in
The
Times.
Over the years we have all lost a number of friends from the sport. This page provides brief memories of, or links to other tributes to, just a few of those who will be fondly remembered by their many friends in the sport. [Some of the older links may, of course, no longer be in operation.]
May 08 - News has been received of the death (peacefully, on Friday 16th May) of Harold Blogg of Maidenhead RC. Harold and his wife Janet served as umpires until reaching retirement date at the end of last year, and both were involved in running Maidenhead Regatta for many years. Harold was a past president of Thames Regional Rowing Council, and will be sadly missed by his many friends; our sympathy goes to Janet and to their family.
Members of Kingston Rowing Club will be sad to hear of the death of Steve Chasey. He died peacefully in Kingston Hospital on 27th May after a short illness. Steve's funeral will be at Kingston Crematorium on Wednesday 4th June at 2:20.
Apr 08 - Quintin BC have announced the sad news of the death of George Marshall. George had joined QBC after the demise of Ibis RC, and I remember George particularly for his success in coaching the Ibis RC ladies, including getting at least one coxed four straight through from winning novices all the way to winning Senior 1 in the same season.
Mar 08 - Friends at London RC and elsewhere will be sad to hear of the death, on March 2nd, of Tony Owen; no news yet of funeral arrangements.
Feb 08 - Friends from Molesey BC and elsewhere will be sad to hear of the death, at his home in Kent, of Bob Poulter. Also, the ARA have announced the sad news of the death, at his home in Northwich, of Tim Hooper (more details on Northwich RC site). They will each be sadly missed by many friends in the sport.
The month of February ended with the sad news of two more deaths. Peter Ament was a member of London Rowing Club and of Twickenham Rowing Club, and also a strong supporter of Kings School, Canterbury. Peter Little was until recently the master in charge of rowing at Merchant Taylors School, Crosby. Both will be sadly missed.
Jan 08 - News has been received of the death of Willie Ross on Thursday 3rd January. He was 69, and joined Thames RC in 1961. He coxed various Thames crews in the 1960s & 70s, was House Steward in 1980, Captain in 1981, and Chairman in 1984. He also coxed and coached Elizabethan BC, the Westminster School Old Boys. Willie's funeral was held on Wednesday 16th January at Mortlake Crematorium at 4pm, and afterwards at The Ship (Mortlake).
Further sad news, that George Plumtree of Twickenham RC died on Wednesday 9th January. He was well-known in clubs up and down the Thames, and, for example, coached Cygnet RC in the late 1970s. He will be sadly missed by his many friends. George's funeral took place at 10:30am on Tuesday 22nd January, at St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Twickenham, and afterwards at the Royal British Legion, Popes Grove, Twickenham.
Members of the commentary team of Henley Royal Regatta will be sad to hear of the death, on Christmas Day (2 days after his 81st birthday) ,of one of their retired members, Henry Probert. Another obituary appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post.
Nov 07 - News has been received of the death of Alec Hodges on Thursday 8th November. He had had an operation a few weeks ago and failed to recover. A celebration of his 80th birthday took place at Tideway Scullers School in September but unfortunately he had been taken into hospital and was unable to attend. His coaching career is legendary, and he will be sadly missed by his many friends, both at TSS and throughout the rowing community. A tribute page can be found on the TSS website.
Oct 07 - The many friends of Ted Bell will be sad to hear of his death. There is a brief obituary on Vesta RC's website, but no funeral details yet. Ted had also been a member of Molesey BC and Staines BC, but to many of us he was best known in his skiffing career with Dittons Skiff & Punting Club. He was for many years the organiser of Hampton Court & Dittons Regatta, and also served the Skiff Racing Association as Hon Treasurer and as veteran handicap recorder (though even the latter role didn't stop him engaging in a friendly "dutch auction" at the start of a race as the handicaps were negotiated). His funeral was at Putney Vale 12.40 Wednesday 7th November and afterwards at Dittons Skiff & Punting Club.
