ICSSPE Says Goodbye to Margaret Talbot

The news of the death of ICSSPE President Professor Margaret Talbot has been met with sadness among the sport movement around the world.  The ICSSPE Executive Office has received a great many messages from member and partner organisations, as well as from friends, colleagues and strategic partners, sharing their dismay about the gap Margaret Talbot’s death will leave in the sport science and physical education community.

Members of the President’s Committee will attend the civil service for their President and have a first meeting in Leeds, the residential home of Margaret Talbot. An ordinary meeting of the President’s Committee has been scheduled for the end of January 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The service to commemorate Margaret Talbot’s life will take place on Tuesday 16 December 2014 at 13:00 GMT at Rawdon Crematorium, on Leeds Road, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6JP. The service is followed by a reception at The Village Hotel (Leeds North), 186 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS16 5PR. 

If you are planning to attend please send a short notification to David Talbot at davidtalbot1btconnect.com .

If you wish, you can participate in the funeral by viewing it via an internet webcast, either live or for a further week after the funeral takes place.  Alternative access is via http://www.wesleymedia.co.uk/broadcasts/  or http://www2.wesleymedia.co.uk/webcasts/terms.php .

The username and password to access Margaret Talbot’s funeral are:

Username: 19058
Password: qxwzuzwj

Anyone who wish to make donations in memory of Margaret Talbot should make cheques or money orders payable to Breast Cancer Care.  These should be sent to the funeral directors, Kettleys, 35/39 Ivegate, Yeadon, LEEDS LS19 7RE, United Kingdom, accompanied by a note that they are in memory of Margaret Talbot.