David Peregrine dies
David receving his WAOC honorary membership
Credit:
Addy Fu
The WAOC committee are sad to report that David Peregrine, former chairman of WAOC, EAOA and British Orienteering, has died after a short illness. David received an honorary WAOC membership at our 2023 AGM.
David was an active WAOC member, along with his wife Satu. He went on from the role of WAOC Chairman to become Chairman of EAOA and then of the British Orienteering Federation from 1997 – 2000 and on the Council for 20 years. David also mapped many areas for WAOC, coached Juniors to great effect and enjoyed Mountain Marathons.
His friend David Sedgley remembers:
I have to tell you the sad news that David died in Addenbrookes Hospital last Tuesday - 6th August. He had Lymphoma and had only been seriously unwell for a short time.
David was Chairman of WAOC & BOF at the time I first met him. It was a chance meeting when we had both lost our partners for what was then the KIMM (Karimore International Mountain Marathon) in 2002. We became firm friends and since then have done many mountain marathons together - including the French O'Bivouac in which we won our age class twice - due to David's excellent navigation. [Unlike MM's in Britain, French ones use proper orienteering maps - often using areas previously used for international O events.]
As David's wife was from Finland and mine is French they became firm friends too and always accompanied us on our trips to France.