Sherwin's memorial will be in Feb. I suspect it will be very well attended.
https://twitter.com/PhilLiggett/status/1073850929915543552 On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:34 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thoroughly knocked by this when I heard the news yesterday morning. > Paul Sherwen and Phil Liggett had been the voices of Tour de France > coverage from the very first time it got properly covered back in the > eighties. At the time it was a UK-only thing, but in due course they were > the main voices for the English speaking world including the US, Australia > and South Africa. > > While I've been critical in the past here about them perhaps continuing on > a little too long, and the UK now has its own commentary team (as does > Australia I believe), they were still much loved. Paul and Phil were still > heard in the UK on feeds of some other international races like the Tour > Down Under or Tour of California. > > Earlier this year I rode a sportive cycle event at which Phil saw us away > on the start line. He had been due to ride himself, but illness prevented > it (it was a grey wet day. I got soaked to the skin. It was probably a > smart move not to ride). However the event was in part to raise money for > Helping Rhinos, a charity that does conservation work in Uganda, and that > both he and Paul Sherwen supported. So Phil, who lives nearby, was standing > there on the line in a Helping Rhinos t-shirt seeing us all off. > > Paul always came across as just a thoroughly nice man, and it's been > lovely reading some of the kind words people have posted on social media > and cycling websites. His voice will be sorely missed. > > > Adam > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:13 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The younger (by 10+ yrs) of that iconic duo with Phil Liggett... ISTR >> reading he'd cut back on other events in recent years due to health issues, >> but still continued to do TdFs and Olympics. >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
