George Duffy, Ian Sheridan, David Howard and Aaron Howard from Howth lifeboat station and Paul Gamble from Fowey were invited to pick the winning tickets in the 96th Lifeboat Lottery. The five crew members, accompanied by Darren Scully, divisional technician Ireland, were attending pre-commissioning training for Trent mechanics at the training centre in Poole.

Top prize in the draw was £3,000 of Thomas Cook holiday vouchers, which was won by Mrs VM Ayling of East Sussex.

Second prize of £1,000 cash was won by Miss M Lewis from Peterborough. In total the 96th RNLI lottery raised £177.856..