Garry Apps – 1964 to 2022

Canterbury RFC is sad to announce the sudden loss of a much loved Club member. Garry Apps unexpectedly passed away on Friday aged 57. Garry joined the Club in the mid 1980s as an enthusiastic but inexperienced player in the Club’s social sides. That enthusiasm, mixed with his pace and eagerness to learn, saw him through his first few seasons.

He showed organisational skills which allowed him to take on the captaincy of one of the sides, those skills allowing him to coerce, convince, and sometimes bribe players to turn out to ensure that games went ahead. Some may remember being regaled with tales of his fabled drop goal when playing for the Zingari.

After hanging up his boots Garry was an ever-present touchline supporter and attendee at pre-match lunches as well as Club events, and had been at the Club on the Thursday evening for the Club Quiz.

He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.