Members of Kingston Rowing Club and of Kingston Grammar School will be sad to hear of the death of Ken Cripps on Tuesday 23rd October, at the grand age of 98. He was Master of English at KGS from 1944 to 1971, and remained a strong supporter of the school, and of Kingston RC. Funeral is on Thursday 15 Nov at 11am at Putney Vale Crematorium, and afterwards at the Antoinette Hotel in Kingston.
Jul 07 - Members of London Rowing Club, and other friends, were sad to hear of the death of John Pinches, oarsman & medal-maker. An obituary appeared in The Times.
Jun 07 - Members of Kingston Rowing Club and of the Skiff Club will be sad
to hear of the death of Bryan Jones. "Jonesey" had been a member of
KRC since the 1960s, was a stalwart supporter of the club, and had run the
KRC 200 Club for a number of years. He enjoyed outings in an eight
with his KRC friends in the "Leviathan" group (as recently as the weekend
before last), and was also often seen (with his wing-mirror on his cap) steering
a 4-, or a 2- with his long-standing friend Dennis Moore (who was unable
to see, and therefore wasn't frightened by Jonesey's steering!). He
would also (with a belt of bells) act as a guide for Dennis running through
Richmond Park. Bryan died on the morning of Tuesday 26 June while walking
his dog. Sympathies go to his wife and family. He will be sadly
missed by his many friends. The funeral has been held privately, but
a social event in his memory will be held on
Sunday 22nd July
at KRC.
More sad news for Kingston members had come a few weeks earlier with the
death of Ralph Scott. Ralph was best known to many as the Hon. Treasurer
of Remenham Club for 33 years,
& will be sadly missed by his friends from all 7 founding clubs.
May 07 - Sad news has been received of the sudden death
on Tue 22 May, of Dick Garrett, former captain
of Bedford RC and one of the
country's best-known veteran competitors. In recent times he
had raced for Upper Thames & Wallingford as well as for Bedford, but
my earliest memories of him were when he was racing for St Neots. More
news, including funeral arrangements, on the
Bedford RC website.
The sad news for Bedford continued with
news of the death of their former president, John Smith, aptly described
on the club website as a "larger than life character".
This same week brought news of the death of Harry Billyeald of
Nottingham & Union RC; Harry
was known to regatta organisers at Nottingham for many years as the
expert operator of the photo-finish equipment.
All three of these will be sadly missed by their many friends in rowing.
Apr 07 - News of the death of Roy Davis (1926 - 2007) who was boatman for Emanuel School and Civil Service Ladies/ Cygnet RC before his retirement some while ago. He was instrumental, with a number of other parents, in the rebirth of Dacre BC (Emanuel Old Boys) for them to row and race. As a noble band of novice veterans they caused only a few ripples on the Thames but maybe set a trend that other clubs have since followed. All three of his sons rowed for the school and Dacre. John raced for Thames and is now also a member of Bewl Bridge. Paul rowed actively for Thames and is married to Sue Key, a former World medallist; Sue is a Vice President of Thames and Paul acted as architect/designer for their new Burrough Building gymnasium.
Feb 07 - Members of Kingston Rowing Club are sad to hear of the death, at the age of 97, of Dick Offer, the club's past president. Dick was also a past president of the Skiff Club. Dick was one of 3 brothers who rowed for KRC (Tom, Dick, and Jack). Dick and Jack won the Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta in 1936 (the club's only HRR win in a long period between 1909 and 1969), and represented England at the Empire Games in Sydney in 1938 (winning a silver medal). He was taken into hospital on Monday 5th February and died overnight. The funeral was on Monday 19th February at 4.15 pm at Randall's Park Crematorium, Leatherhead, and afterwards at The Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham. Our sympathies go to Dick's family. An obituary has now appeared in the Surrey Comet.
News has also been received of the death of Alan Watson of University of
London Boat Club, Steward of HRR. He was a member of the British eight
at the 1955 European Championships and the 1956 Olympics. More
details in the obituaries
on RQ's site
& in
The
Times.
Jan 07 - News has been received of the death of Sid Clay, President of the Head of the River Fours since 1991 (and formerly Chief Timekeeper), and former Secretary and President of Auriol Rowing Club. An obituary appears on the HoR4s website.
