We are all devastated at the sad news of the passing of Tony Nixon. Andy’s tribute to his friend follows:- Quite simply Tony was the nicest, kindest, most continually cheerful person I have ever met. A hugely warranted life member of Ilford AC and immensely popular club President in 2003/04. I pretty much spoke to Tony every couple of weeks for the last 50 years and not once did he ever fail to grill me on how everything at the club was going, who was racing well and and doing what and wanting to support whenever possible. He didn’t get off to the best start in life being a premature, small and rather sickly child. But he always had huge determination and despite …Read More