{"id":1320,"date":"2025-12-03T17:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:33:38","slug":"a-tribute-to-heather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/a-tribute-to-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone at Rochdale P\u00e9tanque Club was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather joined our club a few years ago, after seeing us play every Sunday and deciding it looked like great fun. She quickly became a cherished member of our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather loved playing, but most of all she loved to socialise. She would sit with us and share wonderful stories \u2014 and as both a Headteacher and a vicar\u2019s wife, she certainly had plenty to tell. Her warmth, humour and enthusiasm lit up every session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On competition days, Heather was the team\u2019s biggest supporter, cheering from the sidelines with her trademark passion. She was also a devoted Manchester City fan, something she never failed to talk about with pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone at Rochdale P\u00e9tanque sends their sincere condolences to Heather\u2019s family. She will be greatly missed, and fondly remembered by all who knew her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Heather-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1322\" style=\"width:530px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Heather-1.jpg 458w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Heather-1-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone at Rochdale P\u00e9tanque Club was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Heather. Heather joined our club a few years ago, after seeing us play every Sunday and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/a-tribute-to-heather\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Tribute to Heather&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}