News has also been received of the death, on January 25th, of Albert Andrews, for more than three decades the boatman to OUBC. His funeral is being held at 11:15am on Friday 2nd February at the Oxford Crematorium, with a gathering afterwards (approx. 12 noon) at City of Oxford Rowing Club beside Donnington Bridge, Oxford.
Dec 06 - News has been received of the sudden death, on Christmas Day, at the age of 76, of John Webb. John was brought up in Johannesburg, and was a member of South Africa's coxless four at the 1952 Olympics, then competed in the Grand in 1953 for Thames Rowing Club. John, a former mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, was a member of the organising committee for the World Rowing Championships at Dorney this year. He was for many years a member of the Thames Regional Umpires Commission, and was involved in the organisation of a number of regattas over the years, particularly Reading Amateur. His funeral took place on Friday 5th January at the church of St John the Baptist, Windsor.
News has also been received of the death, during the week before Christmas, of Fred Lambert. Fred represented Crowland RC in the 1958 and 1959 Thames Cup, Thames RC in the 1960 Thames Cup, 1961, 1962, and 1965 Grand and Stewards, The Skiff Club in the 1963 Stewards, and Molesey BC in the 1966 Wyfolds. Fred's Thames four represented GB at the 1961 European Championships. When Crowland became part of Lea Rowing Club, Fred was a strong supporter of the new club.
John and Fred will each be sadly missed by their many friends in the sport.
Oct 06 - News has been received of the death, at the age of 34, of the Dutch international coxswain Chun Wei Cheung. He won a bronze medal coxing the Dutch M2+ at the World Championships at Strathclyde in 1996, and a silver in the M8+ at the Athens Olympics. His Dutch national eight won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in July this year, and it was after coxing the eight at the World Championships in Eton in August that he was diagnosed as suffering from a rare form of liver cancer. An hour before his death he was appointed an honorary member of his club, ASR Nereus, and he will be sadly missed by his many friends at Nereus and elsewhere.
Sep 06 - I am very sad to hear that Cathy Cruickshank had died (on the morning
of Thursday 14th September). Cathy was taken ill at Dorney where she
was working as a volunteer just before the World Championships, and a few
days later she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Many of you will have
met Cathy in her capacity as Entries Secretary for Henley Women's Regatta,
or as Secretary of Henley RC, and she was also a popular member of the
launch-driving team at Holme Pierrepont. She will be sadly missed by
her many friends in the sport, and our sympathies go to her husband, Ian,
and to their sons, Andrew and Ollie.
The funeral arrangements have now been finalised and are as follows: -
Funeral to be held on Monday 25th September at
Reading
Crematorium, All Hallows Road, Caversham, Reading, Berks. RG4 5LP at
11.00am. All are invited to join Ian and his family for light snacks
and drinks at Leander Club after the service. Blazer and Club Tie
preferred. Family flowers only, donations if desired to Harry Mahon
Cancer Research Trust c/o Tomalin & Son, Funeral Directors, Anderson
House, 38 Reading Road, Henley on Thames, RG9 1AG.
News has been received from Lady Margaret Boat Club, Cambridge, that John Gleave, who coached 28 winning LMBC crews over the period 1973-1992, has died. A memorial service will take place in Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge on 21 October at 3.00pm. His widow has said that friends from the LMBC are very welcome to attend and that blazers are encouraged.
Members of Kingston RC, Tiffin School, and Thames Ditton Regatta will have been saddened to hear the news of the death, at the age of 95, of Keith Southan. For many years at Tiffin School, Keith was in charge of both the Boat Club (1946 - 1976) and the Scout Troop, and many Old Tiffinians are grateful to Keith for the introduction to these important parts of their lives. As President of Thames Ditton Regatta, Keith took the trouble to deliver his annual report personally to supporters of the Regatta when he saw them around the regatta circuit later in the year. He was also a stalwart supporter of a number of other regattas, and at several of them he could be found throughout the day meticulously keeping the results board up to date. He was a Life Patron of the ARA. His many friends in the sport will miss him. Keith's funeral was held at St Stephen's Church, Richmond Road, East Twickenham on Friday 15 September at 2.00pm.
