Members should be aware of the UK government plans to close the Liverpool Coastguard Station.  An online petition has been set up, and if you would like to support the campaign to prevent the closure as well as the rest of the changes to the coastguard, you can sign the online petition at the following site:

http://www.petitiononline.com/SHMCGS/petition.html

Hoylake RNLI crew, (left to right) Geoff Ormrod, Dave Dodd, Dave Whiteley, Steve Armitage.

As reported by John Curry, Lifeboat Operations Manager in the RNLI press centre.

Hoylake RNLI Lifeboat Station is delighted to announce that four of the crew have been awarded a bar to their twenty year long-service badges.

The RNLI has for some time been thinking of recognising service beyond the original twenty year service badge, and in the last week has announced the names of the serving crew, who in some cases have doubled this service time in … Continue Reading

A provisional racing calendar has been uploaded.  Click on Club Racing 2012 in the menu to see more information.

This years prize giving will be held at the club house on Sunday 5th February at 14:00 hrs. A buffet will be provided.

RYA Membership Survey
They’d like to hear your views
The survey is be open to RYA members and non-members and will be available online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/rya11 until 31st January 2012 and you could win an iPad2.