It was certainly a busy Bank Holiday weekend for South Pembrokeshire's emergency rescue teams.

Tenby RNLI crews launched seven times over the hectic three-day spell, while local coast rescue teams also dealt with a number of shouts.

Action began during the early hours of Friday morning when Tenby's inshore lifeboat was launched shortly before 4 am after a child went missing during the night and there was a possibility she could have been on the North Beach.

The ILB crew began perfoming a thorough search of the area, but fortunately, the child was found safe and well at home a short time later.

The rest of Friday and Saturday was relatively quiet for the emergency rescue teams, but they were called back out on Sunday.

St. Govan's and Tenby Coastguard Rescue Teams, along with the South Pembs Coastguard Sector manager, rescue helicopter 169 from RAF Chivenor and a land ambulance unit, were despatched to a cliff incident on Trevallen Cliffs, near St. Govans Head.

A climber, who was belaying from a ledge 30-feet up from the bottom of the cliff, sustained a leg injury when his companion, who was lead climbing some 50-feet above, dislodged a large rock which struck the climber below on the left leg, causing severe injury.

The climbers were on a route known as 'Tumbling Dice', which is graded at E2.

The coastguard rescue teams lowered a team member to the injured climber to stabilise the injury prior to the arrival of the rescue helicopter. Another climber, who is a mountain rescue first aider, had already descended to the scene to assist.

Preparations were in place to lower the ambulance paramedic to assist, but the action was put on hold to allow the helicopter winching operations to take place.

The injured climber was airlifted to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, where it was confirmed there was no fracture to the leg, but the deep flesh wounds required him to be hospitalised.

At lunchtime, a child was reported missing on Tenby's Castle Beach.

Tenby and Manorbier coast rescue teams, RNLI lifeguards from the beach, the resort's harbourmaster and Dyfed Powys police officers, responded to the report of the missing five-year-old child at approximately 12.20 pm.

However, prior to all units arriving on scene, the child was found safe and well by his parents.

A short while later, the ILB was launched again, this time after a member of the public reported a strange object in the water off Amroth.

The object was found to be the Woolhouse Rocks and the call was treated as a false alarm with good intent.

Meanwhile, just after 1 pm, on Bank Holiday Monday a May Day call was received from a yacht in trouble.

Both Tenby's all-weather lifeboat and the inshore craft were called to Carmarthen Bay where the yacht had grounded in heavy surf and a dropping tide.

The ILB crew assisted their colleagues from Burry Port in evacuating the one person on board, while the ALB stood by.

Whilst returning to Tenby, the lifeboats were redirected to Freshwater West, where a person was reported to be in the water. While en route, the lifeboats were recalled.

Later, Milford Haven Coastguard requested both lifeboats to proceed to Morfa Buchan, where three people were reported to be stranded on rocks at the base of the cliff.

On arrival, it was found that they had been in a speedboat that had lost its engine overboard and then washed up onto the rocks and sank.

The three, all locals, two aged 19 and the other 20, were evacuated by Tenby inshore lifeboat and transferred to the beach and waiting coastguard team from Tenby.

The last shout of the Bank Holiday weekend came shortly before 8.30 pm when Tenby's ALB launched its Y-boat to rescue two people stranded at Monkstone Point.