Mar 2006 - I was sorry to hear that Pat Sherwin MBE passed away, peacefully
in his sleep, on Friday night. Pat had been a member of Southsea RC
for nearly 60 years and had served in almost every position at the Club including
a stint of 33 years as Regatta Secretary. He had also been a member of Ryde
RC where he was a Vice President and Club Trustee and served on the Club's
General Committee for many years. Pat was a Life Vice President of
the Hants & Dorset ARA and the Coast Amateur Rowing Association - and
a former President of both. He had also served as Chairman of the Hants &
Dorset ARA. He was also a Life member of the South Coast Rowing Council.
He represented the Hants & Dorset ARA (Division 22) on the ARA Council
for many years, was the first Vice Chairman of the Wessex Regional Rowing
Council when it was formed in 1984 and went on to be its Chairman for a number
of years. His services to Rowing were recognised in 1994 when he was awarded
the ARA Medal of honour - and a few years later with an MBE for services
to Rowing. There can be few people who have had such an impact on the
sport and in particular Coastal Rowing and hardly a Club within the H&D
or CARA who has not benefited from his advice and support at some time. He
was also a member of Thames RC, and away from the coast he was a leading
light in the organisation of the ARA recreational tours, and also a Trustee
of The Rowing Foundation. Although not in good health over the past
two years he had still taken a great interest in what was happening in the
sport and until quite recently continued to be a great support in terms of
giving sound advice; he will be a great loss to the sport but particularly
coastal and recreational rowing. He will be sadly missed by his many
friends, on the coast and throughout the sport.
Funeral arrangements: The funeral of Pat Sherwin was on Tuesday
28th March at Portsmouth cathedral at 2pm. The service will be followed by
drinks at the Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club. The following
day there was a private service at the crematorium for family only.
Feb 2006 - Simon Mepham had competed in the
Walton RC eight at Molesey Veteran
Head on 18th February, and collapsed in the boat soon after the
end of the race with a suspected heart attack. Although an ambulance
was soon on the scene and medical assistance was provided, sadly Simon died
without regaining consciousness.
As well as being a member of Walton
RC, Simon had for many years been a prominent member of
Thames Valley Skiff Club, and
is pictured
(in
the bow seat in the far crew) in Senior Doubles at the Skiff Championship
Regatta in 2003. He represented
Kingston
RC in the Thames Cup at Henley Royal Regatta from 1988 to 1992, and prior
to that he had rowed for
Weybridge RC. He
will be sadly missed by his many friends throughout the sport, and our sympathy
goes to his family.
The following details are now available:
"A celebration of the life of Simon Mepham is being held at St. Peter's Church,
Church Street, Old Woking at 3.30pm on Thursday 2nd March 2006. There
will be a Committal at Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, St. Johns, Woking,
following on from the church service at St. Peter's, Old Woking. All
are welcome, but seating may be limited..
Family flowers only, please, but if desired, donations may be made to Cancer
Research UK and The British Heart Foundation, c/o Lodge Brothers, 7 Green
Lane, Shepperton, TW17 8DP. Everyone is invited back to Thames Valley
Skiff Club afterwards. (As a reference point,
St.
Peter's Church is on a turning off the B382, quite near Hoebridge Golf
Course)."
Dec 2005 - Friends in Scotland & elsewhere will be sad to hear of the death, on 5th Dec, of Jim McGhie. Details, including funeral arrangements, are on the SARA website, and a tribute on the Clydesdale ARC site.
Nov 2005 - Jimmy Wallis, ULBC (from 1970 to 1977) and UCD boatman (from 1977 to 2004) died this Sunday of a brain tumour at the age of 66. His funeral was on 2nd November 2005 in Moate Co Meath Eire. He was originally with Gladstone Warwick (now Lea RC) and took his illness with his usual East End humour typified by 'I have a tumour, but don't worry its only affects my brain'. At Trisha's request, please send your anecdote or tribute to Chris George and it will be put it on this site (http://cms.atics.co.uk/in-memoriam.html). He will be sorely missed by his many friends both sides of the Irish Sea.
