From the BOF website....
“Toby” Norris (COBOC)
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Toby on Wednesday afternoon 15th October 2014 at home peacefully. During 2014 he had become increasingly breathless and despite entering the 2014 Swiss Multiday event felt the need to withdraw after just one day.
Toby was very well known in the early days of English and British Orienteering from around early 1965 when working at the CEGB Electrical Power Systems laboratories in Leatherhead. He later became Professor of Electrical Power Systems at Aston University, Birmingham. He was a founder member in 1966 of the Mole Valley Map & Compass Foot Racing Society (Mole Valley) in Surrey when he became the first Scribe (Hon Sec). He was a member of the 1966 English Team to compete in the first World Championships at Fiskars, Finland and later in 1975 became Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the British Orienteering Federation in 1978.
In 2004 along with the late John Colls they formed an Orienteering Diners’ Club called O-Codgers that first met on 11th March 2004 during the Lakes JK at “The Wheatsheaf” in Brigsteer. Toby has also recently canvassed on behalf of the Orienteering Foundation to raise funds for junior orienteering. He will be remembered as the epitome of the English Gentlemen, a little eccentric but thoroughly likeable. Our thoughts go out to his wife Joan and children Calah, Robert and Emily all of whom were with him at the end. The funeral arrangements are not yet in place.
Item posted by Scott Parker on behalf of Chris James (NGOC & Chairman of E&CC)
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A real gentle gentleman. Out thoughts go to Joan and all the family.
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From the BO website:
The BO website notice points out that there is a Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Church close by
BO wrote:
I am writing to let you know that Professor Norris’s funeral will take place on Friday 31 October at 12.30 pm at Holy Trinity Parish Church (Church of England), Church Hill, Mill Street, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1TF.
The BO website notice points out that there is a Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Church close by
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