Lifeboat Week 2013 = 9-18 August

The dates for this year's Lifeboat Week are now officially confirmed as 9-18 August. 

Car window stickers are now available in the Lifeboat Shop in The Square, Swanage so make sure you grab one next time you're passing.

We'll have an events list online in the next month or two so keep checking back for updates.

We look forward to seeing you in August!

Lighthouse loop results

Many thanks to all that took part in our 5K Lighthouse loop fun run. The results for the 5 categories are:

Prize	Race Number	Time	First name	Surname
Overall	052	20.59	Justin	Matthews
Mens over 50	125	21.57	Hamish	Murray
Ladies over 50	126	30.32	Barbara	Murray
Men	052	20.59	Justin	Matthews
Ladies	124	24.20	Liz	Gilmour
Juniors	066	22.06	Max	O'Neill

The times and positions for all the competitors are:

Pos	Race Number	Time	First name	Surname
1	052	20.59	Justin	Matthews
2	097	21.16	Neil	McDermott
3	113	21.28	Culvin	Milmer
4	125	21.57	Hamish	Murray
5	066	22.06	Max	O'Neill
6	072	23.01	Ross	Wayne
7	116	23.20	Simon	Emery
8	050	23.40	Jason	Clark
9	109	23.45	Jason	Cooper
10	095	23.47	Matthew	Whitbread
11	060	24.03	Charlie	Damerell
12	074	24.06	James	Berry
13	067	24.07	Matt	Burrows
14	124	24.20	Liz	Gilmour
15	123	24.22	Rob	Murray
16	130	25.33	Doug	Horner
17	136	25.38	Cosmo	Craven
18	046	25.39	Richard	Savage
19	093	25.49	Richard	Smith
20	069	25.51	Neil	Brooks
21	103	26.12	Paul	Goddard
22	057	26.15	Peter	Rogers
23	129	26.27	Andi	Byrom
24	106	26.47	Steve	Trend
25	088	26.49	Saba	Sofuterman
26	098	27.30	Jonathan	Barnaby
27	108	27.32	Lorraine	Naylor
28	081	27.36	Tom	Berry
29	105	28.06	Richard	Cook
30	117	28.16	Tony	Holmes
31	070	28.22	Tracy	Brooks
32	107	28.27	David	Lawton
33	126	30.32	Barbara	Murray
34	086	30.33	Mike	Barron
35	120	30.34	Flynn	Alberry
36	121	30.40	Tish	Alberry
37	062	30.51	Sharon	Sues
38	090	30.59	Robert	Williams
39	061	31.03	Elizabeth	King
40	122	31.12	Belibda	Bolar
41	080	31.20	Tim	Seymour
42	075	31.22	Sam	Watts
43	063	31.39	Gill	Sadler
44	089	31.47	Nick	Arnold
45	048	31.56	Georgie	Savage
46	047	31.57	Hilary	Savage
47	085	32.16	Alex	Forsyth
48	110	32.22	Paul	McKlintic
49	096	32.25	Jack	McDermott
50	076	32.27	Samantha	Pattern
51	128	32.29	Tracy	Byrom
52	133	32.30	Richard	Crisp
53	094	32.42	Claire	Hammond
54	118	32.49	Morgan	Hassall
55	058	32.53	Lily	Burnet
56	059	32.53	Andy	Burnet
57	064	33.05	Iain	Fowler
58	087	33.09	C	Alan
59	073	33.51	Zodwa	Chasokela
60	131	34.00	Melanie	Dyke
61	091	34.11	Karen	Postlethwaite
62	071	34.20	Christopher	Troke
63	092	34.25	Laura	Postlethwaite
64	049	34.48	Hannah	Fleming
65	055	35.05	Martha	Legg
66	056	35.06	Joanna	Dimarco
67	068	35.29	Wendy	Mansell
68	132	35.38	Jenny	Dickenson
69	054	35.46	Emma	Risk
70	051	35.49	Anja	Fleming
71	112	35.56	Rose	Clarke
72	127	36.11	Nicky	Selby
73	115	36.25	Anita	Ellison
74	111	37.43	Taba	McKlintic
75	119	38.31	Ellen	Trainer
76	134	39.03	Rollo	Craven
77	135	39.04	Charles	Craven
78	099	39.24	Polly	Saunders
79	114	39.53	Chloe	Ellison
80	053	39.54	Gemma	Goodere
81	078	39.56	Sarah	Colquhoun
82	084	39.58	Rosalind	Forsyth
83	079	39.59	Kate	Kenny
84	082	40.18	Colette	Jeffery
85	083	40.19	Stuart	Vagg
86	077	43.50	Trudy	Allen
87	137	43.50	Kate	Spurling
88	065	43.50	Samantha	Goulding/Fowler
89	104	44.42	Claire	Bates
90	102	44.43	Martin	Steeden
91	100	52.22	Anya	Robinson
92	101	52.23	Mike	Saunders

Lifeboat Week 2012 = done!

Well what a week that was! Lifeboat week is over for another year. A massive thank you to all the people who attended or helped out at any of our events we couldn't have done it without you. We're going to have a few weeks off and then we'll have our wash up meeting and decide the dates for next year. We'll keep you posted!

Saturday spectacular

Thanks to all who came along to Prince Albert Gardens last night, what a great night!

We've got another brilliant night of live music tonight with music from 'The Reptiles' and 'The Stage Crew' along with the bar, bbq and hog roast. There will also be fireworks at 9.45pm keep an eye out for our collectors with their buckets.

Saturday day is a busy day too, come and see the teams build a boat in just 4 hours then race them to the beach at 4.30pm. That will be followed by our raft race at 5.30pm. There will also be lots of stalls at Prince Albert Gardens and the bar and bbq will be open too.

Live Music, Bar, BBQ & Hog roast tonight at PAG

The stage is built (thanks to S&D Scaffolding), the tent is up (thanks to Swanage Carnival). The sound & lighting are on their way (thanks to Mike Dimarco and his team). We'll be setting the bar, bbq and hog roast up this morning so it'll all be ready for this evening's fun. Make sure you come down to Prince Albert Gardens from 6pm, we've got live music all evening its going to be a good night!

'Lifeboatique' at Swanage Lifeboat Week

One of the stalls at this Sunday's Lifeboat Fair in Prince Albert Gardens is 'Lifeboutique'.

The stall is run by Becky King and Kim Notley, our coxswain's daughters-in-law, and will be filled with homemade wares, either crafted by the girls themselves or generously donated by others - they'll even be exclusively selling jam made by the RNLI's Head of Fleet Operations!

As well as a stall-full of handmade and vintage goods, Becky and Kim will also be teaching finger knitting. For £1, children (and adults) can choose a ball of wool and learn how to make a necklace, bracelet, bandanna, tail or belt to take home.

The wool has been very kindly donated by the Swanage Wool & Craft Shop.

You can find out more about the girls' crafts here at Becky's blog, Dorothy Does.

Duck race winners

Our duck race was a great success with about 1200 ducks racing down the stream from the Post Office to The Mowlem.

The results were as follows:

1st place = Duck 160
2nd place =  Duck 710
3rd place = Duck 985

Thanks to all that took part and thanks to the owners of duck 160 who kindly donated £20 of their £100 first prize back to the RNLI.