Associate Member Since: 2004
2008 Toodyay for lunch
L plates on his BSA Bantam
Brady/Dillon family (with Jaroslav Falta – Wandering 2008)
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Current grade you usually race (eg: A, B, C, Over 55, Sidecars)
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No longer riding, now solely assist in an official capacity |
| Year you were born | 1934 |
| What type of job/industry have you been in most of your life | Pattern maker/Rehabilitation officer/School Bus Driver |
| Age you started riding | Age 18 – Trials whilst in British Army in Germany |
| Years of Competitive Racing | 1951-1960 English Scrambles at various ACU centres, then committee member of Shepton Mallet LCC |
| Motor Cycle Club/s you’ve been a Member of | -Midsomer Norton -Shepton Mallet (Both in England) |
| First bike/s you rode | 1938 OK Supreme with 250 JAP Engine |
| Your current bike/s | 1972 BSA B25 Rickman Montesa Yamaha XJ 750 |
| Your Motocross Highlights | -Going out weekends riding trials or scrambles -Being in Kickham trial with company such as Jeff Smith, Lampkin brothers, John Giles, Gordon Jackson -Marshalling at Blandford Forum Road races held in an army camp. Mike Hailwood, John Surtees and Bob Foster competing -Riding at Farleigh Castle. Grasstrack and scrambles |
| Most memorable (funny or painful) Motocross accident | A vey muddy scramble at Taunton and dropping Theresa my wife in the mud |
| Your Motocross Hero (past or present) | Jim Alves, George Fisher, John Giles |
| Family Motocross History | Grandchildren Robert, Sarah, Hannah and Jason (Fred) |
| What are your favourite hobbies/interests outside of motocross | Collecting models of past road transport |
| What made you join VMXWA | When Robert became a senior from Juniors, and realising that as I had officials license I could help in this capacity as officials were badly needed. |