Oct 2005 - Sad news of the death of Dr. Noel O'Brien
of Auriol Kensington RC, Vice-President of the Fours Head, former Div Rep
for ARA div 18 and Hon Medical Officer & Water Safety Officer to the
ARA, and former doctor to the BOA. A memorial service for Noel was
held at Wargrave Church at 1 p.m. on Wednesday 16th November;
this will be followed by an appropriate celebration of his life.
[
Obituary
on TRRC page.]
Sep 2005 - Sad news of the death last month of Nick Smith (Goldie 1995 & 1996), for whom a memorial service will take place on September 24th. Also last month, Mike Seares, Wallingford Schools Rowing Club, cox of the GB Junior 4+ in 1979, and2+ in 1980.
Aug 2005 - Sad news of the death, at the age of 85, of Professor John Levy, Past President of Thames RC. John was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biology at Imperial College (and his tribute to Charlie Newens appeared in the IC staff newspaper after Charlie's death in 1996). John's rowing connections spread well beyond IC and TRC, and among other posts he was a past President of Kingston Amateur Regatta. An obituary by Chris Dodd appeared in The Guardian on September 29th. John's sons Martin and Tim are both closely involved in the sport, and our sympathies go to them and to the rest of John's family. He will be sadly missed by his many friends in the sport, and a memorial service was held at 2:30pm on 14th October at St. Mary's Church, Putney (adjourning afterwards to Thames RC).
Jun 2005 - Sad news of the sudden death on 17th June of Andrew Justice of Marlow RC. He was in the GB Olympic 4x in 1976, then got silver medals in the eights in the 1980 Olympics and 1981 World Championships.
Apr 2005 - Radley, Jesus, and Cambridge oarsmen will be sad to hear that Joe Savill who rowed for Cambridge in 1938 and 1939 died on March 27th.
Mar 2005 - Sad news of the death (on 8th March) of Andrew Silk,
boatman of Peterhouse, Fitzwilliam, & New Hall, Cambridge, and coach
of many crews, including CUWBC. Many of us first met Andrew when as
a young boy he came down to the LMBC boathouse, where his father Roger was
boatman; as Andrew grew up in the rowing community it was no surprise
that he followed Roger into the sport. He will be sadly missed by his
many friends, both in Cambridge and further afield.
Sad news also of the death of Robin Haslam, chairman of Nottingham
City Regatta for 30 years until last year. The number of roles in which
Robin contributed to regattas was almost countless; at Nottingham he
was a launch driver, and often ran the timing team; he was a multi-lane
umpire, and officiated not only on his home water at Nottingham but also
at events such as HWR. He had represented Nottingham & Union RC
in the Thames Cup at HRR in 1959 and 1960, and in later years was often seen
in veteran crews. He had been in hospital since 8th March
with chest problems, and died on 20th. The memorial service
was at
St
Peters Church, Sheepwalk Lane, Ravenshead, at 13:15 hrs on Friday
1st April 2005. Further details on the
Nottingham City Regatta
website, where there is also a link to an e-mail address through which
messages of sympathy may be sent to Robin's family. He will be sadly
missed by his many friends in Nottingham & elsewhere.
Jan 2005 - On 2nd January a sculler from Reading Rowing Club capsized and drowned; he has now been named as Sikander Farooq and was 14 years old, not 12 as originally reported. Reports from RQ (also in the Daily Telegraph), & from the BBC, plus response from the ARA. Sympathies go to his family, and to all at RRC.
Nov 2004 - As a member of Lady Margaret Boat Club I was particularly sorry to hear of the death of Harry Almond, Captain of LMBC in 1950-51 and Secretary of CUBC in 1951. He was bow man in the CUBC eights in 1950 & 1951, winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1950 (7 LMBC men in the crew) and the gold in 1951 (5 LMBC men in the crew). He went on to row in the 4- which was 4th in the 1952 Olympics. With LMBC he won the Ladies' Plate at HRR in 1949 (setting a course record in the process), the Visitors' in 1950, and the Grand in 1951 (when he also lost by 2 feet to the winners of the Stewards'). Not bad for someone whose official rowing weight was just over 10 stone!
