2012

27/1/2012 Loads of photos put on our Photobucket gallery (Go via gallery page)

27/1/2012.  The Yorkshire Building Society have nominated The RNLI as their Charity of the Year. Crew and staff will meet outside the Rhyl Branch on SOS day, 27 January at 1000 for a photo shoot at their Rhyl High Street branch. A news release has been issued by Danielle Rush, Divisional Media Relations Manageress, and that and photos will appear after the launch event on the 27 January. Click for Press release.

22/1/2012 Mr. Bob Roberts of Denbigh called in at the boathouse to present cheques to Coxswain Martin Jones as a result of a sponsored bike ride he undertook. The proceeds will go towards the "Lifejackets for Lifesavers" campaign. Click for press release

2011

12/10/2011 Paul Frost was presented with his MBE by Her Majesty the Queen at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace. PIC1 shows Paul and his partner Mary with the MBE outside the Palace steps, and PIC2 shows Paul, Mary, and his daughters Karra (left) and Danielle (right) outside their hotel.

11/06/2011 Paul Frost, Deputy 2nd coxswain; Press officer; and webmaster of this site; has been awarded the MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.

For press release by Colin Jones, deputy press officer, press HERE

19/05/2011 Many congratulations to Peter Dean, chairman of Rhyl Lifeboat Fundraisers, on being awarded the title of Life Governor of the RNLI, at an awards ceremony at the Barbican, London, in May 2010. The award is richly deserved.

6/3/2011 Local volunteer RNLI presenter Edward “Ted” Watson was both surprised and pleased to be the recipient of Rhyl lifeboat crew’s “David Benjamin Jones” shield for outstanding service to the Rhyl station, at the crew’s annual dinner, held at Rhuddlan Golf Club on 5^th March 2011.The award was designed for the person who, in the crew’s opinion, made the most significant progress in highlighting the work done by the RNLI, and Rhyl crew in particular, over the last year. The award was designed in memory of David Jones, who sadly died aged 20 when a long RNLI career as a crew member at Rhyl was tragically cut short. Ted was presented with the shield and a small personal copy by Peter Robinson, the previous coxswain at Rhyl. Ted carries out numerous tasks to further the RNLI’s message, at various meetings and events throughout North Wales and the Marches. He is responsible for transporting a publicity inshore lifeboat to all events and is a familiar face all over the North Wales area, and as part of this work, manages to raise many thousands of pounds for the charity. PIC

1/2/2011 Many thanks to those who took the trouble to vote for the station in the NatWest bank's "Community Award scheme". As a result of this, the station branch has been awarded a £1000 award.

2010

14/10/2010 Congratulations to Tina Elliott, Tara Elliott, Dean Priestley and Bob Baines, for successfully completing their probationary period and becoming full crew members.

24/09/2010 Our Coxswain, Peter Robinson, retired this month on reaching the statutory maximum age for sea-going duties. Martin jones, mechanic, is now Coxswain/Mechanic. Peter retires after over 15 years at the helm. At a surprise dinner on 24th September for Peter, he was presented with a service certificate by Training Divisional Inspector Andy Hurley, together with a new tabard and helmet for Peter to use for his role on the shore crew. The pictures show Peter passing over the running of the boat to Martin Jones, and Peter receiving his certificate from Andy Hurley.  PIC1          PIC2

30/5/2010 999 day at Rhyl Events arena, between boathouse and Seaquarium. 1100-1600. PIC 1    PIC 2     PIC 3

6/7/2010  Our County tractor was required elsewhere and it was replaced with a "Softrac" tracked launching vehicle. See tractors page for details.

29/4/2010     This was Peter Robinson's last official exercise as Coxswain. He stepped down from this position, and Martin Jones became Coxswain/ Mechanic. Peter will remain on the crew as Deputy Coxswain until he reaches retirement due to age in September 2010. Crew list will be amended after the event, so Peter will be Deputy Coxswain, along with Paul Archer-jones and Paul Frost. Peter had a surprise party after the exercise, with friends attending from Rhyl Diving Club; Rhyl Fishermen's' association; Rhyl Yacht Club, and many more. Pics to follow.

20/2/2010 The crew held their annual dinner and awards presentations at the Rhyl Golf Club. There were 4 awards presented. Click on each small picture to display large photo.

