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It is with the deepest of sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Roland Young last week. Roland was a long standing member and life member of the Ballarat Rovers MCC. He is a past President, Treasurer, Social coordinator as well as many other positions, however he is most well known and loved for is fantastic work behind the bar at the clubrooms where he always served with a smile, a story and made anyone and everyone feel at ease, he also made sure no one ever left hungry. After Rollies son David finished racing Motocross, Roland stayed involved in the club, always having his finger on the pulse. Many things were improved, replaced, or repaired without anyone knowing how, the answer was usually Roland had done it and as was in generosity, a bill was never tabled and when queried as to why, he would either have forgotten or simply say that “It wasn’t much, and not worth worrying about”. Roland also had a great love for Road racing, I doubt there is a single member who ever road raced during Rolands tenure at the club who wasn’t helped out in some way by Rollie. He never asked for anything in return, he just got a kick out of helping, without any fuss. The love of the sport also took him to the Isle of Man on several occasions. As mentioned before, Rollie was one of the most generous people I have ever known. There would be many members who have learnt to love a good wine, thanks to Rollie, Club functions, ride day dinners etc. It didn’t matter what your drink of choice was, a couple of bottles of red would always turn up on the tables and strangely enough, they never seemed to run out, nor did they ever appear on the bill at the end of the night, Rollie would always have sorted it out prior. In fact, at a club trip to the speedway, Roland offered to pay for every ones tickets, once he was told that it was already done and included in the initial price, Rollie ran ahead and not only purchased a grand stand seat for everyone, but each seat had a beer and a hotdog waiting on it. It is an unfortunate thing when someone close to us passes, And they are always remembered in a shining light, however I don’t think there could ever be enough light to shine on our mate Rollie. He was informative, smart, quiet, persuasive, unassuming, funny, loyal, generous, hard working…… The list would go on forever. But one thing that springs to mind when thinking of Rollie, that he was a Gentleman, a true down to earth Gentleman. We will always miss you Rollie, and it was a honour to all to have known you. Rest In Peace Roland. The President, Committee and members of the Ballarat Rovers Motorcycles Club, wish to extend their deepest condolences to Eleanor, Michael, David and Kate

13/12/2020