Lottery To comply with Gaming Act requirements it was necessary to draw the 36th national lottery outside Poole headquarters for the very first time. The reason for this was that the date for the draw, January 31, fell on a Saturday. It did mean, however, that many Saturday shoppers in Poole's Arndale Shopping Centre where the draw was held, were able to buy tickets from three celebrity lottery ticket sellers. Tracey Childs, Tony Anholt and Edward Highmore, all stars of the BBC series Howards Way, spent an hour chatting to shoppers and selling more than £300 worth of tickets on the day, before making the draw. Space for the RNLI's draw was kindly provided by the Arndale Traders' Association and Everest Double Glazing. The lottery itself was a record breaker, making over £63,000 for the RNLI. The prizewinners were: £2,000: V. Moore, Esq, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.

£500: Miss M. H. Ruffell, Forest Gate, London.

£250: Frank Roach, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

£100: J. E. Vokins, Esq, Coventry; P.

Delaforce, Esq, Brighton, East Sussex; D. H. Stott, Esq, Midhurst, Kent; Mrs J. Wicks, Harlow, Essex; J. D. H. Beckett, Esq, Maidenhead, Berkshire; Mrs Cross, Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire; Mr C. G. A. Brown, Enfield, Middlesex.

£50: Mr M. Mclntosh, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Moira Carlyle, Stennes, Orkney; Mrs P. A. Hicks, Ilford, Essex; Miss Jane Lewis, Slough, Berkshire;Neil McLean Lindsay, Esq, Glasgow; E. D. Smith, Esq, Eastbourne, East Sussex; Ray Leakey, Esq, Fordingbridge, Hampshire; H. Turner, Esq, Gosport, Hampshire; M. R.

Davies, Esq, Liverpool; Mr J.

Hanson, Nottingham.

New Year Honours Among the awards in the New Year Honours list were: KCVO Dr Sir John Batten KCVO MD FRCP, a member of the Institution's medical and survival committee since 1983. He has also been physician to HM The Queen since 1974.

QBE Miss A. M. Robertson, honorary secretary of Lerwick ladies' guild from 1957. Miss Robertson was awarded a statuette in 1968 and a gold badge in 1982.

BEM John (Joe) Martin, coxswain/ mechanic of Hastings lifeboat. Coxswain Martin first joined the lifeboat crew in 1950 and was appointedmechanic in 1959. He became an RNLI travelling mechanic in 1969 returning to Hastings crew in 1971 when he became coxswain/mechanic. Coxswain Martin was awarded a silver medal in 1974, a bronze medal in 1984 and the long service badge in 1985.

Arthur Wignall, coxswain of Lytham St Annes lifeboat. Coxswain Wignall joined the lifeboat crew in 1952, was second coxswain from 1959 to 1970 when he became coxswain. He was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 and the long service badge in 1982.between the years 1950 to 1986 he represented Glasgow on the executive committee of the Scottish lifeboat council.

Brigadier Gow was vice-president of the Institution from 1965 to 1978 when he became a life vice-president.

The Dowager Viscountess Colville of Culross, OBE president of Inverbervie and district ladies' guild from 1973 to 1985 and who was awarded a gold badge in 1982.

Mr H. G. Trimble, a partner of Lewis and Duvivier, the RNLFs consulting civil engineers. In 1963 Mr Trimble took over responsibility for all of the RNLI's business. He retired in 1985 but remained involved in the work for the Institution on a consultancy basis.

John S. Oke who, together with his wife, founded the Holsworthy branch in 1975 and was its chairman until his death.

He was awarded a silver badge in 1986.

January 1987 Captain Mark Kerr DFC RN, honorary secretary of Clovelly lifeboat station from 1973 to 1983.

February 1987 Mrs Lilian Platts who joined the Bristol Ladies Lifeboat Guild in 1942 and was its treasurer from 1956 to 1977.

She was awarded a silver badge in 1967 and a gold badge in 1976.

Cyril Richards who was an honorary member of the Hornchurch and Rainham branch. He joined the branch in 1962 and became vice-chairman in 1973 until 1983 when he resigned due to ill health.

March 1987 Roger Leigh-Wood DL, a life vicepresident of the RNLI. Mr Leigh-Wood joined the Committee of Management in 1956 and served as deputy treasurer from 1961-1971. He was made a vicepresident in 1972 and a life vice-president in 1981.

Dr A. Wattison, chairman of Anstruther station branch. He was honorary medical adviser at Anstruther for over 25 years, being awarded the Scottish Council Record of Thanks. Dr Wattison became chairman of the branch in 1982.honorary treasurer Boat Show '87 This year, Blyth's 'D' class lifeboat and Cardigan's 'C' class lifeboat were the pride of the RNLI's stand at the London Boat Show, manned by lifeboatmen from Mudeford, Criccieth, Aberystwyth, Cullercoats and Cardigan.

Souvenirs were sold at a great rate by branch and guild members from the London area and the persuasive Shoreline and Storm Force recruitment team enrolled hundreds more members.

In addition, lottery tickets were sold as well as raffle tickets for a new Volvo car and collecting boxes, rattled by Chelsea pensioners, were rapidly filled.

At the centre pool stage a cheque for over £360,000 was received from Mr J.

MacPhail, Chairman of Matthew Gloag & Son Ltd by the Duke of Atholl, Chairman of the RNLI. The money was raised in a four month promotion by Famous Grouse Whisky who issued mammoth draw charts, completed by the public in pubs and clubs throughout the country, with a '/2 gallon bottle of the famous whisky as the prize. Following the cheque presentation, Public Relations awards, presented by Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI's PR committee, were made to the BBC Radio programme 'Down Your Way' and film cameraman Ray Warner..