The Benjamin Jones award for the crew member who contributed the most to the station went to Chris Stockport, our Lifeboat Medical Officer and crew member.	The RNLI's Gold Badge for voluntary service, was presented by Training Divisional Inspector Andrew Hurley (R) to Eric Davies, BEM, JP, Chairman of the station branch
Three crew members were presented with Chief Executive's awards for their part in the rescuing members of the public at the Cockermouth floods in Cumbria, in 2009.(L-R) Helmsman Darrel Graham, Crewman Callum Robinson, and Mechanic/2nd Coxswain Martin Jones	Crew member and Tractor Driver Derek Denton was presented with an inscribed tankard to commemorate his continuing work in giving guided tours of the station to schools and other visitors over many years.

12/2/2010 The 3 crew members from Rhyl who crewed the boats at the Cockermouth floods last year have all been awarded Chief Executive's letters for their part in the rescue work. Martin Jones, Darrel Graham and Callum Robinson were sent their letters recently. See above.

2009

5/12/2009 Crews from Rhyl, Llandudno and Flint took part in a medical exercise in Rhyl harbour, using both of Rhyl's boats, and also involving 2 shore-based scenarios. The exercise was overseen by RNLI Inspectors and First aid trainers from Poole HQ. The exercise went very well and took 40 minutes to complete. A debrief was held in the Yacht Club. Pictures can be seen by clicking PIC1  PIC2  PIC3  PIC4  PIC5  PIC6  PIC7  . Pictures 4-7 courtesy of Tony Mottram photography.

 19/11/2009. 2000  3 Rhyl crewmen were requested by the RNLI Flood Response Team in North Wales, to attend the flooding of Cumbria around Cockermouth and Workington. They used the station LandRover LR102 to travel in convoy to Cumbria, with other members of the North Wales team. Crew members Martin Jones, Darrel Graham and Callum Robinson, under the command of Deputy District Inspector Matt Croft, arrived in the area at 2200 and immediately were set to work in rescuing residents using RNLI rescue boats and D class ILBs and Arancias in conjunction with the other rescue services. Link here - http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/press_centre/news_releases/news_release_detail?articleid=503714

The teams returned to North Wales at 1300 on Saturday 21st November, assisting up to 200 people from their dwellings. Their base was Carlisle castle. PIC

20/9/2009  Trials commenced on a "SOFTRAC" tracked vehicle to tow the ILB on the beach. Trials will take place approximately until the end of September. (See tractors page for pictures)  The vehicle was returned to depot early November 2009 with suggestions from crew. The vehicle proved to be slow at getting to the water's edge at low water compared with our original County tractor. It looks like we will have one anyway.

30/8/2009 There were 2 presentations at our open day on 30th August

1. Fins swim school presented a cheque for nearly £1700 to LOM Darrel Crowther following a recent sponsored swim. PICTURE

2. Coxswain Peter Robinson was presented with his 20-year long service badge by the leader of the army Red Devils parachute team PICTURE

14/8/2009 Rhyl Fundraisers have announced that this year's Flag day collected £3,308.90. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to attain this record amount!                                                                                                                  

14/7/2009 Coxswain Peter Robinson and his wife Jan attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and other dignitaries. PICTURE

9/3/2009  Crew dinner and presentation night at Rhuddlan Golf Club. For pictures of presentations, go to gallery page.

1/1/2009. Rhyl lifeboat fundraisers have received various awards from the RNLI. See http://rnlirhylfundraisers.blogspot.com/ for details. Congratulations to you all !

2008

16/5/2008 Mrs. Jean Frost, station Vice-President received her MBE from HRH Prince Charles at an investiture at Buckingham Palace today. PICTURE shows Mrs. Frost with her Grand-daughter Natasha, Sister Dorothy, and Son Paul, on the steps of the Palace after receiving her award.

3/1/ 2008   Thieves broke into the lifeboat station at Rhyl sometime over the New Year evening. They managed to get into the mechanic’s room and appear to have tried to get into the souvenir shop, but failed to break the reinforced glass. It appears that they also went on to the lifeboat but investigations revealed that nothing was taken. Tools in the mechanics room were gathered together, but it seems that the thieves must have been disturbed and fled empty-handed. Luckily none of the essential equipment; the boats and launching vehicles were damaged, and the lifeboat volunteers were able to make the boat and boathouse safe to continue the life-saving efforts of Rhyl lifeboat crew and fund-raisers. It was late realised that the DVD re-writer used to make the films for the crew was taken. It must be emphasised that no money or valuables are stored in the shop overnight, so the thieves would not have gained much for their efforts. Closed-circuit television footage was examined by the police, and identified the persons involved. They were successfully convicted and sentenced to prison.

2007

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