Tomer Allen-Price.

Our beautiful son Tomer was taken from us 13th June 2006
and has left a huge hole in our lives. Mum Jane, Dad Jeremy and his older brother Frankie are devastated at how ruthless life can be to take someone so happy, so clever and so full of life.

Tomer was such a happy boy, he took on every new challenge with an open heart and huge enthusiasm. He was an active motocross rider with Portsmouth Schoolboy motocross club and raced also with Stevenage, Kensworth and East Anglia schoolboy mx clubs. In fact anything on two wheels brought Tomer great pleasure. Mountain bikes, scooters, pit bikes and BMX bikes were never far from his reachor thoughts and he could recently be always found down at the new Skate / BMX park at Furzefield. This has been one of the more inspired development’s in the town and it should be expanded and developed to continue to give a great central place in the town for youngsters to meet and play.

Tomer’s life didn’t stop at two wheels either he loved to go fishing and his cousin Ryan who was a great inspiration to him and also his best friend. He would spend hours with Ryan fishing or riding together.

And there is more! Tomer was also a very accomplished skier and the trips with his brother Frankie to the French Alps, several trips to the dolomites showed he could easily pick up any sport. He loved to go skiing and the enthusiasm he showed every time we went off in the morning to find new places and ski in fresh snow was matched equally by his satisfaction at the end of day with more challenges met.

And yet more! A recent visit to the Airkix wind tunnel to experience what freefall is like and the many trips with Dad to Hinton Skydiving centre has given Tomer the desire to do at least one skydive. And although too young in this country plans were being made to take him on a trip to Kenya in the Autumn where he could experience his first Tandem jump.

School had been a challenge for Tomer until he moved to SunnyBank primary school. Without a doubt Mr Hooper and his team gave such a loving and caring environment that Tomer went from hating school to loving it. How anyone can consider closing down a place of such love and car we do not know. Sunnybank school brought a fresh life to Tomer and we want to thank you from the bottom of our heart for the way you restored his faith in teachers ability to be fare, supportive and loving.

Tomer’s went on to his first year at Chancellors School in Brookmans park and he very quickly found this new challenge both difficult yet inspiring. Although two wheels beckoned, he showed huge promise and he had already expressed his desires to go on to University (the fact they had mountain biking, skiing, climbing and other clubs didn’t hurt either) he truly wanted to make something of his life. Tomer was exceptionally bright and it was rare that concepts of mechanical things evaded him, he also could argue and discuss points of view on many matters that often adults find hard to rationalize. Sometimes when on a one of the many journey’s to a race track Dad and he would listen to the Moral Maze on Radio 4 and even at 12 he would make some very pointed and intelligent remarks. He was such a clever boy but the mundane was his biggest challenge and he often struggled when trying to see the point in some of inevitable clutter that school brought. But inspire him and give him a challenge that sparked his imagination he then relished the adventure of discovery.

A natural negotiator / entrepreneur he found ways to supplement his pocket money through wheeling and dealing with Lolly’s and rainbow dust and he never missed the chance to see an opportunity and try to capitalize on it. Tomer was destined to be one of life’s entrepreneurs.

At home Tomer was the most loving boy anyone could hope to be with and through all the trials of being a young lad he always would make the time to give his mum a cuddle and a kiss. He would also be the most upset during any arguments, trying as much as possible to get in the middle to mediate and make things happy again. He loved hi Mum dearly and missed her whenever we were away Racing or skiing.

His older brother Frankie though often victim to the typical brother rivalry truly loved him and set him very high standards to achieve on the bike. He tried to show Tomer how to get the best from his bike and often in his own way was set him a great example to aspire to. Tomer often said “ I wish I could ride as well as Frankie”. Frankie himself had such high expectations for Tomer and tried to get him to seek to do better all the time and only his own frustrations at his inability to teach him the way he wanted sometimes got in the way.