Jul 2004 - The sad news was received of the death on 27th July, at the age of only 47, of Lesley Stewart. I first met Lesley at the World Championships at Strathclyde in 1996, where Lesley was in charge of Social Events; she undertook that task despite being due to give birth that week. She became a SARA multi-lane umpire in 1998, and a FISA umpire last year. She was due to undertake her first international umpiring event at the Coupe de la Jeunesse last weekend, but withdrew when she new she was seriously ill, and instead she officiated at the Home International as her first, and sadly her only, international umpiring duty, dying just 3 days later. She was a popular competitor for St Andrew BC at events such as FISA Masters regattas, and will be sadly missed by her many friends in Scotland and elsewhere. Further details on the SARA news page.
Here is a message from Lesley's brother:
"Lesley fell very ill on the train on the way back from a rowing regatta in England at which she was umpiring last weekend and had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance. The cancer for which she was receiving chemotherapy had taken off in her liver and it was not functioning properly. She had enough time to see her son Ewan and have a good talk with him before the disease and the drugs she was receiving to counter the pain and discomfort caused her to fall into a deep sleep from which she never woke. I was with her at the end and it was incredibly peaceful.
I'm just amazed at the willpower and mental strength she showed over the period when she knew she was going to die. She sat down and worked out just what was really important to her and then focused her efforts on maximising the return she would get on the limited time and physical strength that was left to her."
Jun 2004 - Neil Thomas died shortly before midnight on Thursday 10th June. Details now available, including funeral arrangements.
Apr 2004 - News of the death of Bob Michaels, coach to Lea RC, Westminster Sch, & GB crews.
Mar 2004 - Obituary in The Daily Telegraph for John Marsden, 4th in the European Championships Double Sculls in 1954 & finallist in the Double Sculls at HRR in 1956.
Feb 2004 - Robin and Paola Hewins write: "It is with great sadness that we announce the tragic death of our son, Tristan Hewins. Tristan was involved in a cycling accident in Edinburgh on February 5th and died on February 14th. "Although a keen participant in many sports his main love was for rowing. He rowed for Hampton School and Durham University and was a member of the GB Junior squads for three years. He also gained much enjoyment from helping to coach in Washington DC, for DUWBC and, more recently, for Edinburgh University Boat Club". [Tristan was in the coxed pair at the World Junior Championships in 1997.]
Jan 2004 - Fitzwilliam oarspersons all over the world will be sad to learn of the death of George Chapman who started work at the Fitzwilliam House (as it then was) Boat Club about 45 years and was their Boatman for many years. George was always a friendly figure on the Cam towpath and he died of a heart attack on Xmas Day.
Sad news from Scotland of the death of Andy Dunn; more on the SARA news site. Andy was the organiser of the famous banquet at the FISA Veteran regatta in 1988, which those who were there will never forget.
Dec 2003 - Sad news from Scotland, of the death of Ian Stanners of Clyde Masters.
Sep 2003 - Tony Gibbs, member of Kingston Rowing Club, membership secretary of Kingston Amateur Regatta, and a friend to many at Remenham Club, died after a long illness.
May 2003 - Henk Schrik, one of the pioneers of rowing coverage on the internet, has died at the age of 54 in Amsterdam.
Grace Wilkinson, who died in hospital on May 12th, was president of the Women's Eights Head, and for countless years the organiser of all the events organised by the WARA & then the Women's Rowing Commission. I was first privileged to work with Grace during the World Championships in 1986, and then subsequently at the Women's Eights Head which she had previously run almost single-handedly for many years, during which time it had grown enormously. Throughout this time Grace was admirably supported in her efforts by her husband Allan, who died last December. They will both be sadly missed by their many friends in the sport, and our sympathy goes to their family.
