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03/11/08 Silver Service

(Taken from the RNLI website – rnli.org.uk)

RNLI Lifeguards Chris Boundy and John Dugard will be awarded Silver Medals for Gallantry for their rescue of an angler from the seas off Trebarwith Strand on 28 June 2008.

Chris and John put their own lives in peril to save the man from treacherous conditions, and then used their first aid training to sustain life until the casualty was evacuated by helicopter.

This is the first Silver Medal service by RNLI lifeguards, and the first time two Silver Medals have been awarded for the same service since Hayling Island lifeboat crew Roderick James and Frank Dunster were honoured for their part in responding to the Donald Searle on 19 January 1993.

For more detail, click here to read the press release.

22/10/08 Investment Group Buys WTC

(Taken from a 220 Triathlon magazine article)

"Ironman finds itself with new owners: Providence Equity Partners Inc has bought out the WTC (World Triathlon Corporation), owners of the Ironman Brand. In a sale completed in September, the investment group has become the new keepers of the illustrious Ironman Triathlon".

12/10/08 Ironman UK On Channel Four

(Taken from an Ironman UK e-mail)

Both the UK IRONMAN 70.3 and the IRONMAN UK 2008 events are being televised on Channel Four.
 
We have received some confirmed dates and times for the first two programs covering the UK based events. The details for the World Championship programs will be confirmed by Channel Four in a few weeks time.
 
2008 UK IRONMAN 70.3
Sunday 12th October - 7.55am - Channel Four
 
2008 IRONMAN UK
Saturday 18th October - time t.b.c. - Channel Four

Our team manager Allan Reid entered this years Ironman UK, and this may be your chance to see him in action!

08/10/08 Surf Life Saving Event In Jeopardy

A Cornish resort could lose a major international lifesaving event because it does not have a 50m swimming pool.

Newquay is due to host The Surf Life Saving World Championships in 2010 for more than 4,000 competitors. But organizers said they may have to go elsewhere after failing to find £750,000 to pay for an Olympic-size pool at Fistral Beach.

Taken from the BBC news website, go to the full article here >>>