HAYLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRODUCE 2006 WORLD PILOT GIG CHAMPIONSHIPS BROCHURE - SPONSORED BY ISLES OF SCILLY STEAMSHIP COMPANY
This year the World Pilot Gig Championship Brochure was produced by Year 10 students from Hayle Community College.
Previously the brochure was produced and sponsored by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, whilst continuing the sponsorship and providing support the IOSSC were impressed with the professionalism shown by students: Chloe Frost, Sam Gilman, Tamara Trathen, Phoebe Whitehouse and Kerry Williams.
The coursework that the team are completing is their GCSE Citizenship - Participation in Society. They began the coursework 12 months ago by applying for the various jobs within the group for production of the Programme. They had a full application form which also required references. Having successfully completed the application process they then began work on the programme with direction from teacher Anne Curnow-Care.
Their comments having completed the task is that they realised how dependant that they are on people in their team in a work based environment and that also their confidence has been massively boasted as a result of working on the programme, due to the fact that they have had to work with various groups in business and work to tight deadlines.
The finale of the brochure production was, after handing out programmes to the passengers on Scillonian III, a visit to the islands to experience the Championships first hand. They were thanked by the Chairman of the Steamship Company, Andrew May, and presented with official T-shirts from Sports Mode by the chairman of the World Pilot Gig Championships Commitee, Alison Guy.
Also they were give the unique opportunity to ‘have a go’ at rowing a gig with Olympic Gold Medalist Ed Coode and three junior rowers from the Island School: Helen Parr, Kristina Youngman and Megan Guy. The gig in question was the Slippen, which is the oldest island gig still in use, built in 1830.
The Steamship Company wish the students all the best with their GCSE’s!
NEW LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT ON SCILLONIAN III
Isles of Scilly Travel have joined forces with TLC Solutions a training company based in the South West. Crew members can now provide passengers on board Scillonian III with the latest life saving equipment.
Picture of Simon Williams (TLC Solutions) and Marcia Still one of the crew members trained to use the new equipment.
The new defibrillator is one of the few machines in Cornwall outside of health care provision and provides patients withinstant crucial life saving emergency assistance, staff members have been trained to use the machine but hopefully such anoccasion will never arise.
In the event of a cardiac arrest recent evidence has shown that an early electric shock known as defibrillation within the first three to four minutes is essential to patient survival.
LIVE EXERCISE WITH THE GRY MARITHA
On 8th October 2005 The vessel Gry Maritha successfully carried out a joint exercise with the RNLI Lifeboat the Tyne class Norman Salvesen.
With Captain Maurice Goulden in command of the Gry Maritha and Coxswain Terry George in command of the lifeboat, both vessels met off Lands end and the Gry Maritha shut down both engines to simulate total loss of propulsion.
The Lifeboat then proceeded to put aline aboard the Gryand Terry instructedhis crew in different methods of safely towing the vessel out of danger.
Kevin Ayres (Steamship Co. Marine Superintendent) had the privilege of being invited to go with the lifeboat on this exercise and compliment Terry and his crew on their professionalism, skills and dedication to the RNLI and helping all mariner in distress.
SKYBUS TERMINAL & FLYING SCHOOL BUILDING AT LAND’S END AIRPORT.
Land’s End Airport has undergone extensive alterations and improvements. The Skybus Terminal has received a new cafe area, check-in and amenities. The new Flying School Building has now been completed with extended facilities for all users.
For more information see the Land’s End Airport Website at: http://www.landsendairport.co.uk