Whatever happennd to: Darryl Webster
Gareth Lawrence
Does anyone know what's become of one of the big names of British
domestic amateur racing in the mid 80's, when I first got into
bike racing? I still see most of the big names from that time
cropping up now - Cammish, Longbottom, Curran, Walsham, and a
certain juvenile/junior who was tipped for great things, Chris
Boardman - but no mention of Webster. I think he also had a
brother (Alex?). Anyone who can answer this might also know if
Neil Main carried on racing - he regularly used to thump me and
the rest of the field in various Welsh juvenile and junior races,
especially the RR champs.
Thanks for any information,
Gareth.
Julian Barkway
In article <58rj2m$p...@infa.central.susx.ac.uk>,
ma...@central.susx.ac.uk (Gareth Lawrence) wrote:
=> Does anyone know what's become of one of the big names of British
=> domestic amateur racing in the mid 80's, when I first got into
=> bike racing? I still see most of the big names from that time
=> cropping up now - Cammish, Longbottom, Curran, Walsham, and a
=> certain juvenile/junior who was tipped for great things, Chris
=> Boardman - but no mention of Webster. I think he also had a
=> brother (Alex?). Anyone who can answer this might also know if
=> Neil Main carried on racing - he regularly used to thump me and
=> the rest of the field in various Welsh juvenile and junior races,
=> especially the RR champs.
=> Thanks for any information,
=> Gareth.
=>
From what I can recall, he signed for TEKA in Spain round about the same
time that Malcolm Elliot did, had a bad season with them and then quickly
reverted to amateur status. I think he's now a taxi driver somewhere or
other and has completely given up cycling.
HTH.
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Walter.L.Rixon
but no mention of Webster. I think he also had a
Hi,
Alex is still around, riding, after an
accident with a drunk on a roundabout. He was living in Leicester when
he took the Cycling Teaching Certificate a couple of years ago to help
youngsters. A great bloke. I never had anything to do with Daryl.
Best wishes, Walter
Walter.L.Rixon
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David Humphreys
In article: <AED89699...@p018.asp.euronet.nl> lo...@my.sig (Julian Barkway) writes:
>
> In article <58rj2m$p...@infa.central.susx.ac.uk>,
> ma...@central.susx.ac.uk (Gareth Lawrence) wrote:
>
> => Does anyone know what's become of one of the big names of British
> => domestic amateur racing in the mid 80's, when I first got into
> => bike racing? I still see most of the big names from that time
>
> time that Malcolm Elliot did, had a bad season with them and then quickly
> reverted to amateur status. I think he's now a taxi driver somewhere or
> other and has completely given up cycling.
Maybe I am confusing him with someone else, but didn't he have problems
with his heart?
--
David Humphreys
Dept of I.T.
Tameside + Glossop Acute Care NHS Trust
Rhys Williams
dav...@tac-it.demon.co.uk (David Humphreys) writes:
>> Someone asked about Daryl Webster
>Maybe I am confusing him with someone else, but didn't he have problems
>with his heart?
Yes, that'd be Dave Lloyd.
Rhys
David Humphreys
Oh yes. I remember now. Duh!
cycli...@aol.com
In article <595ucn$4...@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, rw...@tattoo.ed.ac.uk (Rhys
Williams) writes:
>dav...@tac-it.demon.co.uk (David Humphreys) writes:
>
>>> Someone asked about Daryl Webster
>
>>Maybe I am confusing him with someone else, but didn't he have problems
>>with his heart?
>
> Yes, that'd be Dave Lloyd.
>
> Rhys
Yes THE Dave Lloyd did have heart problems when a pro with Raleigh, but
another with heart problems was Dave Akam.
Dave Lloyd, (not THE Dave Lloyd unfortunately) Walsall RCC.
Tim Williams
In article <19961219185...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
cycli...@aol.com wrote:
>In article <595ucn$4...@scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, rw...@tattoo.ed.ac.uk (Rhys
>Williams) writes:
>
>>dav...@tac-it.demon.co.uk (David Humphreys) writes:
>>
>>>> Someone asked about Daryl Webster
>>
>>>Maybe I am confusing him with someone else, but didn't he have problems
>>>with his heart?
>>
>> Yes, that'd be Dave Lloyd.
>>
>> Rhys
>
>Yes THE Dave Lloyd did have heart problems when a pro with Raleigh, but
>another with heart problems was Dave Akam.
>
Dave Akam reappeared this year winning just about every time trial that he
rode. In an article in Cycling Weekly he attributed his health problems to
his Liver and Hepatitis.
Tim
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David Humphreys
> >>Maybe I am confusing him with someone else, but didn't he have problems
> >>with his heart?
> >
> > Yes, that'd be Dave Lloyd.
> >
> > Rhys
>
> Yes THE Dave Lloyd did have heart problems when a pro with Raleigh, but
> another with heart problems was Dave Akam.
>
> Dave Lloyd, (not THE Dave Lloyd unfortunately) Walsall RCC.
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking about
a - giving up cycling
or
b - changing my name.
Sounds too dangerous for people called Dave.
Martin Jones
Gareth Lawrence wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what's become of one of the big names of British
> brother (Alex?). Anyone who can answer this might also know if
> Thanks for any information,
> Gareth.
The last I heard, he was of running a taxi business -
Garry Lee
Re Darryl Webster.
Some years ago I was talking to a very famous cycling commentator at the
hamper race in Carrick-on-Suir and I asked him how Darryl who was the bees
knees at TT would do as a road racer. He had just turned Pro.
"He will have no success", he told me. "He has no racing brain and doesn't
understand road racing", he told me. How right he was.