To Tanya from your Daddy

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Raoul Kirsten

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Jonathan Ritchie

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Lekeshia Dale

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Michelle Loughton

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Diane Thompson Harris

Hi Sharon
It was great to just read your 'Taipans' post to Tanya
I meet Tanya through basketball statistics and it was such a pleasure to know her
My mum, Trish Nicholls, worked with Tanya at many basketball events, including travelling to Cairns to award her with her Level 3 Certificate
We have just been asked by the Taipans to come up to the NBL game next Friday night to work on the statisticians bench
They are definitely feeling the loss of Tanya and we are very honoured to be helping out
It will also be a very important trip for us as we live in Sydney and we did not have the opportunity to make it the Memorial Service (HERE and scroll down) so we would very much like to pay our respects to Tanya when we visit Cairns next weekend
I am hoping you could please tell me where the best place is to pay our respects to Tanya and say our farewells ??
I am so sorry about the loss of your daughter

Hi Olivia
Tanya loved doing the stats for the Taipans and she had a great time in Tamworth where she was accredited with her Level 3
It was awesome of your Mum to come to Cairns to award it to her
There are two places that you could go to
The 'Bike Site' ... HERE ... which is on the highway and a 'Special Place' ... HERE ... at Trinity Beach
The Trinity Beach place is very beautiful and we go there often
Not sure if you will have transport but if you don't, please let me know and we will be very happy to take you where-ever you would like to go
Just let us know when suits you the best

Thanks so much for the information, Sharon
We will definitely go to both of those places
We are going to hire a car so we will be okay for transport but thanks for the offer
We are just waiting for some information regarding flight details but we think we will have some time on Friday afternoon
If you are free would you like to have coffee with us ?? ... maybe near Trinity Beach if there is some place close by ??
We will know more information re times a little later on in the week
All good if you can't make it though

Click HERE for all the details and photos taken during Trish and Olivia's visit to Cairns

Good morning

Hi to you too, Gary
I gather you saw the post about the Taipans game last night ... it was very special to us
But very much harder than I thought it would be ... seeing the 'stats bench' without her there
All the noise and excitement ... it was definitely her thing and although I enjoyed the game, it was quite difficult to be there

That would have been hard but well done

Hi Sharon and Geoff
So happy the Taipans family got to honour their 'Number One Statistician'
I would have gone along and supported the evening but I didn't know about it
I hope each day is slightly easier for you guys
Always thinking of you

Mark Beecroft spoke beautifully for Tanya and it was very special
It was much harder than I thought it would be ... to be there without her
All the noise, colour and excitement ... she loved all that !!
To be quite honest, Tammy, I don't think the days are any easier and her Birthday is coming up on the 9th November
We will get through it though ... somehow

Brett ... words are fairly useless things sometimes
Especially when trying to describe how it feels to have you
by your Mum's and my side in situations like last night
Proud of you and love you so much
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