RICHARD HAIGH AGE 63 [RETIRED SALES DIRECTOR]. MARRIED CHRISTINE IN 1963, TWO CHILDREN SALLY [1966] AND ALASTAIR [1968]. EDUCATED AT PENISTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND HUDDERSFIELD TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WORKING LIFETIME SPENT IN BANKING AND THE OIL INDUSTRY. MUSICAL CAREER STARTED AGED 6 IN SCISSETT PARISH CHURCH CHOIR JOINED WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN 1966, NOW SENIOR LAY CLERK AND MUSIC LIBRARIAN. CHAIRMAN OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR. JOINED THE THORNESIAN GUILD OF SINGERS IN 1961, WHICH SUCCESSSIVELY BECAME THORNESIAN SINGERS THEN YORKSHIRE CHAMBER CHOIR BEFORE ADOPTING THE PRESENT TITLE OF Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir IN 1989. SPENT A LIFETIME IN SPORT, PARTICULARLY HOCKEY, JOINING WAKEFIELD HOCKEY CLUB IN 1961 AS GOALKEEPER, THEN UMPIRE IN 1977. RETIRING IN 2000. WAS CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY AND FIXTURE SECRETARY OF THE CLUB AS WELL AS EVENTUALLY BECOMING SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY HOCKEY. CHRIS IS A RETIRED PE TEACHER [THEN JUNIOR TEACHER ETC] AND ALSO SPENT A LIFETIME IN MUSIC AND HOCKEY.