A HOVERCRAFT charity were thrilled last week as they recieved a generous donation from a bowling club.

Burnham-on-Sea' hovercraft charity, Burnham Area Rescue Boat (BARB),who run the town's two rescue hovercrafts and inshore rescue boats , received a cheque for £335 from Mark Moor Bowling Club.

The cheque was presented at the lifeboat station A spokeswoman for the Burnham bowling club said: "We wanted to support a Burnham charity where the funding would get put to good use locally and, having seen the hovercrafts in action on our local beaches, we knew BARB was our choice - they do a marvellous job.

"The money was collected during the summer bowls season from fines on the greens, donations from the teams, and a very generous raffle where the prizes were donated by members at our end-of-season game."

BARB's Mark Newman thanked the group, saying the donation was "greatly appreciated" by the charity and will help towards the cost of training and equipment for the organisation's volunteer crew members.

BARB is an independent charity run by a team of 20 volunteers in Burnham. It operates two rescue hovercrafts and two inshore rescue boats which are funded entirely by donations from the public. For more details on how to help, see www.burnham-on-sea.com/barb