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Tina's Tinyhorse Trotathon
Fundraising for Scottish Mountain Rescue
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A tenacious team of three tinyhorses will be now competing in their own Tri-Nation Trotathon to complete three marathons in support of Mountain Rescue! 🐴🐴🐴
Last year more than 2000 people in need were helped by Mountain Rescue volunteers and in 2020 they have continued to show their selfless commitment to helping others, assisting walkers and climbers, providing crucial support during flood crises, searching for vulnerable people missing from home and supporting the police and ambulance service. And they do all this while having regular jobs and family lives to juggle! During lockdown teams have been supporting their local communities and many team members are key workers. As lockdown eases and we all tentatively enjoy getting back in the outdoors the teams have been busy responding to emergencies once again and with the added complications of using Covid safe procedures and PPE.
Our great tradition of modern Mountain Rescue began in Scotland and Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) was established in 1965 during a decade when most teams were becoming established. SMR represents 24 Mountain Rescue Teams, Search and Rescue Dog Associations, Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation and the Rescue Aerial Association spanning the country from Galloway to the Hebrides and involves over 850 volunteers. Together they work to keep people safe in the mountains and remote communities of Scotland. Each MRT and volunteer team member saves lives in the Scottish outdoors
Mountain Rescue Teams rely on donations and many avenues of fundraising completely dried up during months of lockdown as donation boxes sat empty in pubs, shops and cafes that were closed and fundraising events were cancelled.
The three tinyhorses - #GoAngus, #GoPageBoy and #GoTitan will each represent a country and Mountain Rescue organisation and you can follow their progress on a leader board 🥇🥈🥉 and root for your favourite as they trot up the miles, and compete 'just for fun' on distance, time, and amount raised.
#TinyhorseTitan (codename : The Tank or The Aberdeen Beefcake) is the gentle giant of the tinyhorse team (it's all relative!🤔) He will be supporting Scottish Mountain Rescue and representing his birthplace and homeland of Scotland. Titan is the gentleman of the three tinyhorses and likes to follow his running buddy's lead, never trying to push his own agenda or take off in a different direction. With a little more life experience than the two other trotters he demonstrates a more mature attitude and is most content just gently jogging along at the back of the pack. But, despite packing the most muscle and having the slowest pace, he's something of a ringer as his sure and steady approach and endurance shines through over longer distances!😎
Thank you very very much if you can help with a donation at this time. We were often reminded during lockdown that as this time passes 'the mountains will still be there' and so, with everyone's support, will be our phenomenal Mountain Rescue Teams.👍😊