haydon_peter Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Hi everyone, some bad news I'm afraid. Yesterday Andy Hill passed away at 4:15pm, it was peaceful and all of his family were around him. Andy spent a large amount of his cycling 'career' riding bike trials, he was a Moderator on this forum and also got through to the finals of MBUK's Hop Idol competition in 2006 (I think it was 2006 anyway!). The last few years of his cycling were focussed on XC, 4X and DH. Last year Andy was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer, he had to have his Large Intestine removed and a Colostomy Bag fitted. Andy then had to undergo strong Chemotherapy treatment but sadly it was unsuccessful and at the end of March this year he was given 6-9 months left to live. While Andy was undergoing the Chemotherapy he remained positive and tried his best to continue a normal life, right up until the end he was still working and cycling in between his treatment. Andy and his Wife started writing a blog at the start of the treatment, for those of you interested it's http://ileostomy.wordpress.com/ Pete / Tic X Funeral Details A message from Andy's wife, Ses: Andy's funeral will be held at Garston Crematorium on Thursday 26th May, followed by a service of thanksgiving at St Albans Vineyard at 2pm. Please wear bright colours - no black. The crematorium is going to be pretty tight for space and so we'll have to invite people to that separately, but the service at Vineyard is totally open - whether you love Andy, love someone who loves him or just read the blog - if you want to come, please come. I really, really mean that. Please find parking in the surrounding residential streets and ride your bike to the church. (We'll make sure the gates are closed and there's someone watching the bikes during the service.) Please let us know if you're coming so we know how many to cater for. Link to Facebook event Edited May 22, 2011 by haydon_peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantham Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Tic I heard this the other day, so sad! I remember riding Loughborough with Andy years ago, such a nice guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man xxxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 When he was first diagnosed I remember him being really down (Understandably!) and we spoke on MSN for hours about stuff and I tried to cheer him up - never actually met him but he seemed like a nice guy. Cancer claims another victim, one who's far too young! RIP Andy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Never met him, never spoke to him. But I have lost people to cancer. My thoughts go to the family and friends. R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Sad to hear, I didn't know him but he looked like a great positive guy. R.I.P Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 What is his username on here? That's terrible news, thoughts go out to his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 His username is Tankrider, he was one of us mods. It's not fair, andy was awesome. Such a positive person, the world is definately a poorer place without him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Can't believe it all came to this so quickly after we were talking about it last weekend! Thoughts are with his family, see you next week Tic. RIP dude, you put up a good fight. Matt x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 This is pretty damn far from the outcome that I had hoped for and, in many ways, expected. Andy fought hard, and although I only chatted to him a few times online I thought luck would be on his side. Unfortunately we can't rely on that, and we're another rider down. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 R.I.P Andy, such tragic news. Just reading through the blog it really hits home, it's well written but so sad to read, life is brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Met him at the last abingdon DJ ride, had quite a chat with, a thoroughly nice bloke RIP Andy, thoughts with those that he has left behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Holy f**k, this is horrible! Another victim cancer claims! I think I met him at the DJ Abingdon ride back on '09. Thoughts go out to his family and friends xxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Seriously?! I rode with Andy a couple of years whilst we were at the same uni.. great guy and even cooked me a nice meal one night when I had nothing left to eat in halls. Really sad to see this RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 R.I.P Andy Just been reading that blog, such a sad story but some very strong people. Life is short but he made the most if it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 That blog was very interesting and saddening. I am amazed by his courage as well as his wifes, how they both coped that well is beyond me. RIP Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellingtj Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 That is sad news, my wife works as a bowel cancer screening nurse but unfortunately they only screen senior citizens due to higher incidence and lack of funding to open up the age range. She tells me its third most common cancer but receives very low publicity so many are unaware that they may be in danger. She goes on to say if your family has cancer history and/or you are seeing symptoms (i.e. blood in stool, change in bowel habit over the last 3 weeks, fatigue for no apparant reason, abdominal pain - for more see http://www.beatingbowelcancer.org/) then go and see your GP asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Morrison Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Sad to hear this! RIP Andy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Tim, Andy had been suffering from Ulcerative Colitis since he started University so there was always a small risk it could develop into Bowel Cancer. The funeral is this Thursday, details added to the first post. Ses is putting together a photo album so if anyone has any nice photos of Andy please could they email them through to haydon_peter at hotmail dot com and I will get them printed out and pass them on to her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 RIP Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Only spoke to him once or twice over the years, but he always came across as a top bloke. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Never spoken or met him but the name rang a bell, didn't realise it was Tankrider! RIP dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 That is terrible news. I did see this mentioned on someone's facebook status but suprisingly took me a while to find this thread as just assumed it was somebody else. Met Andy at a DJ ride years ago, not even gonna try and pretend I knew him at all, but I do remember well him being well received on here, and a nice chap indeed. Thoughts for who he has left behind. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Can't believe I've just seen this. I used to have a cut-out from MBUK on my wall for years with a photo of him and the other competitors in the Hop Idol competition. My thoughts go out to all his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 That is so sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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