Mike Jearum, of Twickenham Rowing Club & Dittons Skiff & Punting Club, died on Friday 23rd May after a long illness.
Mar 2003 - Matthew J Allwork, St. George's College Boat Club, Walton R.C and a member of the GBR MJ4x 1981 died as a result of a helicopter accident in Dubai last week. Matthew was filming in connection with the Dubai Classic Horse Race. More information will appear on the Walton RC web site as it becomes available.
Gregor Hoerner of RG Benrath died of a suspected heart attack, having collapsed while training on the Thames for the Veterans' Head. Report in the Richmond & Twickenham Times.
Feb 2003 - A moving tribute from Ken Hastie to the Pearson Brothers of Blyth, & also a tribute from Alan Granlund to Chaura Pratchek of Durham ARC.
Jan 2003 - Sad news of the death, suddenly, in his sleep, of Cliff Barwick, on January 2nd at the age of 70. The Putney Town 4 got to the final of the Wyfolds in 1957 & 1958, and was the first crew from a 'working mens' club from the old NARA to make a mark at HRR. Subsequently Cliff was a member of TTRC, and an umpire until reaching the age of 65.
Dec 2002 - Sad news from Thames RC of the death of Gerry Blanchard (whose funeral was on 5th Dec), & from Auriol Kensington RC of the death of Tony Levis (whose funeral was on 9th Dec). Now also the sad news of the death on December 12th of Pam Rickett, widow of the late Graham Rickett.
Sep 2002 - Rowing friends, particularly in the Hammersmith area, will be sad to hear of the death of Peter Fielder, boatman of St Paul's School.
Jul 2002 - Alan Burrough CBE, Steward of HRR & past president of Thames RC [obituaries in the Telegraph & The Guardian]
May 2002 - John L Garton CBE, former Chairman of HRR and former president of the ARA..
Apr 2002 - The rowing world was very sad to hear of the death of Geoffrey Page, president of Thames Rowing Club, and for many years the rowing correspondent for the Telegraph. He had been in hospital for some time, but had appeared to be making a recovery, and had been talking on the phone to one of his press colleagues about the previous day's Boat Race, but he passed away peacefully in his sleep during the night. He will be sadly missed by his many friends, both in Britain and abroad. His memorial service was held on 20th May.
From SARA, sad news of the death of "Doc George" Johnston.
And from Northwich Rowing Club, news of a memorial day on 5th May for Bill Shufflebottom.
Jan 2002 - Sad news aplenty this month: from SARA of the death of Ralph Gillies, [on RQ's news page] of the death of Douglas Hutchins of Cygnet RC, & also the sad news of the death (after a long illness) of Alan Sutton.
Sep 2001 - Sad news of the death of two stalwarts of Putney clubs, Derek Dunckley from Vesta RC and Maurice Rayner from London RC.
Aug 2001 - Readers of the book "Punts and Punting" will be sad to hear of the death of its author, Robert Rivington.
May 2001 - Sad news of the death of Harry Mahon; see tributes on the Rowing Service. [June 2003; see website for Harry Mahon Cancer Research Trust]
Feb 2001 - It was with great sadness that we heard the news of the death of Bernard Churcher.
Jan 2001 - Reports on the death of Marcello Minale, President of TSS, & at last news that Leo Blockley's body had been found.
Dec 2000 - Reports (from RQ & elsewhere) that Oxford University lightweight oarsman Leo Blockley was missing after his crew's boat capsized. A memorial campaign for improved buoyancy for racing boats was subsequently set up.
Nov 2000 - Skiffing friends will have been sad to hear the news of the death of Mike Phillips (DSPC).
Jan 2000 - Ian Rogers (Twickenham RC & Remenham Club) died on New Years Eve; cremation was Fri 7th Jan.
Stanley West (Kingston RC & Kingston GS) died recently; cremation was Thu 27th Jan.
Dec 1999 - Colin Ellis - Kingston RC, Leander Club, (& many other clubs). A good friend, & still fondly remembered by all those who knew him.
Apr 1999 - Anna Fangen - LEH School
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