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We are sad to announce the passing of Brian Wilde who died on 15^th August. Brian played in the Basingstoke League for many years being a stalwart of the SEB club and also playing regularly in the Basingstoke Closed Championships with some success. He was a canny player giving very few points away, every point against him having to be chiselled out. He will be very fondly remembered by anyone who played with or against him and in particular those of us who were involved with the Basingstoke Stotzheim twinning, including our friends from Stotzheim. Brian was one of the original organisers of the twinning in the 1970s and was a participant up to 2019. He moved to Warminster in the early 2000s and continued to play table tennis and make a considerable contribution there. In short, Brian was a proper gentleman of Basingstoke table tennis. Our thoughts are with his wife Ann and the rest of his family.

Funeral will be held at Salisbury Crematorium on 5/Sept/2023 12:00.

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