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We were delighted to welcome the Teignmouth Town Mayor, Cllr Joan Atkins to our lookout today on her first official visit to us since her election as Mayor. We welcome her support for our organisation and were pleased to be able to demonstrate the varying types of equipment we use in our voluntary role as 'Eyes along the Coast', helping to ensure the safety of all those who use the sea , beach and coast for relaxation or work.

TeignmouthCoastwatch would like to thank the public and Teignmouth Morrisons for facilitating and donating to our latest collection at Morrisons on the 30th September. We are delighted to announce that we raised £301.73 towards our on going running costs.

Thank you all so much.

It was National Coastwatch Day on Sunday the 24th July and Teignmouth NCI was pleased to welcome a visit from the Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Cllr Iain Palmer and Mrs Palmer to our watch house.

The visit was followed by a cream tea in the Heritage Centre to celebrate.

Members of our watch took the opportunity to distribute our Water Safety leaflets to the spectators of the powerboat and jet ski racing that was also being held at Teignmouth that afternoon.

Teignmouth NCI is delighted to have been acknowledged, and celebrated, by Newton Abbot Flower Club at their flower festival this weekend.

This lovely display uses the blue and yellow colours of our logo to acknowledge the role of NCI, and the Coastguard, in watching over all users of our seas and beaches.

Following our Declared Facility Status (DFS) assessment last week, we are proud to say that we retained that status.

A DFS is required by HM Coastguard for an NCI Station to be fully integrated with the UK Search and Rescue (SAR) organisation. This year, April 7^th was the date for the annual review of our status and once again it turned out to be a successful day for Teignmouth NCI.

Retaining our status means we have demonstrated the necessary competencies, and skills, to continue to work in partnership with the other Search and Rescue (SAR) services.

The assessor spent over six hours in the lookout observing the skills of the watchkeepers from two consecutive watches. At the end of the visit, he had no hesitation in recommending that Teignmouth NCI should continue to hold it's Declared Facility Status.

He described the station as being happy and efficiently run and he complemented the Station Manager on her comprehensive knowledge and excellent leadership skills. He also praised our excellent training programme, making specific mention of how that has been kept going throughout Covid restrictions.

All in all an excellent day - well done Teignmouth NCI.

We are delighted to have been selected by the Ness House Hotel to be their chosen charity!

Owned by Hall and Woodhouse, Ness House has a great menu and, if you would like a delicious meal then try their Steak & Tanglefoot pie.

Not only is it delicious but, for each pie ordered you'll be supporting Teignmouth NCI as well, as a donation is made to our funds from the sale of each pie!

Cheers!

Last Thursday our Members enjoyed a talk from local poet and published author, Ian Royce-Chamberlain on the fascinating story of the German origin freight and passenger ferry SS Schiller. The Schiller was wrecked on rocks off the Isles of Scilly in 1875 and the talk was entitled 'Not Forgotten - Nicht Vergessen'.

He was accompanied by his partner Viginia Griem a local painter, potter and illustrator, her illustrations accompanied the talk alongside the story and poems, beautifully read by both.

There is also a booklet of the story available for £6 including postage. If you would like to order a copy, please contact our Social Secretary using the link below:

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