MEMBERS of Ledbury Duplicate Bridge Club have been saddened by the sudden and untimely death of their chairman Malcolm Dorsett.

Mr Dorsett, of Bank Crescent, Ledbury, aged 58, died last Friday following a heart attack at work the previous Wednesday.

Club secretary Ken Brookes said: "A nicer person one could not wish to meet. He will be sorely missed by all who had the good fortune to know him.

"Our thoughts are with his wife Ann and all the family."

Mr Dorsett had been chairman of the club for two years and a club member for about eight years.

The funeral service will be held at St Michael & All Angels Church, Ledbury on Tuesday (September 18) at noon.