Funeral Notice Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:26 AM PDT The funeral of Paul Dobbs, who died racing at the TT on Thursday 10 June, will be held at the grandstand in Douglas at 2pm Monday 21 June. His wife, Bridget, daughters, Eadlin and Hillberry, mother, Dawn and sister, Shaylene will welcome anyone who wishes to [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Paul Dobbs’ Funeral
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hallett Aviation Racing – Statement by Neil Hallett
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hallett Aviation Racing After the incident in which Dobsy sadly lost his life whilst riding on of my 600 Gixers during last Thursdays supersport race, Hallett racing will be withdrawing from all events, effective immediatly. I have always said as a team owner that if any of our riders where to get hurt then I [...]
Paul Dobbs: Family Statement
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Death Notice Posted: 12 Jun 2010 04:35 AM PDT Paul Dobbs died while racing at the Isle of Man TT on Thursday 10 June 2010. He had been enjoying a superbly successful TT. The weather had mostly been kind and Dobsy had achieved his target for this year (123mph on the Superstock) during the second [...]
Dobsy’s Isle of Man TT 2010: Monday 7th June
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Monday 7 June 2010 Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:14 PM PDT Supersport (600) race In NZ my Hallett Aviation 600 Suzuki with its 129hp would be a race winner hands down but in the UK the rules are different and the top bikes have over 140hp. This meant it was going to be a tough [...]
Dobsy’s Isle of Man TT 2010: * Saturday 5 June 2010 * Friday practice * Thursday 2 June 2010
Posted in News on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday 5 June 2010 Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:51 AM PDT The 1st race of the week is the 6 lap Superbike and it was delayed 3.5 hours due to fog. Our bike is a Superstock (basically a standard bike) so we were at a slight disadvantage in this race. I had my start number [...]
Dobsy’s Isle of Man TT 2010:Wednesday 2 June 2010
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Wednesday’s weather was another Isle of Man special – bright blue sunny skies and then banks of fog rolling in off the sea heralded by the fog horns in Douglas harbour. It settled down in time for roads to close on schedule at 6pm. During the day we’d softened the rear suspension and tyres on [...]
Dobsy’s Isle of Man TT 2010:Tuesday 1 June 2010
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Conditions weren’t ideal and 2 hours before practice it was raining and there was heavy fog on the mountain. But true to IoM weather it cleared to a lovely evening. The road had dried in all but the shady places making spotting them in the late afternoon sun very difficult. I went out on the [...]
Dobsy’s Isle of Man TT 2010: Monday 31 May
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The start of TT2010 has mostly gone to plan. The old, faithful camper started even after a very cold winter with snow and I have Bridget with me after being here on my own last year. The only down sides are that the Mike Pumford 250cc Villiers I was to race at Billown had a [...]
