RIP WILL TOWNSEND AND NIM CARLINE

Will Townsend

TWO famous time trialling personalities, West London?s Will Townsend OBE and Yorkshire?s Nim Carline, passed away on Tuesday, May 29.

Townsend, widely regarded as the ?Father of modern time trialling? died on the morning of his 102nd birthday. He held many official positions including president of Westerley CC and chairman of the Road Time Time Trials Council (now Cycling Time Trials) from 1963 to 1976.

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