Obituaries

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BRUCE HAMILTON
Monday, December 5th, 2011

It is with deepest sadness that we record the death of our great friend and former colleague Bruce Hamilton who suffered a brain haemorrhage while on holiday in Turkey and died at Canakkale on 24th November.   Having recently retired Bruce was on a holiday of a lifetime with wife Betty having started out in mid-August on a world tour.  Starting in Hong Kong they had moved to Europe where after landing in the Netherlands, they had visited Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Australia, Ireland and then on to Turkey.

 

BARBARA MIROY
Monday, December 5th, 2011

THE END OF AN ERA.

Barbara Miroy, a person who almost single-handedly ran English men’s hockey for many years, died on 30th November at the age of 91.

She out-lived Nevill, her husband and an equally prominent servant of the game, by 21 years.

IAN BARRATT
Monday, December 5th, 2011

It is with great sadness that I have to pass on news of the death of Ian Barrett.  Ian died whilst visiting his son in the Philippines.  He took ill and died there on Friday 16th September aged 65.

Ian, as everyone knows, was larger than life and formed many lasting friendships within the hockey fraternity.  His father recognised his son’s talent and the need to join a leading club. He joined Hounslow in 1963 as a 17-year-old playing mainly at outside left soon making it to the first eleven.  He eventually captained the first eleven for two years in the mid 70’s.

DAVID WELCH
Friday, July 1st, 2011
It is with great sadness we record the death on the 29th June of David Welch, a Hon. Vice Member of the Association. A full tribute to David appears on the Sports Journalists Association Website at http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/members-news/david-welch-sports-edito... David is survived by his wife Geordie, from whom he is separated, son Christopher and daughters, Alexandra and Jessica, and by his partner of later years, Sue, to whom we send our condolences.
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