1963-2024
Mike Greenough, has died aged 61. From Leigh, Lancashire, Mike abandoned his A-level studies to join the staff of weekly Trials and Moto Cross News in Morecambe, Lancashire. An accomplished off-road competition rider winning many trophies, his next move was to Motor Cycle News in Kettering, Northamptonshire, as motocross specialist.
Subsequent work included writing for Robin Bradley at Dealer World where he worked on the first editions of British Dealer News, before it was sold in 2001 to Mayo Willis Magazines. He also worked for Peterborough-based Dirt Bike Rider magazine, and later for the Suzuki MotoGP PR team in Brighton until Suzuki withdrew at the end of 2022.
Married twice, Mike had a son and four daughters. At his funeral in Kettering on 6 March son Jack and youngest daughter Carla paid tribute to their father. Big, blond, burly Mike Greenough was built like a Marine Commando.
A victim of cancer he was nursed by Carla for the last six months of his life.