Sad News
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| Philip Wolmuth 1950 - 2021 |
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Dear Brondesbury Family,
It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of our friend, Philip Wolmuth. Loved throughout the club for his kindness, good humour and the infinite ways in which he could lose a set from a winning position; Philip was also known away from the court for his brilliant photography and how he used this skill to campaign for social justice.
Just as his modesty enabled him to wear his high intellect lightly, his gentle courage in the face of a vigorous cancer went largely unnoticed. During a social doubles last summer, I asked him why he, as a famously uncool person, was wearing a baseball cap - with a smile he revealed the lengthy scar of recent brain surgery, and then reassured me that he was still a long way from cool. “Which side of the court would you prefer to play on?” I asked. “You worry about the tennis and I’ll look after the excuses” came the familiar response.
And so we have lost a pillar of our community, a man who many of us bonded with over tennis, tea and cake on sunny afternoons. The competition was secondary, the camaraderie paramount. For his close friends, weekends will never be quite the same without Philip double-faulting endlessly as the sun sets. For those of you that knew him less well, let his legacy be that decency and kindness cost nothing, but yield priceless dividends.
Yours with sincere sympathy and best wishes,
Matt Bamford
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