Posted: Mon 18/Dec/06 10:26am Post subject: Farewell To Charles Humphries
It is with great sadness that the Wanganui Mountain Bike Club gives a sad farewell to Charles Humphries. On Friday evening Charles passed away.
Any body who has ridden at any club event in Wanganui over the last 3 or 4 years will remember Charles for his great passion, humour and organisational skills when it came to running events. Without him all those trailer days and races simple could not have happened and he will leave a hole that cannot be filled.
Charles, we are all thankful for the time and energy you put into making our sport and club a better place and extend our thoughts to your family.
Charles funeral will be held at 2pm Wednesday at the Holly Family Church, gonville, Wanganui.
We would appreciate any memories or stories you may have of Charles to be posted as a tribute to this man of tireless energy.
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Posted: Mon 18/Dec/06 11:29am Post subject:
As a former committee member of the Wanganui Mountain Bike club I had the privilege of working alongside Charles some 6 or 7 years ago.
What I'll remember about Charles is the way he was quick to throw his support into the behind the scenes aspects of running the club when his son became involved as a rider. He was always obliging with lending tools (including his petrol powered brushcutter) when we needed them for trail building and made a tremendous effort in arranging many trailer days and events.
It's been a number of years since I moved to Wellington but I've always noted over those years the substantial amount of work that Charles had appeared to continue to contribute to the Wanganui Club.
My sincerest condolences to his family and clubmates.
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Posted: Mon 18/Dec/06 12:21pm Post subject:
We all know organising the groms (and most people for that matter) at an event is like herding cats, but one thing I noticed is that Charles would just have to say the word and everyone would stop pushing in etc and line up patiently - I think thats a good testament to the amount of respect everyone had for him and everything He'd done...
I was really gutered to hear at a race in the weekend that Charles has passed away the man was a legend and we will all miss him imensley. For the people that didnt know him he organised heaps of races and shutle days that where run as well as any nationals race and i believe has set the standard for club races.Rip Charles.
Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 14,073 Location: No longer Running PNC Like John Gotti
Posted: Tue 19/Dec/06 7:33pm Post subject:
broccoli wrote:
I was really gutered to hear at a race in the weekend that Charles has passed away the man was a legend and we will all miss him imensley. For the people that didnt know him he organised heaps of races and shutle days that where run as well as any nationals race and i believe has set the standard for club races.Rip Charles.
well put Brock
Charles was a great backbone of the DH scene in wanganui, he will be missed greatly
Condolences to the Humphries family, Charles will be greatly missed. I know that Charles was a great help to me when I started riding. Wanganui tralier days will not be the same without him. Michael and Vince
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