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YEAR: 1988
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Harness racing lost a good friend with the sudden death last week of Mr Les Woods. Aged 66, Mr Woods died on Thursday morning at his Halswell home in Christchurch.
Mr Woods was elected to the NZ Trotting Conference in 1979, being heavily involved in the cadet scheme, the equine research foundation, and standing in for a few months as Conference treasurer.
A Justice of the Peace, Mr Woods was a past President of the Banks Peninsula Trotting Club, has served as an appeal judge on Conference tribunals, was president of the national association of rodeo riders, and for many years held office on the local county council.
Mr Woods was a retired Motukarara farmer who bred most of the horses he raced, among them That's Incredible, Seltreb, Madam Holiday, Fly Boyden Fly, Trebles, Master Jim and Ashwood King.
He is survived by his wife Margaret, a son and three daughters.
Credit: HRWeekly 10Feb88