06 May 2016
Thursday 5th May 2016, Paul Brooks (Chairman, NWBB L&L) met up with John McGuinness and artist Peter Foster to be presented with a painting done by Peter of John racing past Crag Nee Bar on the TT circuit on the Isle of Man. John kindly signed the painting there and then and Peter has given us the painting, which we will be having a limited edition of numbered prints done for sale or auction throughout the motorcycle world.
read full story22 April 2016
13th January 2016 we passed 19,000 successful cal-outs. Then 20th March 2016 we passed 21,,000 and last night 21st April 2016 we smashed through 22,000, with Sam Crompton (Controller) and Ed Beaman the (Rider).
read full story15 April 2016
17:00hrs on Thursday 14th April 2016 our Chairman received a call from the Analytics Manager at Royal Preston Hospital Path Lab asking if we could take a sample for analysis to the National Blood Service Laboratory at Bristol. The sample, from a very poorly patient, was due to be ready around 19:00hrs. The night Controller, Edgar Baines was contacted and Peter Wright the (K)night Rider from Central was the first rider in the relay.
Shropshire & Staffordshire Blood bikes (Louisa & Kirk) were contacted, as were Severn Freewheelers (Nathan) and Freewheelers (EVS) Bristol (Mark) and of course all were eager to help.
Sample collected at 19:08, handed over to SSBB at Keele Services, handed to SFBB at Frankley Services and finally handed to Freewheelers Bristol at The Gales. The sample was safely delivered at 23:55hrs.
read full story14 April 2016
17:00hrs on Wednesday 13th April 2016 we were asked by Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes to help with another relay run down to Coventry. Neil McCall, (Controller Manager) arranged it with our riders, Brian Lord in the (North) and Nigel Pickin (West) carried the package in our area between 20:47 and 22:16. Package delivered safely.
read full story20 March 2016
Another Milestone, 21,000 successful call-outs today Sunday 20th March 2016 (in 47 months), Controller Jodie Kershaw & Rider Geoff Sampson. Thanks to the shear dedication of all our Members, whatever their task, we have built a tremendous Blood Bike Group, which is probably the best and biggest Blood Bike group in the world. Well done everyone.
read full story16 March 2016
Another relay run, this time from Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes down to Coventry. The sample was collected by DGBBs at 09:00 and passed on to Blood Bikes Cumbria, then collected by our rider Frank Fitzgerald at Forton Services on the M6 at Lancaster, and he took it to Keele services on the M6 in Staffordshire and passed it on to Shropshire and Staffordshire Blood Bikes who took it directly to Coventry Hospital. Our Controller was Brenda Taylor. Both Brenda and Frank are our oldest members, which just goes to prove age doesn’t matter :-)
read full story12 March 2016
Last month our Controllers and Riders dealt with our busiest month to-date considering there were only 29 days in February 2016 (Leap Year) by successfully completing 839 call-outs, which included a relay run or two.
read full story25 February 2016
CROSS COUNTRY RELAY (White Knights, Manchester BB & NWBB Lancs & Lakes) Tuesday 23rd February at 21:25 we received a telephone call from Paul Redfern, Chairman of Manchester Blood Bikes asking if we could assist White Knights and MBB do a relay from Sheffield to Blackpool with very urgent meds. Our Controller, Sue Wolstenholme and Rider Pete Haworth were contacted and it was set up. Pete collected from MBB at Bolton West Services on the M61 at 23:15 and delivered at 23:51. Well done all.
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Wednesday 18th February, we received a call from Southport Hospital Path Lab asking if we could take a sample to the Biochemistry lab at University Hospital Cardiff. The sample was a foetal sample from a child who was losing weight at an excessive rate and they didn’t know why. NWBB Lancs & Lakes were asked if we could do it and the relay was set up with SSBB, Midland Freewheelers and Blood Bikes Wales. The relay went brilliantly, only held up by horrendous traffic on the motorways. We collected at 15:05 and timings were as follows: Handover to SSBB at Keele @ 17:33 , handover to MFW at Frankly @ 18:40, handover to BB Wales Ross-on-Wye @ 19:30 , Delivery to Cardiff @ 20:25. Fantastic job YET AGAIN by all concerned and a huge thank you to, SSBB, Midland Freewheelers and BB Wales, proving again what a fantastic organisation.
read full story08 February 2016
NWBB Lancs & Lakes help out with major Relay run:
Blood Bike Relay run on 3rd February, with an urgent sample for analysis. Contact from Dumfries Royal Infirmary to ask for the run at 10.15am Picked up from Dumfries by Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes at 11.00 am and taken to Gretna Handed over to Blood Bikes Cumbria at 11.34am who took the package to Forton services M6. Handed over to Northwest Blood Bikes at 13.09pm and taken by them to Keele services. Handed over to Staffordshire Blood Bikes at 14.39 and then taken by them to Frankly services on M5 Jct3. Handed over to Severn Freewheelers at 15.35pm and taken by them to Swindon services. Handed over to Wessex Blood Bikes at 17.00pm and taken by them to the destination at Porton Down Special Pathogens reference unit. Package delivered at Porton Down at 18.15pm. What an incredible effort by all groups to work so well together and achieve an excellent result for the performance of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes.
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