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Golfers tee up donation to Hunstanton RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

Golfers clubbed together to tee up a donation of more than £2,500 for a Norfolk lifeboat station.

RNLI/Chris Bishop

Guy Humphry-Baker (third from left) presents a cheque for £2,642.62 to the crew at Hunstanton RNLI
Guy Humphry-Baker, captain of Piltdown Golf Club in Sussex, is a regular visitor to Hunstanton where he also has a home.

On Sunday, 11 February, he visited the resort's lifeboat station to present a cheque for £2,642.62 to the crew.

Mr Humphry-Baker, who collected the money from golfing friends in Sussex and Norfolk, said: 'We come past the station every day when we're up here and it's a great charity.

'It raises all its funds externally, so we're very happy to support it. It's a great community thing here as well.'

Notes to editor

Hunstanton RNLI operates a fast inshore lifeboat, Spirit of West Norfolk and is one of just four to also operate a search and rescue hovercraft.

Like more than 200 stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, its crew's lifesaving work is funded entirely by donations and legacies.

In 2022, the RNLI spent £188m on rescue services.

Kitting out a crew member with state-of-the-art clothing costs around £2,000, while the average annual training cost per member is £1,400.

RNLI media contacts

For more information call Chris Bishop, Hunstanton RNLI volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer on 07584 147219 or Clare Hopps, Regional Media Officer on 07824 518641.

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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 146,000 lives.

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