Hamble Emergency Services Raft Race 2019
On January 1st 2019, four emergency services will take part in the 4th annual Raft Race on the Hamble River. Teams from Hamble Lifeboat, Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, Hampshire Police and South Central Ambulance Service will compete in identical rafts in a race to and from the slipway in front of the Hamble Lifeboat Station. The event is the brain child of Paul Ackland, Coxswain at Hamble Lifeboat. He said, “Given the fact that we are an independent lifeboat, we wanted to