On 10 Aug 2008, Nicole Mitchell writes;
Hi Robbie,
Through your website I would like to thank everybody for their phone calls, emails, cards, flowers and well wishes on Dennis’s passing. All of your support and the overall response has been overwhelming, there is nothing like the Ski racing family,I am proud to be apart of this as Dennis was. Please accept this as my personal thanks,
Kind Regards
Nicole
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It is with great sadness to inform you of the passing of Dennis Rowbottom. His death was a result of an accident on Saturday 26th July.
Dennis Rowbottom and his boat Island Cooler have won the Southern 80 outright in 1989 and 1990. Dennis recently returned to the sport of water ski racing competing in this years races, driving ‘The Mistress’.
Funeral details have not been finalised, but will be placed on the Southern 80 web page when they are known.
