Edward (Enoch) Newiss

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    RACING fanatic Ted Newiss is heading for Doncaster today - to celebrate h is 86th birthday.
    
    Ted, who looked after the old Keighley Market and was charge hand at Cliffe Castle Museum under the former Keighley Borough Council, will be handing out the prizes to owners, jockey and trainers after the running of his own race.
    
    He will be joined by members of his family and friends for the
    Ted Newiss 86th Birthday Celebration Novices' Hurdle' which runs today (Friday) at the famous Yorkshire course.
    
    It is the second time Ted's birthday has been celebrated as part of the autumn meeting. Last year his family arranged to sponsor the race in his honour, but while local trainer Sue Smith's horse, Diceman, romped to victory, Ted was seriously ill in Airedale Hospital.
    
    This year he has been determined not to miss the big day again.
    
    "I'll be there and I'm really looking forward to the day - but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed," he told the Keighley News this week.
    
    After Diceman's victory last year Ted and members of his family have kept a close eye on the progress of the horse.
    
    "It has been very good for us, and certainly doesn't owe us any money," said Ted's son Derek, it was just a pity dad couldn't be there to watch a local trainer win his race.
    
    Ted's love of racing started when he was a young man. "There was a few of us and we would put 3d (about 1p) on the horses, and I still love it ," he said.
    
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    Sport obituray: Ted Newiss
    
    From the Telegraph & Argus, first published Friday 1st Apr 2005.
    
    A keen sportsman who played rugby league for Keighley, rugby union and football as well as being a medal-winning sprinter, has died.
    
    Ted Newiss was born in Keighley in 1917 and attended Ingrow Council School. His sporting prowess was evident at an early age when he became the Keighley and District sprint champion in 1931.
    
    He took up football, playing for Guard House with his friend Arthur Thurling.
    
    Arthur also became his brother-in-law in 1938 when Ted married Arthur's sister, Emily.
    
    Ted's working life started as an apprentice at Keighley joiners, Verity and Shuttleworth, before moving into engineering at Prince, Smith and Stells.
    
    Maintaining his sporting interest, Ted regularly played in their rugby league team and during the early war years, he turned out for Keighley rugby league club.
    
    During the war, he was a volunteer in the ARP warden service and then the fire service.
    
    In 1945 he was conscripted into the army and joined the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in Gibraltar and Greece, alongside his friend Arthur.
    
    While he was in the army, Ted switched codes to play rugby union and his side, which contained many former league men, enjoyed success in several regional tournaments.
    
    As a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, he served as chairman of the Keighley 9/205 branch for 25 years.
    
    During the 1950's Ted a committee member of the Keighley and District junior rugby league, putting his energy back into a sport he had played and enjoyed.
    
    He worked for 14 years as a handyman in Keighley's open market and then transferred to the newly constructed market hall.
    
    In 1973 he moved to Cliffe Castle Museum and worked as an attendant before his retirement in 1980.
    
    Ted was a member of Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church, Guard House, for 47 years and had been a longstanding member of both Keighley Liberal Cl ub and Oakworth Social Club.
    
    His son Derek Newiss said: "Ted leaves a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren and will be sadly missed by them and all the people whose lives he touched.
    
    "When you went into town with him, you were always getting stopped by people he knew. He was certainly well known in Keighley."

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