LIFeBoAt LotteRY Lifeboat Lottery Take your chance First prize in the winter 007 Lifeboat Lottery is a Kia Picanto. Second prize is a 10-day Alpine train holiday very kindly provided at short notice by Great Rail Journeys (see their advert on page 8). There are also seven cash prizes from £500–£100.

tickets will be available to supporters on 18 october and earlier to fundraising branches.

If you don’t usually receive tickets and would like to, please call 0845 121 4999 or email [email protected].

(Please note that due to differing tax and gaming laws, Lottery tickets are not available in northern Ireland or the RoI.) Lottery timeline the RnLi’s Lottery is 30 years old this autumn, and is going stronger than ever. Here, we take a look back at events in the competition’s history, some key, some quirky 1977 30 September 1977 the fi rst winner of the Lifeboat Lottery is drawn. We West from arundel wins £1,000. Summer 1981 Janet Brown brings Prime minister margaret thatcher to the event with her impressions of the iron Lady. Winter 1983 the grand prize doubles to £2,000. Summer 1986 Light entertainment legend max Bygraves says that he keeps up to date with the RnLi through the pages of the Lifeboat. We hope you like the new look, max! 1987 Early 1990s Cars begin to appear as top prizes, thanks to the generous support of Volvo (also see page 13). Summer 1991 Lottery income reaches £100,000 for the fi rst time. Russ abbott, starring in a show in nearby Bournemouth, helps with the draw. Summer 1994 Former Beirut hostage John mcCarthy and comedian sandi toksvig, part way through fi lming their tV series An island race, get caught up in a shout! Autumn 1994 millvena Dean, the youngest Titanic survivor at 9 weeks, makes the draw aged 82. Winter 1996 the top prize is increased to £10,000.

the winners are drawn by Wick crew members, at Headquarters for training on their new trent class lifeboat. 1997 Autumn 1997 the Lottery’s fi rst holiday prize, a 2- week mediterranean trip with £1,000 spending money, is donated by sunworld sailing. Winter 2004 Proceeds of the draw top £500,000 for the fi rst time. Winter 2006 in just two years, Lottery takings have doubled, with a single draw breaking the £1m barrier. 2007 Spring 2007 the fi rst computerised in-house draw takes place, with the help of Brian traves of the Poole branch (see our report in the Lifeboat summer 2007). Summer 2007 Winners 1st prize: smart fortwo car, miss B Kemeys, Gloucestershire 2nd prize: Generously donated by Fred. Olsen, 13-night Canary islands cruise, mr BL nicholls, Devon 3rd prize: £500, mr J Campbell, Berkshire 4th prize: £250, mrs P Brown, London Five prizes: £100 each, mr a Denney, London; mr mG Bernat-Jones, Worcestershire; miss B Bryant, West sussex; mr and mrs DRP Johnson, Lancashire; mrs L Cooper, essex. Fred. Olsen Criuse Lines Great Rail Journeys.