For many of us the only sporting activity we have had the pleasure of seeing Brian take part in is taking two or three short steps from the side of the sanctuary to present the celebrant with wine and water. It may come therefore as something of a shock to discover that he is not only an exemplary altar server but is also a current South of England tennis champion. He is this year's winner of the Southern Region's 85 and over clay court championships. We do not kid you. And it was no walkover. After he had battled his way up to and through the last sixteen of the South's splendidly fit eighty-five-year-olds he played in the final at Bournemouth, where he triumphed over his opponent in a match which lasted two hours.
Brian is also an amateur radio enthusiast, so when he is not exercising his physical aptitudes on the tennis court he is keeping his mental faculties in excellent trim controlling his radio hardware in order to communicate with fellow enthusiasts and to make new contacts in all parts of the world. We humbly hope that when we reach his age we shall still be looking after our own physical health and our own cerebral astuteness with anything like the same determination.
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Wonderful stories to read on Father's Day. Can't wait to see you compete in the Over 90's!!!!
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