| 29th
January : Tighter Controls Urged For Jet Ski Use. |
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Jet skis should be registered
with number plates and all users made to undergo training because of a
surge in accidents, official investigators said today.
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The Marine Casualty
Investigation Board (MCIB) has urged a tightening of controls on the
watercraft in a report into the drowning of man in Lough Mask, Co
Mayo.
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Patrick O’Haire, 21, from
Clonbur, Co Galway, died after trying to swim ashore in fading light
and poor weather when the engine of his jet ski cut out in May, 2007.
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The MCIB said a culmination
of factors contributed to his death, near Gortmore Bay, including the
poor mechanical condition of the watercraft and a lack of training.
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It also found that Mr
O’Haire was considered to be a very poor swimmer and wore only a
buoyancy aid rather than a life jacket.
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His friend, Shane Mulroe,
whose jet ski also stalled, managed to swim ashore to raise the alarm
but Mr O’Haire’s body was recovered from the lake early the next
morning.
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The MCIB pointed out the
Department of Transport’s code of practice advises anyone who gets
into difficulty in the water should remain with the jet ski to have
the best chance of survival.
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It urged jet skiers be made
take training, as recommended by the department, while the code of
practice be widely distributed to all watercraft users.
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It also called for all jet
skis to registered and a registration number attached to them which
would be visible from a reasonable distance.
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All watercraft should be
regularly serviced and carry a minimum of life-saving equipment, the
official report concluded.
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Investigators highlighted the
“clear powers” handed to local authorities and councils, under the
Marine Safety Act, to designate safe areas and control the use of jet
skis.
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Mr O’Haire, a bakery
worker, had been living for some time in rented accommodation near
Tourmakeady, on the banks of Lough Mask.
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IrishTimes.com
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| 28th
January : Jet-Tec Jobs. |
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Mechanically
Minded?
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Looking for a
job in Personal Watercraft?
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Northern
Ireland PW Dealer Jet-Tec Performance currently has 2 vacancy’s for
mechanics.
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Positions for
part-time Mechanics to work on New & Used Seadoo, Yamaha, Polaris
and Kawasaki PW need to be filled.
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The jobs
would suit someone already in the industry but is not essential.
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Candidates
(minimum age 21) must hold a current driving licence, be reliable with
a very keen interest in PW and general watersports and be able to work
as part of a team.
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Salary
Dependent on Experience
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Please
contact Stephen for further details
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www.jet-tecperformance.com
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| 27th
January : Kempton React To Warrior Affair. |
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A jet ski will be moored in
Kempton Park's lake following this month's incident when a horse had
to be rescued after breaking through the running rails and ending up
in the water.
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The move was announced
following a safety review led by the racecourse's managing director
Amy Starkey.
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The John Best-trained Blue
Warrior sustained only minor cuts as a result of his impromptu dip
during the all-weather fixture on January 14.
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He was coaxed from the lake
by stalls handlers and ground-staff carrying ropes and life-buoy
rings.
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A new rail will be erected
along the perimeter of the lake that is adjacent to the racetrack. A
jet ski will also be purchased and moored in the water.
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"The most suitable craft
will be identified and it should be in place by the end of
February," said Starkey.
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"In the event of a
similar incident - as well as the new rail being a deterrent to a
horse entering the water -
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the jet ski will make it
easier for the staff to assist an animal."
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The Press Association
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| 24th
January : I've Done All I Can. |
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Three months to the day since
her husband went missing on a jetski off Bali, heartbroken Jacqui
Hoyland knows she has done everything in her power to find him.
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The 44-year-old mother-of-two
has spent thousands on a campaign to find Jeremy which has spanned the
globe from Indonesia to the UK where she has enlisted the help of
celebrities and government ministers.
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Jacqui, from Penistone, said
knowing she had exhausted every avenue gave her a sense of closure.
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On a trip to Bali last week
she held a service and laid flowers. "The things you do when you
lose someone," she says.
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Jeremy, 41, went missing on
October 24 on a recreational jet ski trip with friends.
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He had been bringing up the
rear as they made their way home when he got into difficulty. His
friends were unaware of the drama unfolding behind them.
