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Seventy Years on we Remember the Maritime Tragedy at Sker Point
A service was held at All Saints Church, Porthcawl and at the memorial plaque in the rocks at Sker Point over the weekend in memory of those lost at Sker seventy years ago. Porthcawl’s combined
Maesteg’s Mr RNLI retires at age 89
Ken Lewis an RNLI volunteer fund raiser has decided to retire from active service due to mobility issues after almost 40 years of representing the charity particularly in the Maesteg area. During his time with
Porthcawl: Busiest RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Station in Wales 2016
Figures released by the RNLI today show Porthcawl RNLI crew were again Wales' busiest inshore lifeboat station during 2016 in terms of callouts. Porthcawl crew launched 80 times, rescuing 45 people and saving 7 lives.
Porthcawl RNLI Rescue Injured Horse Rider
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard at 16:05 Wednesday 15th March following reports that a female horse rider was injured at Sker Beach, Kenfig Sands. Both the D class lifeboat, ‘Jean Ryall’,
Volunteer at Porthcawl RNLI
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Thrown Horse Rider Rescued
Porthcawl RNLI volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard at 12:49 Sunday 15th January following reports that a female horse rider was injured at Kenfig Sands, Sker Beach. The D class lifeboat, ‘Jean Ryall’, was
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RNLI Shout 18.48 📟
UK Coastguard requested the launch of our D Class lifeboat following a report of 10 persons cut off by the tide on a bank of the Ogmore River near the sewage works. Our volunteer crew
RNLI Shout 17.16 📟
Our D Class was launched following concerns by lifeguards at Sandy Bay for a kite surfer. The lifeguards no longer had visual and he had been out of sight for some time. Porthcawl NCI also
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