Nathan Evington

Nathan Evington
28/02/77 - 03/11/07

About Nathan


Nathan, was a big chap in more ways than one. He was always to be found at the centre of the action, telling it exactly as it was – loudly!

In fact, Nathan was in such a hurry to make his impact on the world, he arrived on a cold February morning 8 weeks early. He was so premature that he spent his first month in hospital, and at the time was one of the youngest babies in Hedon Road hospital to survive!

Cycling played a huge part in Nathan’s life. He loved the film American Flyers and watched it many times. In it, there is a scene where the main character does the "torture test" which involved running on a treadmill for as long as possible before ending the test by hitting the "chicken" switch. After Nathan’s diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in 2004, he was actually quite excited to discover that he would be required to do his own "torture test" and spent a good deal of time psyching himself up for a good performance. In fact, he was so determined that it was ultimately the doctor, his Mum and the technician who had to drag him off, as Nathan refused to give in himself.

Cycling also revealed Nathan’s talent for remembering facts and figures. He was our very own walking cycling encyclopaedia. He loved to test his friends and show off his knowledge, and he was always the person you would want on your pub quiz team.

Nathan was determined to live life to the full, and unbeknown to his Mum he began playing in a football team a few years ago. The cat was out of the bag when a new football trophy took pride of place on the mantelpiece one evening. Nathan was very proud of himself and his team-mates, although I am reliably informed that Nathan was valued more for his enthusiastic participation, rather than his football talents – which led to his shots on goal just missing the target – 100% of the time!

Nathan was the life and soul of any party and loved to dance. He would always take to the dance floor first, and was quite happy to dance alone. However, his infectious enthusiasm always encouraged others to join him.

Nathan was a kind man, and always generous to a fault – on the benefit of his Mum and brother. He had a very special sense of humour – one he shared with his brother – and left his mark on everyone he met.


Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Ready.... 1st Group

"BRING IT ON!"
I'm so excited packed ready to go, consisting of Nathan (the star of the show), yellow sunglasses, yellow shoes, yellow earphones, nat's ipod, Nathans Flyers t.shirt x2 ,to hell with the rest. Also a few euros for a lemonade to toast both my brave beautiful boys. Nat would say "Mum make a show of meee" - (East is East) eyebrows raised.
The rest of the support group follow on Thursday, Jay ,Rich ,Steve, James and Claire. And as Jay would say "Living the dream Nath, Living the dream".
As for the riders i have avidly watched your progress on the blog, a mammoth challenge. I was always certain you would meet it and you have.
I don't have to thank you pip for the love of a brother, we can go forward with him in our hearts and our minds always. Thank you, you are the light of my life.
All that's left is to do it!
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well guys and gals the time is fast approaching.... i have religiously read and tracked your progress and boy am i glad its u and not me doing this, tho for the worthiest cause i can think of! wish i could be there to cheer you on but got my 2 bundles of joy (mayhem really) to look after so no can do! but like every other day Nath will be in my heart n ill think of u guys working hard out there.... u can do it guys and cant wait for the updates when its done! good Luck The Flyers!!!! Rach Kelly xxxxx

23 July 2008 at 16:00

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