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Mobile phone records show he
made eight calls in the first hour after his engine broke, and that he
was drifting south west and then west. But then his phone went out of
range.
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Jacqui used the data to plot
his probable landfall and last week hired a helicopter to scan the
coast, covering a 100-mile stretch of Bali and neighbouring Java,
without result.
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She gave the information to
the Balinese police who have reopened the search.
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Jacqui said: "If he's
there he has to show himself because I don't know where else to look.
I have no plans to go back now unless the police get more information.
I know it will be a miracle if he is still alive.
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"I plan plant a holy
tree and install a plaque in the grounds of the hotel where he was
staying. That will give us something to return to over the years. I
have got to go back to remember him and take the children there."
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Jacqui hired public relations
guru Clarence Mitchell who represents Gerry and Kate McCann, the
parents of Madeline who was snatched in Portugal in May 2007.
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She said he was
"invaluable" in obtaining help from Sir Richard Branson and
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond who backed her fight to get more
help from the UK government and geographical mobile phone records.
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Jacqui has also been working
with a 'crisis psychologist' to minimise the impact on daughters
Ellena, 13, and Georgia, 11.
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She added: "The girls
are doing amazingly well. They were very sad and upset after I came
back without him this time. But they are very robust and have had
three months to adjust.
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We're keen to get back to
some sort of normality now. But our lives will never be the same
again."
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TheStar.co.uk
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| 20th
January : Jet-Ski Stolen From Sutton House. |
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By Catherine Allen
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A Sutton man is appealing for
information after his distinctive jet-ski was stolen from outside his
son's house.
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Jeff Gayton left his bright
yellow limited edition Seadoo XP at his son Christopher's Davies
Avenue home and it was last seen at around 10pm on Sunday.
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But when Christopher went to
work at around 5.30am on Monday, he found that the jet ski — worth
around £3,500 — had vanished despite it being left behind a van and
in area secured by locked gates.
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Jeff told Chad: "I think
in the current economic climate, someone has just taken it to make
money.
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"I do not know where
they would take it because there is not much water near here.
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"It also has very
specialist parts so if someone tried to buy any in this area, the
owners of the shops know it belongs to me."
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Anyone with information
should contact police on Mansfield 420999, quoting incident number
0076-NH-100109.
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Chad.co.uk
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| 16th
January : Thieves Ride Off On Richard’s £8,000 Jetski. |
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A Jetskier is offering a £300
reward for the return of his £8,000 Yamaha machine, stolen from
outside a house in High Crompton.
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The red and black jetski with
silver stickers was attached to a trailer and parked outside the house
in Grampian Way.
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But at 1am on Monday morning,
CCTV footage from a neighbouring property showed two men breaking the
wheel lock of the trailer with a crowbar.
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They then pushed the trailer
down the drive to a waiting a 4x4 vehicle with the headlights off.
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Owner Richard Brooks, from
Higher Rise, said he believes the theft was planned.
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The 26-year-old joiner said:
“It was parked at a relative’s house and was properly locked up.
The theft was definitely planned because the 4x4’s lights were off
and it picked up the jetski on the corner of the road out of the
camera’s view.
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“The jetski means
everything to me, its my baby. I’m still paying for it and I only
had two more payments of £200 to go.”
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Mr Brooks was taught how to
waterski and jetski as a child by his father.
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He regularly travels to Wales
and Blackpool to use the machine but fears it might be gone for good.
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He said: “It’s got an
immobiliser so will be difficult to start but it could be anywhere by
now, either held in storage or sold off.
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Oldham-Chronicle.co.uk
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| 15th
January : Jet Ski Dumped On Beach At St Lawrence Bay. |
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By
Lauren Hockney
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Marine police are appealing
for witnesses after a jet ski was found dumped on a beach.
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The vessel, in a state of
disrepair, was found on the beach at St Lawrence Bay by DC Simon
Lofting of the Burnham based Essex Police Marine Unit.
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He was alerted on Wednesday
January 14 by Nigel Harmer, river bailiff, who had been told about it
by a dog walker in the area.
