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■ CAN you do better? HMS
Sultan is claiming a record with Meeting Max
70 Naval personnel signing
up in one day to the Sports,
Amenities and Benevolence CANCER sufferer Max Hub-
Scheme (SABS), the payroll buck enjoyed a full day at Meet
giving scheme which provides
your Navy in Portsmouth Na-
funds to RN and RM charities.
val Base, courtesy of the hard
The impressive haul of 70
people was netted by a team
work of Christine Harper, a
of seven earnest champions
researcher at the RN Histori-
of SABS, led by Lt Cdr Tim
cal Branch.
Finch, during a families day at
Max, who is aged just 12, has
the base, means over £3,600 to
just finished chemotherapy and
swell the charity coffers.
radiotherapy treatment at Great
Ormond Street Hospital since
■ DUNCAN Gell from Clyde
being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s
Naval Base climbed upon his
Lymphoma in March 2007.
bike to pedal 325 miles from
Christine heard about Max
Dumbarton to Derby, fi nishing the
from his father Alex who was
journey in 20 hours 30 minutes,
installing new equipment at the
and pulling in a total of £700 for
Historical Branch.
Glasgow Royal Infi rmary’s Burns
Christine set to work to organ-
Unit.
ise free tickets to Meet your Navy
And all this pedalling began
for the whole family, and find
at the end of a full day of work
overnight accommodation at
as a Rolls Royce engineer at the
the Langstone Hotel in Hayling
Scottish base.
Island for the Hertfordshire-based
Duncan said: “I had rain,
family.
thunder, lightning, wind –
Max’s day with the Navy
everything the British weather
included witnessing a VIP rescue
could throw at me. I had originally
by the Close Protection Team of
hoped to complete the distance in
40 Commando and a tour of the
18 hours, but given the conditions
aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious,
I’m not too disappointed.
where he spent some time in the
“Especially as I got a bit lost in
cockpit of a Merlin helicopter
the rush hour in Manchester with
from 824 Naval Air Squadron.
roadworks and traffic lights.”
Christine said: “I felt that the
Navy could help. If I had to go
■ CHEERS to the buccaneers
– the Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer
and beg a few favours, I was deter-
Association are celebrating next
mined to do it.
year’s centenary with a rather
“I’m more than happy to put a
special drop of malt.
smile on to a small chap’s face.”
● RM Musician Tom Griffi n drops 192m from the Auckland
There are two limited editions
This wasn’t Max’s first experi-
Skytower Picture: NZDF Official
being produced, Speyside
ence of the Navy as assault ship
single malt aged 25 years and
HMS Albion welcomed him as a
aged 50 years – with profits from
special guest during a visit to the
the sales going to the Fly Navy
Thames earlier this year.
Long drop on
Heritage Trust, Naval charities
Christine added: “It went very
and a memorial to all ranks at
well. The whole family was here
the National Arboretum.
for the whole day. They really did
Find out more at the
me proud.
Long Look
association’s website www.
“The hotel helped so much by
faaba.co.uk.
providing accommodation, which MUSICIAN Tom Griffi n from the programme, joining the Royal
I’m sure made all the difference RM Band Service took advantage New Zealand Navy Band.
■ MOTORSPORT fans at the
because it meant it was a break for of a long trip overseas on Exercise Tom jumped the 192m to raise
British Super Bike Championships
all the family. Long Look to carry out a long drop funds for Starship Children’s
in Fife got to see a race between a
● Max Hubbuck watched an action-packed VIP protection display “It was really nice to set it up from the Auckland Skytower. Hospital in central Auckland.
motorcar and a Royal Navy Sea
from the Royal Marines of 40 Commando during Meet your Navy in for Max and his sisters Alexandra Tom spent five months in New His plunge from the sky was
King helicopter.
Portsmouth Naval Base
Picture: LA(Phot) Simmo Simpson
and Georgia too.” Zealand on the military exchange serenaded by fellow members of
On the track was Lt Cdr Martin
the Navy Band who played melo-
Lanni, and in the air Lt James
dies to inspire and support.
