29 / 01/ 2012

A good start to 2012 for the team

After the AGM, a new Tramore cliff and mountain rescue committee has been elected and is ready to manage the team for 2012.

January has started well for the Team with the adoption of a new full year plan. Events such as our collection days, quiz days, special training days, Reek Sunday and our regular training sessions have been confirmed.

A new training program and schedule has been put in place which will ensure all members are up to date with all aspects of training. Each member will be assessed continuously throughout the year. So far this year there have been 3 training sessions with good attendance at all.

An early membership campaign was started with adverts in 3 local publications. The campaign has so far yielded 5 new enthusiastic starters, welcome all and good luck!

Next Training: 4th Feb, Comeragh Mountains

09 / 01/ 2012

First Aid donations - Thanks!

The Team wishes to thank Brennan's, Boot's and Muligan's Pharmacies in Tramore for the kind donations of first aid equipment.

The donations were made as part of our Christmas appeal and will be used to restock our first aid kits for 2012. All support is greatly appreciated. We wish our sponsors a very happy and prosperous new year.

Many thanks from all the team.

02 / 01/ 2012

New team member recruitment

The Tramore Cliff and Mountain Rescue Team is currently recruiting new members. Please see details on our contact page.

03 / 10/ 2011

Training in Snowdonia Wales

Six members of our team went on a training/teambuilding weekend to Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OGMRO) in Snowdonia Wales (Fri 30th Sept to Mon 3rd Oct, 2011).

We arrived late on the Fri evening to be welcomed by members of OGMRO. After a good night's sleep we woke to a spectacular sunrise and fabulous scenery. Breakfast eaten and off at 8am to climb mount Snowdon. We reached the summit via the Pyg track at lunch time to be greeted by a cloudless sky, needless to say the views where stunning. We descended using Llanberis walk which lead us into the village and a well deserved pint.

Day2 started with Swift water training with members of the OVMRO team. This was hard work but very enjoyable. We got back to base to homemade curry and just as we finished the team were tasked to assist with a OVMRO callout. A party of four plus a dog were lost due to darkness descending. The duty Team Leader asked them to return to the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn to assist with their location, they had one torch and darkness had fallen. Lead by two members of OVMRO we duly found the lost party and walked them off the mountain.

The trip was a great success from a training and networking perspective. We express our special thanks to OVMRO team for their hospitality and use of the team base for the weekend. We look forward to continued collaboration with the OVMRO team.

24 / 03 / 2011

Newtown Bird Boxes deployed by Tramore Tidy Towns, Tramore Cliff and Mountain Rescue, and Tramore CBS students

Newtown Woods is a haven for many of Tramore’s bird life, offering a woodland habitat for many bird species that include Robins, Song Thrushs, Black Birds, Flycatchers, Blue and Great Tits and many Finches. The woods also provide a good breathing ground for birds as the trees offer protection of predators and are ideal for insects to live providing a good source of food for raising young chicks. The addiction of nesting boxes will benefit the birds against predators and the unpredictable weather in Tramore Bay. 

Hard winters affect us all, especially your woodland bird’s. So this year the Tramore Tidy Town teamed with the second year wood work class as part of their end of year project which was to build bird boxes. The idea was to build the boxes in the school and then – with the help of Tramore Cliff and Mountain Rescue – put them up in Newtown Woods.

On Saturday the 23rd of April at Newtown Wood, Tramore Tidy Towns, the Tramore Cliff and Mountain Rescue team and the second year wood work students from Tramore CBS met at 3pm to put up the boxes. The Cliff and Mountain Rescue where at the spot, ready with ladders for the job in hand, as the bird boxes needed to be mounted some 4 metres above the woodland floor. By 3.30 pm the job was done and the birds of Newtown Woods had 12 new nesting boxes high up in the trees.

Tramore Tidy Towns would like to reserve special thanks for the Cliff and Mountain Rescue Team and also the students from CBS without whom the project could not have been such a success. Also thanks must go to everyone that got involved on the day to ensure the birds have a helping hand for many years to come. Anyone who is visiting the woods take a look up and you might just see birds going to and from their new homes.