Shock as pet store manager dies during cricket match
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Tributes have been paid to a pet store manager who died suddenly during a cricket match. Tim Monday, who managed the Bodle Bros store in Burgess Hill, Sussex, was 52.
Tim (above left) is pictured at last year's PetQuip Awards where Bodle Bros were awarded silver in the UK Pet Retailer of the Year category.
As a mark of respect Bodles will be closed from 12 o'clock for the afternoon on Wednesday, July 19.
Tim was a well known figure in the pet industry had been a judge of the New Product Awards at PATS on a couple of occasions.
Tim passed away while playing for West Chiltington and Thakeham Cricket Club during their match against Middleton second team on Saturday. Hewas the former club captain and notably led his teammates into the Sussex League for the first time in the club’s history.
A spokesperson for the club said: “The whole club is in a state of shock and our hearts go out to his family, especially his son and our team mate Jack, at this extremely sad time.
“Tim also played in Aldershot as a youth and in Durban, South Africa as well as locally with Wisborough Green.
“He led both Wisborough Green and West Chiltington into the County League and will be sorely missed by both his local clubs and many opponents who relished the challenge he set but also enjoyed his company on and off the field.”
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