Paul Billington funeral, Palmerston North, 21 July 2011

[Billy]

For those of you that maybe interested or were not aware,

My son Paul Billington passed away on Friday the 15th of July,His funeral will be held at the terracehaven chapel,697 main st Palmerston North,On Thursday the 21st of july at 1.30pm.

I have posted this in the racing section as he is the current no 2 in the Prolite championship class and many who post in this section will have known him,

Cheers Billy

[Robert Taylor]

For those of you that maybe interested or were not aware,

My son Paul Billington passed away on Friday the 15th of July,His funeral will be held at the terracehaven chapel,697 main st Palmerston North,On Thursday the 21st of july at 1.30pm.

I have posted this in the racing section as he is the current no 2 in the Prolite championship class and many who post in this section will have known him,

Cheers Billy

Heck Billy, very sorry to hear about that.

[SWERVE]

So sorry mate..... thoughts are with you

[Quasievil]

Very Sad to hear this news Billy, our families thoughts are with yours.
take care dude

[MSTRS]

Sad news, Billy. Thinking of you at this time.

[sharky]

Shit - sorry to hear that mate. Thoughts are with you...

[sinfull]

Condolences Billy

[chanceyy]

Very sorry to hear that Billy Condolences to you & family

[Crasherfromwayback]

Very sad to hear this Billy.

[yungatart]

So sad to hear this Billy, my thoughts are with you and your family.

[jellywrestler]

Billy told me of Paul's passing on saturday; it's not often that i'm stuck for words but i was then.
Billy's huge attack on the smaller bike class for the last nationals was a massive amount of work for himself for the gain of many others who often had no understanding of the time, money, commitment that he had put him.
Only Billy can stand back and work out the value of the whole effort he put into it and whether it was worth it.
At this stage there seems to be another by product of the whole project. Paul was one of Billy's riders so they spent the summer together, sadly Paul's last summer but at least they got that in and Billy was proud of him too.

Keep strong Billy, keep strong.


Spyda

[Shaun]

Stay strong man, and I will see you on the day in Palmy mate Rock on up there Paul

[Devil]

Sorry to hear that man. Sad news.

[MadDuck]

Really sorry to hear this Billy. My thoughts are with you and your family at this very sad time.

[Edbear]

I can only concur with everyone here. Life is short and uncertain and none of us know for sure we'll be here tomorrow. Condolences...

[Duke girl]

Russell and I were shocked to hear of the News of your son Paul when we spoke to you early Saturday Morning. Our hearts go out to you Billy and to the rest of your family at this very sad time.
May the memories of him live on forever both on and off the track.
RIP Paul.
Our thoughts are with you for now and for Thursday Billy.
Takecare.

[Marknz]

We spoke about this on Saturday Billy, but condolensces from ours to yours for your loss. Ride on Paul... there shouldn't be any highsides up there on those perfect tracks.

All the best
Mark & Janice

[FROSTY]

Ohh gosh Billy I dunno what to say mon. Thats terrible news for everybody concerned.

[RobGassit]

Paul's passing was a real shock to us Billy. We really enjoyed his company and competitive spirit during the Nationals. It is hard to imagine the loss you and your family must be feeling. It is also very hard to know what to say that might offer some comfort to you. I can however, on behalf of Sarah and myself, just say that you can be proud of the man that Paul had a chance to be, thanks to you. He was well respected as a person and a motorcycle racer by us both. As we did during the last meeting, we will be placing the #2 on our racebikes this season in Paul's honour.
Don't hesitate to contact us if we can assist you in any way. We will attend the service on thursday. Take care Billy.

[Chris Sales]

We lost touch over the years but we had some good times together back in our school days. What a sad loss to the racing community all our thoughts are with you Billy and your family.

[Cleve]

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

[Nicksta]

Our thoughts are with you and the family tomorrow Billy.....

[Billy]

Thank you all for your comments and condolences,

It sure was humbling to see and be involved with,His send off was amazing and had everything from motorcycles to drift cars in action and following the hearse.A number of current and past NZ champions were there along with the MNZ president,Roadrace commission chairman and other board members and commissioners,A special mention for Shaun Harris as he insisted his IOM bronze replica went with Paul,Paul was a huge fan of yours and would have been over the moon,Thanks mate!!

[Shaun]

you your family and his mates did Paul Proud Billy