Our heartfelt sympathies go to Lynda and Ollie and Luci, Evan and Mia, who wish to thank all the many friends who have supported them during the last couple of months.

We are now able to confirm details of his memorial service which will be held at Mortlake Crematorium on Monday 15th January at 3.20pm.

By virtue of the fact that Quigs was so well-loved within the Club, we would expect that a significant number of people may wish to pay their respects. As there is limited space at the Crematorium, we will be streaming the service at the Club on the big screen in the Club Room and would encourage anyone wishing to attend to come here instead. Parking will be free at the RAG on the day.

Afterwards, the wake will be held next door in the Murray Judd Room starting from 4pm. Some sandwiches and hot snacks, plus teas and coffees will be provided and the bar will of course be open.

For those of you who are unable to make the service but would like to follow it from home or your office, please click on the link below ahead of the service and use the appropriate username and password.

Website link: https://watch.obitus.com
Username is tara6244
Password is 529779

Lynda, Ollie and Luci would like to say a special thank you to everyone who has reached out to them with lovely messages of support and they look forward to seeing Quigs friends on Monday 15th January.

In the meantime we share a couple of tributes to Quigs which speak for all of us:

Andy Quigley - A Man for Rugby
Tony Hallett, Past President

In Richmond’s illustrious history, few, if any, have exceeded Andy Quigley's contribution to this Club with such distinguished, dedicated and resolute service.
He was the epitome of the Rugby Club man with the highest calling and passion for developing, instilling and inspiring the rugby skills of countless generations of young aspiring players - and their "touch line parents" too.
Andy sustained his formidable contribution to our Club for well over half a century. He was always there, never missing a call to arms, always available for selection, advice and good counsel.
Additionally, he was the devoted First XV Manager, “Bagman”, Announcer and Playing Coordinator and Tour Supremo serving in all his multitudinous roles with a selfless dedication yet joyous good humour.
He is a sad loss to all of us so privileged to know and love him - yet we may think of him now serenely flying aloft on a pitch of green grass probably between Richmond, Llanelli, and even the Italian Alps.
His triumphant memory will be eternal as will be our thanks.
Our deepest condolences with the warmest of thoughts in our hearts go to Lynda and Ollie and Lucinda, Evan and Mia.

Quigs
Paul Grindrod, former Club Press Officer

There aren’t many unsung heroes these days, with social media splashing often dubious accomplishments around in all directions. But one of those must be Andy Quigley. If ever a man deserved the title Mr Richmond Rugby it was Quigs.
I wrote this profile of him 10 years ago, so take a look at someone who really had been there and done it all;

“Interviewing Andy Quigley, RFC all-round hero, is a bit like watching mild, unassuming Clark Kent go into a phone box and come out as Superman. Your jaw drops. You’re inclined to doubt that the seemingly ordinary man you think you know might have rather more about him than previously suspected, but that’s the undeniable truth of it.
Let’s start with the mild, unassuming bit. Quigs is a proud Welshman, born in Llanelli sixty-odd years ago and educated at the local grammar school where he played on the wing. And that’s about all the rugby he played because other, more exotic pastimes claimed him, and more of that later, though in the meantime there was some further education at Swansea Tech with an HNC in Business Studies.
Now jump forward to his arrival at RFC in 1986 as under 8s Manager, progressing to Minis Chairman between 1987 and 1992 then Youth Chairman 1992 to 1998. He managed the Colts 1986 to 1992 and the Under 21s 1998/99.
After the banana skin calamity of the professional era he was one of the core volunteers who resurrected the club, being Chairman of Senior Sides 1999 to 2005, Senior Club Manager and Senior Fixture Secretary up to quite recently and Chairman of Rugby.
He talks about the difficult years with a wry smile, but then again he talks about everything with a wry smile. Tough times, but it was the start of a memorable progress up the leagues which very nearly got RFC the world record for undefeated games. He’s very proud of what was done and what was achieved back then by stalwarts with an attitude of never say die. The Club was saved by those such as Quigs and other equally committed people.
But enough of the rugby, Superman won’t be delayed any longer. Would you believe he was once lead singer and bass player in a prog-rock band called May-Fisher? Quigs? Our serene and sensible match day announcer was once a hairy rock monster, he really was.
His band played the infamous Reeperbahn in Hamburg in 1971 before touring Yugoslavia, Greece, Holland, Germany and France. He says it was good fun, in an understatement of about 9 on the Richter scale.
After several years of this the band, now named Jack Straw for reasons I missed, also having been known as Spread Eagle for a while, ended up with a residency at the Marquee club, and that’s pretty major league stuff. They even made a record and checking it out I came across a quote about it in some mag or another - ‘a very rare UK group with heavy guitars that released this 45rpm in Yugoslavia on the RTB label back in 1972.’ A copy recently sold for £70 on EBay to someone in Japan, apparently.
He married childhood sweetheart Lynda in 1975 and took to living in Streatham.
Because of his now extensive experience touring with a band he got work with Joe Brown as a Road Manager, then with Barclay James Harvest. In 1978 with Lynda expecting their son Ollie he linked up with Pink Floyd for 6 months in the South of France and then six months in LA, where he casually mentions he lived in Beverley Hills. As you do.
He’s spent quite a lot of time working with Pink Floyd, though he’s also road managed European tours with Bob Seeger, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Roxy Music and, gulp, Frank Sinatra, and he admits to still working on the fringes of the music business these days.
Does he ever pick up his axe? No, he says, I was just a bass player in a three chord band, and anyway I settled down in 1982 or 1983. But the phrase ‘been there and done that’, often tossed casually around these days, fits him like a glove.
When he reminisces about Pink Floyd doing The Wall in Berlin, just after the real thing was torn down, you know he’s seen and done things few of us could imagine.
Back in Clark Kent mode he’s a backbone and a heartbeat for the club. He does too much to list here, but most readers will know the extent of his involvement.
He says his wish is to see RFC playing at the highest level possible.
The Powers That Be say of him ‘We appreciate that there are many volunteers who go that extra mile but Andy goes at least ten extra miles’.
So, there we are. Did he over-egg the rock thing? Does it all sound a bit unlikely? Well, you’ll find me at the end of the bar with a laptop and a pile of tenners very happy to take bets that it’s all true, every word. Or you can do a search and there he is - Quigs, lead vocals, bass player and Rock Monster. I kid you not. (PG 29/3/13)”

That was then and this is now, ten years on - and in those years, right up to the present, he continued to work tirelessly for the club without thought of reward or recognition, and our debt to him is immense. Now Quigs has joined a new club, a new band. We’ll miss him but we won’t forget him. Thanks mate. (PG 28/12/23)