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Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:54 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Sharon Furlong played in Manchester area and was Civil Service Ladies Champion in 1970 and 1976. I note that I have a maiden name for her of either "Walls" or "Wallis". If anyone can say which is right, I would be grateful. (If you say it's a completely different name, I will be puzzled...)
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:35 pm
by Paul Robert Jackson
There is a "Sharon Furlong Trophy" awarded at Blackpool Chess Conference.
Somebody in Lancashire Chess Association may have more information.
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:18 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Married to the late Peter Furlong, of course.
Had a bad car accident in the late 1980s and never really recovered, though she lived for some time afterwards.
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:43 pm
by Paul Robert Jackson
Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:18 pm
Married to the late Peter Furlong, of course.
Had a bad car accident in the late 1980s and never really recovered, though she lived for some time afterwards.
Is that the Peter Furlong of ManCHESSter Supplies?
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:11 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
It indeed is one and the same.
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:20 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
I have now been told by a very helpful person that the maiden name was Walls. She died in 1995, so only early 40s, very sad.
Re: Sharon Furlong
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:22 pm
by David Sedgwick
Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:18 pm
Had a bad car accident in the late 1980s and never really recovered, though she lived for some time afterwards.
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:20 pm
She died in 1995, so only early 40s, very sad.
From what I heard, she only recovered at all in the sense that she didn't die immediately, and her subsequent passing was a merciful release. A sad case indeed.