Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Since the word came out
last Saturday on the passing of Dave we have received an
explosion of emails like never before. Daily tributes come in about
Dave; it is quite humbling. We are so privileged to have know Dave
and shared time on earth with him. In Dave’s obituary, in the
Spectator there was a line in it that made me chuckle and at the same time
it summed him up perfectly. “David was also a fanatical rugby player and
will be sorely missed.” Yes he will be missed. Dave had a life long love
affair with rugby and rugby loved him back. I know we all did.
Last Sunday 40 something rugby players gather in
touch rugby in a tribute to Dave. There was pushing and shoving,
finger pointing, accusations, and just plain cheating. Dave would have
loved it. It was expected that there would have been a larger crowd than
normal up in the bar, but it was packed.
This Saturday, the 9th there will be a celebration of David’s life at the
Centaurs
the life of our Super Gnome. I would like to close this with an email I received
from Phil Walton. “Of all the great immortals that made up the old boys….he
was the most immortal to me. Just unbelievable.”
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