The memorial was yesterday, although sadly I was unable to attend it. ITV Cycling produced this nice video which is on their Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/itvcycling/status/1093155288109248512
On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 8:49 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
