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Richard Dean
Most, if not all of you, will have received news that Richard Dean passed away in December. Richard was the mainstay of our county competitions for so many years, from athlete entry, registration through to results and leaving a gap that that will be very hard to fill.
Richard first contact with athletics was in the late 1970 when he managed the results for a race in Winchester. He was to do several more Winchester race results and then in the early 80’s other race organisers in Hampshire used Richards skills and within about 5 years he was doing the results for most Hampshire races and Richard became known to almost all club administrators. He added the website development and Treasurer for Hampshire Athletics to his portfolio and his skills were the envy of many counties and athletic organisations.
Above all he was a lovely man, there will never be another like him.
Details for Richard’s Funeral
To be held on Friday 26th January at 3pm at Harbour View Crematorium, just off of the A350 a few miles north of Poole. The postcode is BH16 6AN.
I know that many of your members will live some distance away from here so we are considering making the funeral available as a live webcast.
If you would like to attend or view the webcast, if it is available, please can you contact Brian Dean, briandean@reband.co.uk
Richard Funeral and Memorial Page
Information about the Hampshire Athletics Website
One of the major things affected is the Hampshire website which Richard managed single handed. In the circumstances the website is not being completely maintained, limited notices and redirections for information or results will be posted on the website but it will not be fully maintained. A project is underway for a full redevelopment but this will take time.
Important Information for Officials
The Officials tab will be updated and maintained on the current website, please refer to this for appointments. It will be included in the new website but may look different.
In the meantime, please be patient and the Hampshire Technical Officials will keep in touch via emails through Trinity which is not affected and will be sending out the Summer 2024 availability letter shortly.
Hampshire Cross Country Championships
Hampshire Cross Country League
Race information: Facebook group: Hampshire Cross Country League
and Results can be found HERE