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KOWIE RIVER FESTIVAL

NSRI training exercise brings Kowie River Festival to dramatic close

Two simulated rescues by members of the National Sea Rescue Institute’s Port Alfred Station 11 were a dramatic climax to the inaugural Kowie River Festival on Thursday December 28. The training exercise took place at Kiddies Beach and…

  • Sue Maclennan
KENTON

Spirit of Kenton set for season

Community celebrates new NSRI rescue vessel “This boat and this rescue station belong to you, the people of Kenton.” National Sea Rescue Institute veteran Ian Gray, one of the VIP speakers at the blessing of new NSRI rescue craft Spirit…

  • Sue Maclennan
LIFESAVERS: The president of Rotary Kenton on Sea Simon Matthews hands a cheque for R500 000 to NSRI Port Alfred Station 11 commander Juan Pretorius on the banks of Bushmans River on 18 December 2022, towards the estimated R1.2 million needed to set up an NSRI satellite station at Kenton on Sea. Picture: Sue Maclennan
KENTON

Giant leap for Kenton sea rescue project

“There’s no turning back now!” Senior NSRI volunteer and former Port Alfred Station 11 base commander Juan Pretorius spoke to Talk of the Town after the “on-site” hand-over of a cheque for R500 000 by Rotary Club of Kenton-on-Sea…

  • Sue Maclennan