dave was also secretery of the A.T.E.O, which is where i met him, as has already been said, a true gent, sad loss to the airgun world
RIP Dave.
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dave was also secretery of the A.T.E.O, which is where i met him, as has already been said, a true gent, sad loss to the airgun world
RIP Dave.
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R.I.P Dave.
Always had a story to tell you, and worked tirelessly for promoting airguning!
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I only had the pleasure of spending a single day with Dave, but his warmth and humanity was evident, as well as that sense of humour. My heartfelt sympathy to Lynne.
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RIP Dave you will be missed by a lot of people, incuding me
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So long Dave, you have been a font of knowledge in the few years I have had the privilege to know you. We at Midshires will always remember you with great fondness for your stories and good, if not bad, humour at times.
Hope you give J.C. as much enjoyment as you gave us.
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I was very sorry to hear this piece of news. About 20 years ago, when I was running my own FT club, Dave used to ring me up at about 10pm and we'd natter for hours about airgun shooting. Occasionally, I'd get a massive letter, all written in proper fountain pen in a very neat blue script. To say that Dave was active on the airgun scene is a bit of an understatement - very few can have had his sense of true commitment. My condolences to his family.
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Never got to know Dave personally. However my long time, and also departed, buddy, sparring partner, and piller of airgun sport in Scotland, Eric Wallace, knew him very well. It was through him that I became aware of the legend that was Dave Monk. Eric and I would often have one of our (in)famous "debates", and Dave's name would often come up. To have that kind of rep in any sport is something few achieve and is the true benchmark of personal achievement.
As I said, I never got to know him personally... But I know our fine sport has lost another of its pillars.
My thoughts and condolences go out to his family.
Rest well Dave. And if, when you get up there, by some chance your old pal and mine EBW, has managed to hoodwink the guy on the gate and get in there.... Rat on him!
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