Post by L Roebuck on Nov 28, 2005 15:32:08 GMT -5
Outdoor centre reopens after tragedy
Brian Dooks
THE outdoor pursuits centre which was in charge of a school party in which a 14-year-old boy died reopens today but its instructors will not be taking children on caving trips.
Bewerley Park Outdoor Education Centre at Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire has been closed for a fortnight since Joe Lister died after becoming trapped in Manchester Hole, a cave near Lofthouse in Upper Nidderdale.
He had gone into the cave under the supervision of an instructor from Bewerley Park during the first day of a week's residential visit by a group of 13 and 14-year-old pupils from Tadcaster Grammar School.
Forty members of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association were called to search for Joe when he failed to reach the surface with the other members of his party. Attempts were made to revive him inside the cave and these were continued in the accident and emergency department at Harrogate District Hospital, but later the same evening his parents, Martin and Paula Lister, were told he was dead.
The outdoor education centre was closed as a mark of respect for Joe, who lived at Steeton, near Tadcaster. Following his funeral service on Friday, Bewerley Park is reopening but no caving will take place.
Parents of children from the schools which have booked to attend Bewerley Park have been told that caving has been suspended until North Yorkshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive have completed their investigations into Joe's death.
Other activities at Bewerley Park, which normally include rock climbing and abseiling, canoeing, fell walking and swimming, will continue. Thousands of children have been given a basic introduction to caving in Manchester Hole by instructors at Bewerley Park. The cave, which is linked to Goyden Pot, is 1,650ft long and reaches a depth of 55ft.
Bewerley Park, which is owned and run by North Yorkshire County Council, is licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, the national regulatory body setting standard for outdoor pursuits leaders.
28 November 2005
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Brian Dooks
THE outdoor pursuits centre which was in charge of a school party in which a 14-year-old boy died reopens today but its instructors will not be taking children on caving trips.
Bewerley Park Outdoor Education Centre at Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire has been closed for a fortnight since Joe Lister died after becoming trapped in Manchester Hole, a cave near Lofthouse in Upper Nidderdale.
He had gone into the cave under the supervision of an instructor from Bewerley Park during the first day of a week's residential visit by a group of 13 and 14-year-old pupils from Tadcaster Grammar School.
Forty members of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association were called to search for Joe when he failed to reach the surface with the other members of his party. Attempts were made to revive him inside the cave and these were continued in the accident and emergency department at Harrogate District Hospital, but later the same evening his parents, Martin and Paula Lister, were told he was dead.
The outdoor education centre was closed as a mark of respect for Joe, who lived at Steeton, near Tadcaster. Following his funeral service on Friday, Bewerley Park is reopening but no caving will take place.
Parents of children from the schools which have booked to attend Bewerley Park have been told that caving has been suspended until North Yorkshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive have completed their investigations into Joe's death.
Other activities at Bewerley Park, which normally include rock climbing and abseiling, canoeing, fell walking and swimming, will continue. Thousands of children have been given a basic introduction to caving in Manchester Hole by instructors at Bewerley Park. The cave, which is linked to Goyden Pot, is 1,650ft long and reaches a depth of 55ft.
Bewerley Park, which is owned and run by North Yorkshire County Council, is licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, the national regulatory body setting standard for outdoor pursuits leaders.
28 November 2005
www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1268909