11 Jun 2010 : Team Member Receives Mayor's Award

Congratulations go to team member Jonty Roe, who was awarded an Erewash Borough Council Mayor's Award for his 38 years of voluntary service with Derby Mountain Rescue Team.

The annual awards are given to residents of Erewash Borough who have given exceptional service to the community over the years. Jonty had been nominated by wife Jennie for his many years of service with mountain rescue and he was selected by a council committee as a worthy recipient of the award. In typical Jonty fashion, he had endeavoured to keep the nomination secret from the rest of his team mates and was somewhat surprised to see myself with a camera skulking outside lkeston Town Hall, where the ceremony was due to take place.


Jonty is one of the longest serving operational members within the team and has served as radio officer for the last 25 years. He is still very much an active member of the team in training and callouts as well as serving on the operational management group.

Keeping it in the family, Jonty's mother was one of the first recipients of an award back in 1980 when they were first introduced, receiving it for going beyond the call of duty with her services as a community nurse.