Air Vice Marshal John Tetley, chairman of the RNLI's search and rescue committee, together with other members of the committee drew the winning tickets of the 73rd lifeboat lottery at Poole on 30 April 1996.

Supervising the draw was Brian Miles, the RNLI director and Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing and promoter of the lottery. The draw raised £119,253.

The cash prizes winners were:- £2,000 Miss D Cooper, Clifton, Bristol £1,000 Mr K Sage, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk £750 Mrs A Walker, Exeter, Devon; Miss L Yates, Water- loo, London. £500 Mr K Scott, Sandgate, Kent. £250 Mr Drake, Hastings, East Sussex £100 Mrs S P Cartwright, Yeovil, Somerset; Mr PA Ellis, Doonfoot, Ayr; Mr A J Moody, Birmingham, West Midlands; Helen Needham, Milton Keynes, Bucks; Mrs D Sweetman, Farnham, Surrey. £50 Mr J H Hodson, Barnet, Herts; Mr W Thompson, New Moston, Manchester; Mr and Mrs I Spillane, Reading, Berks; Mr L Dixon, Scarborough, North Yorks; Miss E Eaton, Stokeon- Trent, Staffs.

When listing the winners of the January lottery in the Spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, we omitted the name of Mr J.

G. S. Widdicombe of Brent, Devon who won £100. MrWiddicombe has not yet omen.

claimed his prize, so we hope We await your call Mr this was not some kind of Widdicombe!Long Service Badges The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Anstruther - Second coxswain J.S. Murray Blyth - Second coxswain/ mechanic J.C. Scott, coxswain K Barnard, crew member D.T. Coussons Campbeltown - Ex-coxswain/ mechanic A.G.

Gilchrist Burry Port - Shore helper R.M. Gower Moelf re - Second coxswain A. Dennis Porthdinllaen - Crew member G.G. Jones Bembridge - Crew member A.E.G. Attrill Salcombe - Crew member R.H. Evans Port St Mary - Deputy second coxswain M.R.J.

Kneale Dun Laoghire - Second coxswain J. Lawless Southend-on-Sea - Ex-crew member C. Redhead Weston-Super-Mare - Crew member M. Bennett Bridlington - Second coxswain R.W. Stork Newhaven - Assistant mechanic B.V. Ashdown Port St Mary - Crew member A.D. Maddrell, mechanic E. Quillin Port Isaac - Crew member M.J. Provis, crew member J.A. Brown Abersoch - Crew member R.B. Kennedy Back on station - a century late! A century after the old Boarhills private lifeboat fell into disuse the station was visited by Broughty Ferry's Arun and D class lifeboats.

The Arun's Y-boat is pictured in the entrance to the old boathouse - no doubt to the puzzlement of any ghosts of old lifeboatmen in residence.Thanks to Culdrose Plymouth lifeboatman, Fred Jackson, visited RNAS Culdrose in March to say thank you to the team who airlifted him to Derriford Hospital during a rescue last year.

It was a cheerful reunion for Fred and Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman Diver, Dave Wallace who winched him from the lifeboat.

The rescue services were alerted when the Danish cargo vessel, Marriane Danica was reported to be foundering in heavy seas off Plymouth. Those services included a search and rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose and the Plymouth lifeboat which went to the aid of the crew onboard the stricken vessel.

In appalling conditions the ship, with its cargo of zinc ore, drifted towards the rocks off Stoke Point. It was during an attempt to get a line from the vessel to the lifeboat that Fred sustained his head injuries. The helicopter crew winched Fred up and airlifted him to a waiting ambulance at Plymouth Airport.

'I've been involved with rescues from the lifeboat to Navy helicopters before' said Fred, 'but I never thought that I would be the one being winched up in the stretcher. The crew did a great job and I really am grateful.' During the visit, Fred was presented with a winching certificate by Dave Wallace as a permanent reminder of his trip on the winchwire.On Station The following lifeboats have taken up station and relief duties: ALL-WEATHER Relief - Trent class 14-15 Henry Heys Duckworth on 23 February 1996 Great Yarmouth and Gorleston - Trent class 14-10 Samarbeta on 25 February 1996 Sheerness - Trent class 14-11 George and Ivy Swanson on 16 March 1996 Eyemouth - Trent class 14-11 Barclay card Crusader on 31 March 1996 Invergordon - Trent class 14-08 Douglas Aikman Smith on 4 May 1996 INSHORE Galway Bay - B531 Foresters on 27 March 1996 Sennen Cove - D490 Spirit of the ACC on 30 March 1996 Bude - D495 Elsie Frances II on 30 March 1996 Angle - D493 Isabella Mary on 30 March 1996 Sunrise - D494 Sunrise on 30 March 1996 Kilrush - B555 Long Life I on 10 April 1996 (temporary station duty) Newquay (Cornwall) - D497 on 11 April 1996 Shoreham - D501 on 14 May 1996.