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97th Lottery

97th lottery A brand new Suzuki Ignis was the first prize in the spring Lifeboat Lottery, thanks to Britannia Rescue who kindly donated the car. The winning tickets were picked by lifeboat crew members and representatives of Suzuki and Britannia Rescue on 30 April at the RNU's Poole depot. The car was snapped up by JA Taylor of Warwickshire and second prize of £1,000 went to L Mann of Birmingham. The other prize winners were; £500 Mr J Hocken, Brixham £250 Chris Snook, Brighton £100 Alan Meredith, Loughborough; Godfrey and Maxine Kent, Nottingham; Mr W Gilbertson, East Lothian; FJ Minter, Cranbrook and Mrs K Page. Ipswich The draw raised £230,000 for the lifeboat service - enough to buy two Atlantic 75 lifeboats, their launching trailers and introductory inshore lifeboat training for 10 crew members..

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