Rigiflex in the News...
Rigiflex prepares for the 2012 Olympics at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy...
Lord Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), saw for himself the
impact that the London 2012 Games is having in Weymouth and
Portland when he made a special visit to the borough today (Monday,
6 June 2011).
http://www.teamsouthwest.co.uk
Rutland Sailing Club wins Suzuki Powered Safety Boat at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show.
Mar 2011
Bruce Bonar, Club Manager of Rutland Sailing Club said,
"On
behalf of Rutland SC and our Commodore Peter Ashworth, can I thank you all so
very much for your extremely generous donations to this competition. We
have watched enviously in previous years as other clubs have won fantastic
prizes like this and we are all absolutely thrilled to be that lucky club
this year! It really will make a huge difference to the
sailing and training opportunities we are able to provide to our members this
year and in years to come and has provided an ideal start of season boost!"
Fire, police, coastguards and RNLI teams staged a rescue from a flooded
campsite near Fleet in Hampshire. The Hawley Lake exercise was designed
to test their response to flooding. 18 November 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
SARA 5 on service at the "Ryder Cup" golfing event at Newport in South
Wales.
Severn Area Rescue Association crew teamed up with officers from Avon & Somerset
Constabulary to provide security and safety cover on the River which bordered
the Golf Course. October 2010.
Congratulations to
Bewl Valley Sailing Club who were the lucky winners of the Rigiflex Newmatic at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, March 2010.
Rigiflex used by RSPCA during the Cumbria Floods in November 2009
Emergency Services Times, February 2010, Volume 11, Pg 34
(Click on the picture to read the article)
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets Newsletter, 29 January 2010
(Click on the picture to read the article)
Boat Mart Magazine, Decemeber 2009
Fire Times, August/September 2009, Volume 11, No 5, Pg 52
(Click on the picture to read the article)
Boat Mart, June 2009, Pg 26
(Click on the picture to read the article)
Rutland Sailability, Issue Thirteen, Summer 2009
(Click on the picture to read the article)
Coastline Magazine. June 2001
Rigiflex used as boat / sledge in Arctic Expedition
University of Southampton, Royal Navy Unit. March 2007
Fire Times Magazine: (Fire engine pictured is from Laois, Ireland)
Derby Evening Telegraph, Friday August 19, 2005.
(Derbyshire Police using Rigiflex)
Rigiflex on davits on Maritime Volunteer Service fleet boat, MVS Appleby
"Floods: Rescuers have to use a boat to travel along roads"