In light
By TMX Archives on 14th Jul 05
Then we heard the dreadful news from Hawkstone that Richard Fitch had died.I first became aware of Richard's talents when he won the UK SX youth 125cc title in 2000 with an unblemished five-from-five record. Then we heard the dreadful news from Hawkstone that Richard Fitch had died.I first became aware of Richard's talents when he won the UK SX youth 125cc title in 2000 with an unblemished five-from-five record. I interviewed him afterwards for my very first issue as editor of dbr and he was as modest and down-to-earth as it gets.On the track he took no prisoners but once the chequered flag came out and his race face was off he was exactly as I found him the first time I interviewed him.But I hardly knew Richard - whatever I've got to say Jack Burnicle, who knew him much better, can say infinitely more eloquently...