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Raffle raises cash for Hartlepool RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

A raffle held recently by The Hartlepool RNLI Enterprise branch raised £646.00 for the charity that saves lives at sea.

RNLI/Tom Collins

Jacksons Wharf landlord Tim Moloney drawing the raffle tickets with Hartlepool RNLI chairman Malcolm Cook and Enterprise Branch fundraiser Kath Bird
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Hartlepool RNLI chairman Malcolm Cook said "Once again the support for our town's RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew has been amazing and I would like to thank everyone who contributed raffle prizes and to those who bought them. We are delighted with the amount raised."

The winners of the RNLI Tall Ships Races raffle that was drawn by Tim Moloney of the Jacksons Wharf pub on Sunday 9th July were:
1 A. Moody. Ticket number 504.
2 K Bird . Ticket number 785.
3 M Sanderson. Ticket number 158.
4 S Gray. Ticket number 672.
5 V Leak. Ticket number 40.
6 K White. Ticket number 280.
7 V Leak. Ticket number 43.
8 B Grist. Ticket number 886.
9 P Collins Courtney. Ticket number 657.
10 A Bailey Ticket number 343.
11 N Bartholomew. Ticket number 231.
12 E Timlin. Ticket number 761.
13 A Wray. Ticket number 474.
14 A Bates. Ticket number 241.

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.

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Tom Collins
Lifeboat Press Officer, Hartlepool Lifeboat Station

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