IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE INFORM OUR MEMBERS OF THE DEATH OF PAST PRESIDENT DES O'SHEA, BELOVED HUSBAND OF FRANCES, ADORED FATHER OF FORMER 1STXV PLAYERS JOHNNY AND MICK.
DES WAS OUR CLUB PRESIDENT 1975-1977 AND HE SET THE BAR FOR THE MODERN WORKING PRESIDENT AND REDEFINED THE RESP0NSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION. HE PLAYED 1ST TEAM RUGBY ALONGSIDE HIS BROTHER SEAMIE WHO WAS CLUB CAPTAIN IN 1954. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN FORMING THE LINK WITH CORSTORPHINE RFC IN SCOTLAND AND WAS KEY IN ARRANGING THE RUGBY TOUR TO SPAIN IN 1960. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO DES FOR HIS MANY YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER; HIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CLUB HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.
NOT ONLY WAS DES A GREAT SUTTONIAN HE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY CLUBS. AS AN ACCOMPLISHED SAILOR HE WON THE IDRA14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROBERT HOGG IN 1961 AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF SUTTON LAWN TENNIS CLUB. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER DES WITH A SMILE.
WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE FRANCES, SONS JOHNNY AND MICK, DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW LIZ AND TANYA AND HIS ADORED GRANDDAUGHTERS EMMAJANE, EVIE, BETH, XIMENA, YASMIN AND THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES.
MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PEACE.
DES WAS OUR CLUB PRESIDENT 1975-1977 AND HE SET THE BAR FOR THE MODERN WORKING PRESIDENT AND REDEFINED THE RESP0NSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION. HE PLAYED 1ST TEAM RUGBY ALONGSIDE HIS BROTHER SEAMIE WHO WAS CLUB CAPTAIN IN 1954. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN FORMING THE LINK WITH CORSTORPHINE RFC IN SCOTLAND AND WAS KEY IN ARRANGING THE RUGBY TOUR TO SPAIN IN 1960. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO DES FOR HIS MANY YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER; HIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CLUB HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.
NOT ONLY WAS DES A GREAT SUTTONIAN HE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY CLUBS. AS AN ACCOMPLISHED SAILOR HE WON THE IDRA14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROBERT HOGG IN 1961 AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF SUTTON LAWN TENNIS CLUB. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER DES WITH A SMILE.
WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS WIFE FRANCES, SONS JOHNNY AND MICK, DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW LIZ AND TANYA AND HIS ADORED GRANDDAUGHTERS EMMAJANE, EVIE, BETH, XIMENA, YASMIN AND THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES.
MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PEACE.
