September 13, 2004
My Cousin Matt Read
My cousin Matt is a semi-professional motorcycle rider. He has been racing since he was a little kid, and has always been a top-level rider. His first motorbike was one that I received for my 5th birthday, and was passed on to him when I got too big for it.
He was racing in France a couple of weeks ago and had a bad accident. Right now he is in intensive care in a hspital in France. He was hit pretty hard in the back by another bike, and has some damage to his spinal cord. At the moment, we don't know quite how badly he has been hurt, but he is not in a good way.
Matt is on the left.
When Rosie was in the hospital, thoughts, prayers and messages of support from family and friends kept us going, and gave Rosie the strength to keep battling away. If you can spare a minute or two to pray for the health of Matt, I'm sure that message will get through to him, his family, and his fiance as well.
Matt is on the right this time, with spikey hair!
(The forum page of the Somerset Rebels (LINK) webpage has lots of messages of support from Matt's fans)
Posted by Gary at September 13, 2004 10:56 AMI really hope Matt makes a good recovery, mate. Let us know how he's geting on.
Posted by: Sheryl at September 17, 2004 06:35 AMMatt is doing a bit better. He's moving his arms and legs, and smiling. Keep it up Matt, and take care Jackie, Dave, Ben, and Clare.
Posted by: Gary at September 21, 2004 02:19 PMLisa & I had nothing to do at work in Glasgow, Scotland today (15/10/04) so we typed "boring" into Google and found your website. We were so moved by it that we had to reply. It surely deserved a higher Google rating than #1.
Sorry to read on your website about your Cousin Matt. We dont know him - not being speedway fans, however, nevertheless wish him all the very best and hope that he is able to fully recover in order to walk down the aisle with Claire. We have logged your site into our "favourites" so that we can read of Matt's progress (and your own).
Best of wishes to you, your wife and Matt, Claire and family.
Barbara & Lisa
Posted by: barbara walker at October 16, 2004 01:15 AMHey Gary and Megumi,
Was bored one day and was just typing in random names... my sisters name is Rosie Garner and came across your website.. really really touching and i felt as if i knew you both as i got engrossed into the turmoil you have both been through. Keep your chin up and things will get better over time...
Olivia