St Peters Road
BIRKDALE
10.00-12.00 & 2.00-4.15PM
Thursday 22 November 2007
The Civic Hall
Southport Road
ORMSKIRK
2.00-4.00 & 5.30-7.30PM
Saturday 24 November 2007
Holy Trinity Parish Hall
Rosemary Lane
FORMBY
10.00-12.00 & 2.00-4.15PM
Friday 30 November 2007
Ecumenical Centre
Northway
SKELMERSDALE
2.00-4.00&5.30-7.30PM
Southport girls scale
lighthouse for stroke
THE
Southport Girls are at it again! This time, members of this
extremely successful local fundraising group have abseiled down
Leasowe Lighthouse for The Stroke Association. Southport Girls
Viv Wilkinson, Barbara Cheetham and Jane Ludlow, along with their
friends Linda Irving and Debbie Almay, joined nearly 100 people who
turned up to scale down the famous lighthouse to raise money and
awareness for the charity.
Louise Elliott, Regional Fundraising Manager for The Stroke
Association said:- ‘We’re delighted with the support we’ve
received from the Southport Girls and all the participants of the
abseil. The event is on course to raise over £16,000, which will
help us fight the third biggest killer and a leading cause of adult
disability.’
The group, which started 21 years ago as a group of friends who
wanted to raise money for the charity, started simply by holding
coffee mornings and progressed to sportsmen’s dinners, discos, gala
balls and now abseiling!
‘It was a thoroughly enjoyable day. Many of the abseilers
started early in the morning and the event went on through the
afternoon. We were pleased to be part of this activity which
includes abseiling events across the country,’ said Barbara.
The next abseiling event taking place in the North West will be a
Santa Slide at the Manchester Velodrome on 15 and 16 December, where
participants will attempt to establish a World record number of
abseiling Santas.
‘We’re hoping to see 300 Santas abseiling over the course of
the weekend. We’ll even be providing the Santa suits so everyone can
join in!’ added Louise.
For more information, or to sign up for the abseil, please call
07799 436 011, or email
email. If you would
like further information about stroke or The Stroke Association,
please contact the Stroke Information Service on 0845 303 3100, or
visit the
website.
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Clipper fleet bids
farewell to Brazil at start of Race 3 to Durban
Photograph taken by Pedro Campos.
THE Clipper
called Nova Scotia was first over the line at the start of Race 3
from Salvador to Durban at midday local time (1500 GMT) on Wednesday
in ideal conditions in the Bay of Saints with around 20 knots of
easterly breeze and bright Brazilian sunshine. The ten
internationally-backed boats including Liverpool 08, Jamaica and New
York opted for their largest headsails as they headed towards Durban
on their second transatlantic race of the ten-month series.
As his team made final repairs to their damaged spinnakers on
Wednesday morning at the Centro Maritimo de Bahia, Liverpool 08
Skipper Ben Galloway from Wrexham, said:- “We’re really happy
to be in third place overall at the moment but we plan to push hard
on this leg and get a first into Durban. It will be an interesting
leg with complicated weather which will be a challenge for the crew,
but one which I know they’re looking forward to.”
Uniquely Singapore was hot on the heels of Rob McInally and his
Canadian crew as they crossed the line, followed by
westernaustralia2011.com and Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper.
Jamaica Skipper Simon Bradley from Staffordshire, currently lying in
tenth place overall, said he and his team were looking forward to
the race ahead: “We can’t wait to get racing and we’ll all looking
forward to arriving in South Africa. I’ve never been to Durban and
we’re all looking forward to the welcome there. We’ve done as much
as we can in getting the boat ready, and we’re all prepared to give
it everything we’re got.” Ellen MacArthur Trust Ambassador Dan Monk,
21 and survivor of childhood leukemia, is sailing onboard Jamaica
for the race to Durban. Dan’s participation in the race is funded by
the official Clipper charity The Philip Green Memorial Trust.
New York Skipper Duggie Gillespie from Kirkcudbright who joined the
race in Salvador following the departure of Jerry Crew, was fifth
across the line for the 4,100-mile race, after his crew carried out
spinnaker repairs until the last moment at the Terminal Maritimo da
Bahia. With the repairs to their crucial spinnakers still ongoing,
the crew now faces continuing in the cramped quarters onboard in
order to gain maximum boat speed en route to Durban.
Ahead of the start, Duggie said:- “It’s all about new
beginnings and a fresh start on New York. We’ve got a different plan
of action to the other boats so it will be interesting to see how
this leg goes for us. I’ve never sailed to Durban before so I’m
looking forward to the ocean passage and the trip up the coast.”
Durban 2010 and Beyond was last across the line as they started the
race into their home port. Earlier on Wednesday Durban Skipper Ricky
Chalmers, who finished Race 2 to Salvador in first place, admitted
that the pressure was high for the race into South Africa. “The
pressure is on! We’re really looking forward to
sailing into our home port and are really excited about the welcome
that we know we are going to receive. The boat is ready so bring it
on!” said Ricky, who's clipper was starting race 3 as the
race leader.
westernaustralia2011.com jostled with Uniquely Singapore for the
lead after the start, briefly pulling ahead of the boats closer to
the coast. Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper, Jamaica and New
York lost the breeze as they headed inshore and fell back down the
fleet shortly after the start.
Race Director Joff Bailey said:- “The Clipper Fleet received
an excellent reception in Salvador and we would like to extend our
thanks to the Government of Bahia for their warm hospitality.
With a
long ocean race ahead, the boats had an excellent start but early on
in the race some of the boats felt the effects of wind shadows off
the coast. But the skippers will not be too concerned as they will
be thinking of their long-term strategies with 4,100 miles ahead of
them.
Qingdao was in the bottom half of the fleet over the line, crossing
sixth, followed by Liverpool 08, Jamaica and Hull & Humber with
Durban 2010 and Beyond bringing up the rear."
Qingdao Skipper Marcus Cholerton-Brown
explained that he had a personal incentive to get to South Africa as
quickly as possible:- “We’re obviously going to get
there the fastest as I’m going to be seeing my wife in Durban! We’re
had no sail damage thus far and we’re confident that we can perform
well on the next leg.”
Hull & Humber Skipper Danny Watson said:- “It has been a short
but fantastic stopover and I’ve enjoyed being back in Salvador.
We’re now looking forward to getting going again and the challenge
of another ocean crossing and are looking forward to some Zulu
parties in Durban.”
During the visit to Salvador, Liverpool 08 crew member Akmed Musleh,
28, visited a local orphanage to hand over clothes, stationary and
mementoes of his home city to staff at Creche Lar Assistencial
Franco Belcaro who take care of 67 children between the ages of one
and six.
After a mass brief at 0800 local time on Wednesday, Clipper
crew donated their remaining Brazilian currency to fund a garden for
the disadvantaged children.
The fleet is expected to arrive in Durban around 17 November 2007. |
