DAVID RICHARDSON

DAVID RICHARDSON

It was with great sadness that the community learned of the sudden passing of David

Richardson, and our collective condolences reach out to his widow, Judy.

David was born in the North East of England, where he attended Grammar School and

University, before qualifying as a fully Chartered Accountant. He was blessed with a wide

range of financial skills , which in turn served him well as he moved through the ranks to

become a highly respected and influential COO of an oil company in The Bahamas.

It was here that he met and married Judy.

After several successful years in this part of the World, he emigrated to Canada, working in a

variety of roles, but mainly as an independent financial adviser.

David was a quiet and extremely modest man, but one should not be too deceived by the

exterior. Principle, integrity and honesty, were indeed three words from his lexicon that he held

dear, but when the occasion arose, he would rub his “Geordie Genie” and out would pop this

outspoken, strong-willed, sensible and scrupulously fair-minded individual. Alongside this

new personality, we would often witness an impish smile, that suggested a rather veiled sense

of humor, from a body within a body. A delightful skill that he often massaged to good effect.

Although ostensibly raised in a soccer environment, David was a rugby man at heart, and it was

in that context that we saw him emerge as an outstanding administrator and servant of the

game. At a time when the Vancouver Island Rugby Union was in considerable financial

disarray, it was David who stepped forward to assume the role of Treasurer ,and in so doing he

eventually righted the ship and gave us a direction that allowed us to remain solvent and

functional to this day.

His business acumen , structure, and professional approach to fiscal responsibility, became the

template for many rugby Unions within Canada.

On a more local front, he was a long- standing member of Castaway Wanderers R.F.C where

his many and diverse financial tools were never very far from the surface. He was Club

Treasurer for a considerable number years, and in recent times he could be found volunteering

as “The Man at the Gate “. He thoroughly embraced that role ,where he quietly and efficiently

encouraged donations from all whom dared to trespass - the engaging and impish smile was

ever present!!.

David Richardson was the epitome of everything that is good in people. We all feel privileged

to have known him, and enormously grateful that he chose to identify with our sport of rugby,

and in particular , our club, Castaway Wanderers.

Travel well David