Bullock and PO Daz Craig, all
Tom now has his feet firmly
three men from the Search and
back on the ground and back in
Rescue unit at HMS Gannet in
the UK.
Prestwick; and all three men about
to clamber into the car before
wending 10,000km eastwards in Naval force
a six-day drive between Glasgow
and St Petersburg.
The men are raising money
turns into
for the Royal Hospital for
Sick Children in Glasgow and
the Number 1 Hospital in St
ground force
Petersburg.
THERE’S been a general taking
-up of spades and clearing of
■ THE MEN and women of
Liverpool University Royal Naval
weeds by both airmen and sailors
Unit (URNU) mustered £1,000 as
of the Royal Navy.
a donation to the NSPCC.
Culdrose-based 824 NAS left
The Liverpool unit has been a
behind their high-tech Merlins
longstanding supporter of local
for a spot of manual labour
charities, and this donation will
at Nancealverne School in
help fund the new Hargreaves
Cornwall.
Centre in Liverpool, which
The airmen set to work spruc-
provides therapeutic services to
ing up a remembrance garden that
children and families affected by
had been damaged by vandals,
domestic violence or substance
making safe an aged roundabout
abuse.
in the playground, and restoring
the felt roof of a garden shed that
■ FRATTON Live at Home, the
was used to store the children’s
charity which supports elderly
toys.
people who want to live at home,
Lt Nick Bates of 824 NAS said:
has benefi tted from a donation of
“This was a hugely well-received
£6,000 from HMS Excellent.
and worthwhile project that pro-
The Portmouth branch of
vided necessary help to the local
the charity has been the focus
community.
of fundraising events at Excellent
“The school expressed their
this year.
great gratitude, and the mainte-
nance team enjoyed several days
■ FALLING off Everest is never
advisable.
out of their squadron routine to
But former Naval man Peter
do new things and meet new peo-
Baker is about to leap from an
ple.”
aircraft 29,500ft in the sky in
Meanwhile up in Sutherland,
front of Everest, raising money
local lass Lt Lorna Cooper led
for charity Global Angels, which
her own ground-force team from
supports children’s projects in
A picture of wealth
HMS Sutherland to brighten up a
the Himalayan region.
popular public footpath.
If you would like to pledge
Lorna, who is from the village
your support to the former of Lairg, said: “We on Sutherland
Leading Air Mechanic, who left are extremely proud of the links
the service in 1973, visit http:// we have with the county.
www.mycharitypage.com/
IMAGES of the battlegrounds of Afghanistan David Wheeler and Celia Duncan, took are a military charity. It’s close to the art-
“Having been in refit, we were
PeterBakerEverestSkydive.
have become the source of fundraising for Sean’s photographs as inspiration for 45 work that came from my time serving in
really looking forward to getting
Peter has paid for the jump
military charities. paintings that accompanied the exhibition. Afghanistan.
away and giving something back
himself, all donations will go to
PO Sean Clee, the Royal Navy’s pho- The auctions of the paintings and prints “I know a few of the lads who were injured
to the local community.
charity.
tographer of the year for the second year has raised over £10,000 for military charity out there, so I chose a charity that would
The Deputy Logistics Officer
running, set up an exhibition of his photo- Help for Heroes. help them.” added: “And since I grew up near-
graphs of the Royal Marines in Afghanistan Sean said: “The exhibition has been fan- The exhibition will also have a special by, I used my local knowledge to
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at Plymouth’s Masa Fine Art Gallery. tastic – really good. We raised £8,500 on the one-off display at Draper’s Hall in London as ensure the lads working on the
Several artists, including Steve Slimm, first night. part of a Trafalgar Night Dinner, raising more project fully appreciated all that
Graham Fish, Tony Common, David Gray, “I chose Help for Heroes because they money for Seafarers UK. Sutherland has to offer.”
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