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Post by NigelS on Jan 3, 2007 19:29:05 GMT
I learned from my dad today the sad news that his teammate Geoff Saunders passed away over Christmas.
Geoff played with my dad's team (Albion B) for the past 4 seasons, and had also played for various other teams over the years.
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Mario
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Post by Mario on Jan 3, 2007 20:55:03 GMT
This is sad news, Geoff was a true sport.
I remember he would sit and watch every leg and appreciate each and every good shot, whether it was a team mate, or an opponent.
There are precious few left from that old school.
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Post by Mark James on Jan 4, 2007 9:22:56 GMT
I encountered Geoff on many occasions when I played regularly in the Brighton league, going back some 20 years or so.
He cut a distinctive figure with his trademark woolly hat, and had a friendly word for all newcomers to the league (as I was in those days). Bizarrely I know exactly how old he was because I remember him telling me once that he was born the same night that the Crystal Palace burnt down!
As Mario says he was a devoted enthusiast of bar billiards, a gentleman and a true sportsman. People like Geoff are the principal reason why the bar billiards community is such a good place to inhabit, and we will be the poorer for his passing.
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Post by NigelS on Jan 4, 2007 10:11:45 GMT
Yes I never saw Geoff without his woolly hat.
I didn't realise how long he had been playing bar billiards until Steve Hurley lent me his file with all his past results from the Brighton League. He played for the Whitehawk in around 1980, and then Sudeley, the Albion, the Post Office Club, and I am sure a few other pubs as well.
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Post by bigtj on Jan 4, 2007 18:45:46 GMT
Going to be sadly missed, and yet another true gentleman and character gone from our game. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, do we know if a funeral has been held or when it is going to be if not. I am sure many of us would like to pay our respects and say a fond farewell.
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