jrs 3,290 Posted February 25 It's a bit frightening eh, I'd slot in at number 25, I haven't seen Gemini around the forum for a while but I think she slots in at number 16 in these days of equality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,114 Posted March 5 On 2/25/2024 at 9:26 AM, jrs said: It's a bit frightening eh, I'd slot in at number 25, I haven't seen Gemini around the forum for a while but I think she slots in at number 16 in these days of equality. Gem is still active on Facebook. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted March 5 10 hours ago, norbold said: Gem is still active on Facebook. Thats good news . We'd better get her in the line up then on her speedy buggy ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midlandred 206 Posted March 7 On 2/3/2024 at 12:31 AM, norbold said: Doug Wyer is the first one younger than me. I feel like quite a youngster now compared to you and Split! Me too. Just seven days older than Flyer! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted March 20 29 - John Boulger - 18/06/1945. First one younger than me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andout 652 Posted April 5 And another one gone as John Louis is no more.....very sad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted April 5 9 minutes ago, andout said: And another one gone as John Louis is no more.....very sad. Oh no, that is shocking to hear that! I remember when John started, and he was the main reason we went to the 1970 Bonanza Best Pairs at Hackney. Very, very sad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted April 6 Here is the updated list after the sad passing of John Louis. Getting scary now... 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - Chum Taylor - 04/04/27 03 - Ian Williams - 04/08/31 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/3410 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 11 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/193512 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 13 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/193814 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 15 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 16 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/194117 - Jim Airey - 19/08/194118 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/194319 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/194320 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/194321 - Terry Betts - 15/09/194322 - Howard Cole 29/12/194323 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/194424 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/194425 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/194426 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/194527 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/194528 - John Boulger - 18/06/194529 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/194530 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/194531 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/194632 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/194633 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/194734 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 35 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/4736 - Egon Muller - 26/11/194837 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/194938 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/194939 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/194940 - Georg Hack - 20/02/195041 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/195042 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/195043 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 44 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/195045 - John Titman - 26/01/195146 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 47 - Jan Verner - 03/03/195148 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/195149 - Phil Crump - 09/02/195250 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/195251 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/195252 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/195353 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/195354 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/195355 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/195356 - Peter Collins - 24/03/195457 - Larry Ross - 15/06/195458 - John Davis - 10/11/195459 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/195560 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/195561 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/195562 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 63 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/195564 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/195665 - Chris Morton - 22/07/195666 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/195667- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/195768 - Karl Maier - 24/08/195769 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/195770 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/195871 - Les Collins - 24/05/195872 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/195873 - Michael Lee - 11/12/195874 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 75 - Richard Knight - 26/05/195976 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/195977 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/195978 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 79 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 80 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 81 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 82 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 83 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 84 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 85 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 86 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 87 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 88 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 89 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 90 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 91 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 92 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 93 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 94 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 95 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 96 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 97 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 98 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 99 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 100 Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 101 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 102 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 103 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 104 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 105 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 106 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 107 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 108 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 109 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 110 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 111 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 112 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 113 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 114 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 115 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 116 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 117 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 118 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 119 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 120 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 121 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 122 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 123 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 124 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 125 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 126 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 127 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 128 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 129 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 130 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,142 Posted April 6 22 hours ago, chunky said: Oh no, that is shocking to hear that! I remember when John started, and he was the main reason we went to the 1970 Bonanza Best Pairs at Hackney. Very, very sad... I’m about 6 weeks behind Ray Wilson (33). Yikes! It gets you thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,094 Posted April 6 5 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: I’m about 6 weeks behind Ray Wilson (33). Yikes! It gets you thinking. What scares me is that I vividly remember watching six of the twelve OLDEST World Finalists race! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midlandred 206 Posted April 6 2 hours ago, chunky said: What scares me is that I vividly remember watching six of the twelve OLDEST World Finalists race! Seven for me, Chunks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,114 Posted April 6 45 minutes ago, midlandred said: Seven for me, Chunks! Eight for me… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,643 Posted April 7 I feel so youthful, just 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites