Login

***Malcolm*** · 14-01-2015, 07:44 PM

Memorial could soon be rebuilt.

Arrangements are now being made to rebuild a TT memorial to a Czech rider which was demolished in a road accident before Christmas.

The memorial to Petr Hlavatka was sited at the Nook, close to the spot where the rider died during the 1991 TT races but was destroyed when it was hit by a car which ran off the road.

Trevor Hussey, the Department of Economic Development’s head of motorsport, said he had asked Marlow Construction to rebuild the memorial but the precise position and nature of the memorial was yet to be decided.

Local resident Jiri Podobsky, who lives at Governor’s Hill and is also a Czech, said he had been trying to contact Mr Hlavatka’s family in Czechoslovakia so their wishes could be taken into account in rebuilding the memorial. He has also offered to make a contribution, as a well wisher, towards the rebuilding costs.

Mr Podobsky said he was trying to contact Mr Hlavatka’s family via current Czech TT racer Michal Dokoupil.

‘I sent him both of the newspaper articles on January 8 after discussing the matter with other people here and I am now waiting for his news or comments. I agree the options seem to be to put back the memorial where it was, with a similar design, do something different that might not be damaged so easily, or put the memorial somewhere else altogether.’

Mr Hussey said he expected the memorial would be rebuilt in the same position but the matter was currently open to discussion before a final decision is made.

The memorial was built during the 1990s by workers from the then Department of Transport to replace an unofficial memorial which had evolved in the grounds of the Lieutenant Governor’s house.

Login
Username/Email:
Password:	Lost Password?
	Remember me