A difficult post to write!
Mike Bailey, a member since 1996 and son of our President, Rob Bailey, passed away at the end of February after suffering a brain haemorrhage in early November. Mike leaves a wife, Emma, and two very young children – Holly & Oliver. Our sincere condolences go to Rob, Gill & Emma.
Mike’s funeral was held at Macclesfield Crematorium and was very attended. Many of Mike’s former Tesco colleagues were present and The Chesh were well represented.
Alma sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning.
The club sends its condolences to her daughter, Heather, son-in-law, John and son, Neil.
Maurice sadly passed away over Christmas aged 93. Maurice held many posts in the club but will be remembered by most as our timekeeper for many years.
We have just heard the sad news that Ray McCarthy has passed away.
Ray joined the club in 1949 and until 3 or 4 years ago was a regular on our Wednesday runs.
Ray had a major stroke and spent the last few years of his life in a nursing home.
Our sympathy goes out to his wife, Mary, and the members of their family.
We’ve just heard the sad news that Geoff Mathieu passed away at his home in Kent last week.
Geoff won the Peace Memorial Trophy in 1963 but was then riding for Nova CC.
Geoff had lived in Kent for many years.
No further details are known at the moment.
We have just heard that Joe Pilling passed away last week.
We have just heard the sad news that Dave Cane passed away this morning after a short illness.
In view of the current Covid-19 advice all club events are being suspended until at least the end of June when the situation will be reviewed.
Don’t stop cycling on your own – just stay safe!
We have just received the sad news that Reg passed away on the 29th August at his home in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Reg’s working life was spent in banking interspersed with military service in the RAF as an air traffic controller at St. Mawgan in Cornwall.
The club sends it condolences to his wife, Ann & family.
Ged Atkinson passed away at home on the 15th September.
Our sympathies go out to his wife, Lish and their daughters Claire and Janet.
Ged’s funeral was held at Macclesfield Crematorium on Thursday 5th October. Family and friends joined Lish, Claire and Janet at The Unicorn afterwards.
Ged had become a stalwart of the Sunday and Wednesday runs – we’ll all miss him.