From
Alice
Bunn
I felt impelled to add my 2p's worth too: James will be hugely missed,
although I still find it hard to believe that James isn't out there
somewhere playing the fool, winding people up and yet them ending up liking
him for it!
I have one very resounding memory of James: at a tournament in the absolute
pouring rain, James and I had managed to find a huge plastic envelope which
we were sheltering in while amicably tearing to pieces the performances of
the players in front of us. We had the stereo and on came Oasis's 'Roll
with it'. This sparked off an improptu roll down the hill, inside envelope
over mudslides! I think this sort of sums James up, however much rain
there was you could never dampen his spirits! For a cheeky little
whipper-snapper he could teach you a lot really, and I'd just like to thank
him for that. His ending is very sad, sad that he must have lost that
ability to keep his spirits up, he appeared very good at it for a long
time.