Cheque for Child Flight

Woy Woy Bowling Club presented a cheque for $13, 000 to the Child Flight helicopter group on Sunday, July 18.

The money was a result of the charity days and fund raising efforts by the club over the past year and equates to four trips by the Child Flight Service.

Child Flight chief pilot Terry Mortimer said that last year the service flew some 1200 hours, consuming 300,000 litres of fuel.

"The Child Flight service takes between 16 and 21 minutes to travel between Sydney and Gosford cutting precious time on travel of critical patients while providing greater options in terms of treatments and suitable hospitals," he said.

The Childflight rescue service uses nine pilots and has further four on standby.

The replacement cost of one helicopter is $7 million.

Club chairman Ken Dixon and Charity Day organiser Julie Bennett presented a cheque for $13,000 to Laetitia Montgomery from Child Flight.

Press release, July 18 Robert Hook, Big Group