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Vikki Orvice celebration night at Lord’s
Just a reminder that there are still a few tickets remaining for the gala night at Lord's on November 13 to celebrate the life of our dear departed colleague Vikki Orvice.Vikki sadly died of cancer in February after several years of treatment. We plan to spend the evening remembering the highlights of Vikki’s working life as a trailblazing sports journalist, while raising vital funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, via auction and raffle. Many fantastic prizes have already been pledged, and there will be spectacular live music and entertainment, as well as superb food and drinks.
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Vikki Orvice Celebration – Nov 13 at Lord’s
We are pleased to announce a special evening to celebrate the life of our dear friend and FWA vice chair Vikki Orvice, and would like to invite you to buy tickets for this star-studded event, on Wednesday November 13th 2019 at Lord’s Cricket Ground in the Nursery ...Tags: Lord's, Royal Marsden Hospital, Vikki Orvice
Dan King’s fundraising run this Sunday
Dan King of The Sun is running the Cambridge Half Marathon this Sunday, March 3 and, with Ian Ridley's blessing, has set up a fundraising page for the @royalmarsden in memory of his friend and colleague Vikki Orvice who passed away three weeks ago.Tags: Cambridge Half Marathon, Dan King, Royal Marsden Hospital, Vikki Orvice
Vikki Orvice – a Celebration of her Life.
“If anyone comes to my funeral...”
She need not have worried. Vikki Orvice had written those words in the eulogy she had composed for herself, and was read out by her husband Ian Ridley at St Leonard's Church Flamstead, on a beautiful, unseasonally sunny day in February.
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Vikki Orvice’s funeral – important notice
Information on Vikki Orvice’s funeral, Tuesday February 26th, 2pm,
St Leonard’s Church, Flamstead, Herts.
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Vikki Orvice – funeral details
The funeral service for Vikki Orvice, our vice-chair, will be at 2pm on Tuesday February 26 at St Leonard’s Church, Flamstead, Herts.More details to follow....
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Tributes flow for Vikki Orvice
Tributes have been flooding social media after Vikki Orvice, FWA vice-chair and The Sun sportswriter, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 56.Her husband Ian Ridley, one of our most esteemed members and a fine sportswriter in his own right, announced on the morning of February 6th that Vikki had finally succumbed after a long battle with cancer.
Tags: Anna Kessel, ian ridley, Jacqui Oatley, Steven Howard, Tributes, Vikki Orvice
Vikki Orvice’s legacy – Sun Scholarship scheme
The Sun are launching a scholarship scheme for aspiring female sportswriters in honour of Vikki Orvice, who passed away on Wednesday.
Vikki was the Sun's athletics correspondent and also covered football for the paper, having become the first female sports journalist to be employed by a tabloid newspaper in 1995.
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Vikki Orvice – a tribute by Jacqui Oatley
Jacqui Oatley, the broadcaster, was brought on to the FWA's National Committee by Vikki Orvice, who passed away today at the age of 56. Here is Jacqui's tribute to her friend and our dear colleague.BRAVE. FEARLESS. TRAILBLAZER. PIONEER.
There was only one Vikki Orvice. That’s clear from the many tributes which have poured in from journalists and senior sporting figures alike following the desperately sad news of our beloved colleague’s passing. Taken from us by cancer at the age of 56, but not before she’d squeezed every drop out of life and found humour ...
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Vikki Orvice RIP – by Steve Howard
Vikki Orvice, the FWA's vice-chair and a long-standing National Committee member, lost her long battle with cancer today at the age of 56. She was a much-loved colleague to many of us at the FWA and especially at The Sun, where she covered athletics and football.Former SunSport chief sports writer and FWA member Steven Howard paid tribute to his colleague on the Sun's website, and we are honoured to reproduce it here:
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