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DC Lofting said: “It is
just a shell, the engine and serial numbers have been removed.
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“It appears to have been
dragged down from the caravan site, there were tyre marks down the
slip way and across the beach.
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“Someone has committed an
offence by dumping rubbish on the beach but if the tide had come in it
would have gone out to sea and become a danger to navigation and boat
users - this was very irresponsible behaviour.”
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It is not yet known if the
jet ski is stolen or someone simply wanted to get rid of it.
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Police have attempted to
contact the owner but without success.
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The incident is thought to
have happened between 9am and 10am on Saturday January 10.
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Any witnesses or anyone with
information should contact the marine unit on 01621 782121.
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MaldonandBurnhamStandard.co.uk
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| 13th
January : Jetski Death Of Off-Duty British Policewoman In
Kenya Was A Tragic Accident, Inquest Rules. |
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A British policewoman
holidaying in Kenya was killed when waves knocked over her jetski and
sent it crashing into her, an inquest has heard.
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Pc Sally Roberts, 28, and her
boyfriend were both thrown from the machine, which was then picked up
by a wave.
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Metropolitan Police officer
Miss Roberts, from Worthing, West Sussex, suffered severe injuries to
her head, neck and ribs from the jetski.
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She would have been knocked
unconscious almost immediately, the inquest heard.
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The tragedy happened in
Mombasa on September 30, 2006, when Miss Roberts and boyfriend Andrew
Freeman were six days into their two-week holiday.
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The pair had decided to try
to spot dolphins off the coast using a jetski they hired from an
agency at their hotel.
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After a wave flipped the
couple into the sea, Mr Freeman tried to push his girlfriend up out of
the water to protect her as a second wave bore down on them.
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In the split second that
followed, unseen by Mr Freeman, the wave sent the machine crashing
onto Miss Roberts, the inquest at Worthing Town Hall heard.
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Mr Freeman said when he
resurfaced Miss Roberts was unconscious. She was brought ashore by
another jetskier but resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
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Pathologist Dr Jeremy Grant,
from Worthing Hospital, said a post-mortem examination carried out on
October 11, 2006, found she suffered severe injuries, including
fractures to the base of the skull, rib fractures and injuries to her
neck, resulting in haemorrhaging.
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Dr Grant said: 'With these
injuries there would have been no chance of resuscitation unless it
was in an intensive care facility where there was blood transfusion
immediately available and other facilities to keep Sally alive.'
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He added that there was no
sign of drowning and that her injuries were consistent with her
receiving a severe blow by a blunt object such as a free-floating
jetski.
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Recording a verdict of
accidental death, deputy coroner of West Sussex David Skipp said: 'We
have the eyewitness account but it doesn't tell us what happened in
the split second Sally was in the water.
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'I have the pathologist's
report which concludes there were severe injuries but we have to
surmise from that that these injuries were caused by the jetski.
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'There is nothing else which
I can attribute these injuries to.
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'Obviously there are
questions in people's minds and there always will be about the nature
of the sea but that was a judgment made by all the people in
September.'
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He added: 'I think that this
was an adventure that people went on and tragically the forces of
nature conspired against them.'
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Mr Freeman and Miss Roberts's
family declined to comment afterwards.
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DailyMail.co.uk
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| 10th
January : Family Scours Indian Ocean For Jet-Skier. |
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By Jonathan Brown
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Eastern Bali's miles of
palm-fringed beaches and crystal clear seas have helped make it a
paradise for water sports enthusiasts from around the world.
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That is what Jeremy Hoyland
thought when he set out with friends in October to jet-ski between his
resort at Tanjung Benoa beach and a nearby tropical islet.
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Now nearly three months on,
nothing has been heard or seen of Mr Hoyland, 41, who had two
children, after he used his mobile phone to report engine trouble as
he became separated from his fellow skiers returning from the exotic
excursion.
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But his family refused to
give up hope and set out again last night to continue their search,
desperately hoping that he may still be alive, stranded on an
uninhabited Indian Ocean island.
