CLUB NEWS: John Whiting remembered on 22nd October

On Saturday 22nd October 2016, Bury Cycle Speedway will hold the John Whiting Appreciation event, in memory and celebration of the former rider, team manager, secretary and referee, who sadly passed away in March 2015. Invitations are extended to anyone who knew John, who was one of the true characters of the sport, much missed and often remembered. The event […]

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EUROVETS: Riders in silent tribute to John Whiting

Six months after John Whiting`s untimely passing, Cycle Speedway riders from throughout Great Britain stood in sombre silence last Saturday week to remember one of the sport’s greatest ever servants. The Eurovets riders were in Bury – John`s last club – for this season’s final round. Many of the Eurovets riders were firm friends of John`s. Some, like Wednesfield`s legend […]

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NEWS: John Whiting funeral details

John Whiting’s funeral will take place at 12 noon on Thursday 19th March, at St. John’s Church, Preston Road, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, PR6 7PS. The service will be followed by burial at Chorley Cemetery, Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LE. John Burston has also been in touch to correct his obituary to John. He has informed us that John passed away with […]

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OBITUARY: John Whiting

Friend and Bury colleague, John Burston, has written to us with an obituary for the late, great John Whiting. John Whiting died on Friday evening after being ill for some months, and finally succumbing to the effects of pancreatic cancer in hospital, with his family at his bedside. John had ridden for around 45 years and during that time he […]

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RIP John Whiting

News broke late last night that Bury’s John Whiting has passed away after a heart attack. The former Blackley stalwart had been receiving treatment for cancer for the past 12 months. John was one of Cycle Speedway’s most prominent figures and his death has shocked the Cycle Speedway world, especially being so close to Dave Hunting’s passing a few weeks […]

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