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By NICK HILTON

... years to the day since a horrific water racing accident in which be almost lost his life and his arm was cut badly in 15 places. He was manning the safety boat for Wallasey Power Boat and Ski Club's last offshore race meeting of the season at New Brighton ...

Published: Tuesday 19 October 1976
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 170 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

TWOSPEED CROSSWORD

... Misfits? Bln which continent is the Limpopo River? 9 Where were 80 spectators killed in 1955 in the world's worst motor racing accident? 10 Which pop group included Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson? 641 'Ol low ino4 -it '6 'pow 'II :messy INKY 'S 'duo 't '1 ...

Published: Monday 08 April 1991
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 141 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

BOAT RACE DISASTER. THREE MEN DROWNED IN THE CLYDE

... BOAT RACE DISASTER. THREE MEN DROWNED IN THE CLYDE. A boat racing accident occurred about nine o'clock last night at Gewat, on the Firth of Clyde, when three well-known residents of the West of Scotland seaside town were drowned. The tragedy occurred ...

Published: Friday 02 June 1922
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SIR GORDON HAS CHILL I QIR GORDON RICHARDS. champion jockey who has retired as a jockey. is in bed with

... retired as a jockey. is in bed with ,a chill at his rented villa at West Worthing. He has been recuperating since his last racing accident. Sir Gordon is to start racehorse training at Beckhampton. ge falls on ilway line the Isle of Wight with his family said: ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1954
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 178 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

French hopes

... winner's enclosure. Former jockey Jonathon Haynes, now confined to a wheelchair following a racing accident, performed the opening ceremony and all wheelchair-bound race goers will be admitted free of charge tomorrow. ...

Published: Friday 01 September 1989
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 187 | Page: 54 | Tags: none

LONGDEN INJURED

... broken leg in a racing accident at the Del Mar Racecurse vestTrday. Longden. — who holds the world record of 5.090 victories during his racing career. was brushed against the starting stall by Royal Zaca as it reared lust before the fourth race. and two bones ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1957
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 188 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

WALLASEY CRASH

... Jim Clark's entry was the last received. John Surtees telephoned from Britain to confirm that he would race. He was bruised in a racing accident at Goodwood last ,Saturday. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 September 1964
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

By Finlo Rohrer that he had died of multiple injuries. i'oroner Andre Rebell() stressed that there was no ..

... running of the race at the ground and said Mr Roberts death was a pure accident. He recorded a verdict of accidental death. The rider of the bike that hit Mr Roberts broke some bones but he has made a full recovery and recently returned to racing. Aintree ...

Published: Wednesday 25 August 1999
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 225 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TONIGHT'S CHOICE

... Francis will need no urging to put their money on The Racing Game .(Granada, 9.1). The only surprising thing is that nobody has fit before now to make use of the highly charged atmosphere of the horse racing scene for a TV series. Hero of the series is Sid ...

Published: Wednesday 21 November 1979
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 216 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Women In The News WAAFS AS -POLICE-

... marry the Duke of Grafton, who succeeded to the title ir* 1936 when his kinsman, the ninth Duke, was killed in a motor racing accident. He has been twice married. His first wife was Lady Doreen Buxton, who died in 1923, and his second wife, Miss Lucy Eleanor ...

Published: Monday 05 June 1944
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 242 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... needy racing people on a sunshine holiday to Tenerife. For years, Jack, whose own son was crippled in a racing accident, has tirelessly raised monea'vtor the injured jockeys. er the past 12 years he has held an og.n day at his Moss Side Racing Stables ...

Published: Friday 15 November 1996
Newspaper: Morecambe Guardian
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 281 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

sosaww.Arowl ITS all smiles at the annual dinner and prize presentation of the Wallasey Powerboat and Ski Club ..

... in wet suits as evening dress. Julie received a special award for her part in rescuing two club members involved in a racing accident during the summer. When a £lO,OOO boat suddenly hit rough water there was not enough buoyancy to keep it afloat. Both ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1987
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 258 | Page: 31 | Tags: none