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One theory is that Mr Hoyland,
a highly experienced power-crafter who had gone out to Bali to act as
race director for the jet-ski sports event in the 2008 Asia Beach
Games, may have drifted in the region's notoriously powerful currents.
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While it is possible the
powerful swimmer may have been swept out into the deep ocean towards
Australia, the seas off the Bali and Java coasts are dotted with
hundreds of small islands.
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Here, there is said to be
enough fruit and fresh water to survive on.
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Many are inhabited but locals
have no means of communicating with the outside world, and the family
is said to be optimistic after hearing reports of divers turning up
weeks after going missing in the region.
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Jacqui Holland, who is going
to Bali to lead the search, said she would "leave no stone
unturned".
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After a meeting with the
Indonesian ambassador in London, Yuri Octavian Thiamin, she said she
was encouraged by his support and the offer of boats and expertise.
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"He definitely shares
our optimism that Jeremy may be alive on an uninhabited island,"
she said. "Ultimately we have to find something because it's so
difficult for us. We can't do anything with our lives and get on with
our lives without knowing."
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There is also a glimmer of
fresh hope.
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Phone records obtained
through the British mobile companies Virgin and Vodafone showed Mr
Hoyland had made calls for help from about three miles off Bali, near
Lembongan island, his destination that day.
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The new hunt will focus on
this area, some 15 miles from the initial search area.
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Mrs Hoyland will be
accompanied by her brother-in-law Nicholas and a liaison officer from
South Yorkshire Police.
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They also engaged the
services of Clarence Mitchell, the former BBC royal correspondent who
has dealt with media relations for the McCann family, as well as Fiona
MacKeown, whose daughter Scarlett was murdered in Goa, and the parents
of Jimmy Mizen, stabbed to death in London.
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The family says it will spend
whatever it takes to find the missing jet-skier and has raised money
with a charity concert at his daughters' school.
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The family has been inundated
with support from around the world by jet- skiers after they set up a
website to raise money for the search.
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Rescuers deployed seven
helicopters and four boats in the initial seven-day search, drafting
in police, military and local people.
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The family then urged the
British Government to put pressure on the Indonesians to keep looking,
resulting in yesterday's meeting. Mrs Hoyland said:
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"We hope we will have a
good chance of finding something that will help us to understand what
happened to him."
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Independent.co.uk
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| 9th
January : Diplomats Offer Help To Search For Lost Husband. |
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By Martin Slack
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Indonesian officials will be
instructed to do "whatever they can" to help find missing
Yorkshire jet ski champion Jeremy Hoyland when his wife Jacqui arrives
in Bali today.
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Mrs Hoyland held high level
talks with the country's ambassador to the UK in London yesterday and
was assured that she would be given every assistance.
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The 44-year-old from
Penistone, near Barnsley, flew from Heathrow airport last night for
her second trip to the island since her husband vanished off the coast
in October.
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Speaking before her
departure, Mrs Hoyland said the ambassador, Yuri Octavian Thamrin,
shared her hope that Mr Hoyland, 41, was still alive despite his
prolonged disappearance.
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Mrs Hoyland added that the
ambassador seemed "well versed" in the problems she was
facing and said: "He definitely shares our optimism that Jeremy
may be alive on an uninhabited island."
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Mr Hoyland, a father of two
daughters, was riding a borrowed jet ski on October 24 when he
encountered mechanical problems and was believed to have been caught
in a current.
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Searches have so far failed
to find any trace of him or the jet ski, although it is thought that
initial efforts may have been focused in the wrong area.
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Earlier this week, Mrs
Hoyland told the Yorkshire Post that she had finally been given access
to mobile phone records which pinpointed where her husband was after
he began drifting.
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Mr Hoyland's last contact
with the outside world was via his mobile phone, from which he made
several calls before the battery finally ran dead. Call data from the
phone has helped pinpoint where he may be now.
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A new search will now take
place around Lembongan Island, because the telephone records show that
Mr Hoyland's last call was made from a point three miles from its
beach.
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The Indonesian ambassador
promised to help in obtaining boats to be used in the search and an
Indonesian expert is also expected to help analyse the currents in the
area.
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Mr Hoyland, who worked for
the family engineering business, was an official for the International
Jet Sports Boating Association and had gone to Bali as race director
for the the 2008 Asia Beach Games.
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He failed to return to
Tanjung Benoa beach after going out on a jet ski with friends to the
nearby Nusa Lembongan islet.
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Mrs Hoyland, who will be
accompanied by her husband's brother, said:
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"We're hopeful we will
have a good chance of finding something that will help us to
understand what happened to him. But this isn't just about going to
find him alive – we want to go to try to trace where he went and get
some understanding of what happened."
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The couple's two daughters
Ellena, 13, and Georgia, 11, have helped their mother raise tens of
thousands of pounds for the search effort, but will remain with their
grandparents in South Yorkshire.
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YorkshirePost.co.uk
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| 8th
January : Wife To Use Phone Records In New Search For Jet
Ski Champ. |
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By Martin Slack
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A fresh attempt to find a
Yorkshire jet ski champion missing off the coast of Bali will be
launched this weekend when his wife flies to the Indonesian island
armed with new information.
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Jacqui Hoyland said she would
not give up the search for her husband Jeremy, 41, who disappeared in
the Indian Ocean after becoming separated from friends on October 24.
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Mrs Hoyland, of Penistone,
near Barnsley, has fought hard to access phone records which relate to
a series of calls her husband made while drifting in the water after
he vanished.
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Initially she was told by
Indonesian officials and her husband's phone provider Vodafone that
details were not available, but sustained pressure from the family led
to them being unearthed.
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Initially she was told by
Indonesian officials and her husband's phone provider Vodafone that
details were not available, but sustained pressure from the family led
to them being unearthed.
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The records show Mr Hoyland
floated, with his stricken jet ski, in a different direction to
previously thought, meaning that the first search and rescue effort
focused on the wrong area.
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Mrs Hoyland, 44, said:
"The mobile phone information shows that when Jeremy made his
last call he was three miles off the southern coast of Bali at the
most and was drifting west.
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"That is a good thing
because there are lots of small islands which he could have hit. The
data allows us to see exactly where he was in the water, give or take
a mile.
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"Getting the mobile
phone records has been like pulling teeth. We got the last bit of
information on New Year's Eve. Now we are planning to fly out on
Friday morning to start searching again."
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Royal Navy experts have
examined the data and told Mrs Hoyland they believe her husband could
have drifted back on to the south coast of Bali itself, which is
treacherous and rocky.
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It is hoped that the search
party, including Mrs Hoyland, her brother and two family friends, will
be able to persuade Indonesian authorities to take them out on a
Government boat.
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If officials refuse, boats
will be chartered privately and a helicopter, which will cost $1,800
an hour, will also be on stand-by.
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Mrs Hoyland said: "For
all we know, Jeremy could be being held by somebody on one of these
islands and that is a scenario we want to eliminate. We just have no
clue what has happened.
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"We do not have the
faintest idea what we are going to find, but we also plan to put a
reward up for anybody who can help us find wreckage or give details on
what has happened.
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"Flyers will be given
out in villages and we will find Jeremy whether he is alive or not. We
all need closure."
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Christmas and New Year was a
difficult time for Mrs Hoyland and the couple's two daughters Ellena,
13, and Georgia, 11.
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Mrs Hoyland said: "It
has been a long, hard slog and the girls have been trying to support
me, but they are really starting to struggle now. They are worried
that if I go out to Bali again I might not come back like their dad.
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"It's very hard for
them, but they understand it is something that I have to do, and we
will all stick together until this is over."
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YorkshirePost.co.uk
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| 4th
January : ATP Coloured Composite Chin Pad for ATP Pole. |
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Introducing the new Coloured
Composite Chin Pad from ATP.
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Available in Red, Yellow,
Orange, Blue, Black & White
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Supplied covered in Black
Diamond Hydroturf (can be supplied uncovered by request) with billet
aluminium mounting brackets and fixing bolts.
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For use with ATP, UMI, OEM,
Rick Roy and Star Bar Handle Poles.
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Product Code: ATPC2
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Price: £52.20 (ex. VAT)
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