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Published:
April 28th, 2007
Council
chief executive welcomed at Burnham hovercraft group's AGM
Kerry
Rickards, the Chief Executive of Sedgemoor District Council, enjoyed
a flight in the Spirit Of Lelaina hovercraft on Friday (April
27th) before he attended the AGM of BARB, the life-saving rescue
charity, as its VIP guest.
Mr
Rickards - pictured above with BARB President Neville Jones (centre)
and Operations Manager Pete Emery (left) - was flown along the
beach to Burnham-On-Sea's Low Lighthouse before returning to the
seafront headquarters of BARB to meet its crew.
After
a brief visit to Burnham's Coastguard and RNLI stations, Mr Rickards
then attended BARB's AGM in the town council's chambers in Jaycroft
Road.
BARB's
Chairman Alan Miller confirmed that he was retiring from his position
after several busy years in the role.
 He
was praised by Mr Jones as "a great tower of strength"
and described as a "hard act to follow" by new BARB
Chairman Mark Newman.
Honourary
life memberships were presented to Mr Miller (pictured centre)
and long-time crew member Simon Triggol.
Certificates
of appreciation were also awarded to several of BARB's biggest
supporters - the Western Daily Press and Diamond Farm's
Fundraising Group.
Treasurer
Mike Ross gave up an upbeat report on the state of BARB's finances,
and Senior Pilot Pete Charles followed with a round-up of a busy
year.
"We
can be very proud of our volunteer crew and the dedication they
continuously show," he said. "It is a privilege to serve
with them."
The
Heathcoat-Amory Telescope Award was presented to BARB's Secretary,
Roger Flower. The trophy is handed to the person who is deemed
to have contributed the most to the charity in the past 12 months,
and Roger said he was "honoured" to receive the accolade.
The
election of BARB's management committee followed and Mark Newman
was chosen as Chairman, with Dave Bailey becoming Vice Chairman,
Pete Emery as Operations Manager, Mike Ross as Treasurer and Roger
Flower as Secretary.
BARB
crew member Andy Croker was handed the annual 'Fanny Award', presented
to the person who in the view of the crew has done the silliest
thing over the past year.
Kerry
Rickards (centre) with BARB President Neville Jones and BARB Operations
Manager Pete Emery (left).
BARB
Secretary Roger Flower was presented with the Heathcoat-Amory
Telescope Award by Mr Rickards. The trophy goes to the person
who has been deemed to have contributed the most to the charity
in the past 12 months.
Outgoing
Chairman Alan Miller with BARB President Neville Jones and new
BARB Chairman Mark Newman.
Mr
Rickards presented a certificate of appreciation to Pam Johnson
of the Diamond Farm Charity Fundraising Committee.
BARB
President Neville Jones handed over a honourary life membership
to Simon Triggol in recognition of his long involvement with BARB.
BARB
crew member Andy Croker was handed the annual 'Fanny Award', presented
to the person who had done the silliest thing over the last year.
RELATED
LINKS:
Burnham Hovercraft Official Web site
Several
photos on this page are courtesy of Mike
Lang
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