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TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Chairman and President of Basingstoke RFC and Trustee of Ark Medical Trust, who died last month. John Evans, whose wide-ranging work in Basingstoke left his mark on the community, sadly passed away on on Friday, April 2, aged 90. Paying tribute, his daughter Sally said: “He was an absolute gentleman in every sense of the word. He was a great leader in a very quiet and unassuming fashion. “He did so much good, had so many friends, and brought happiness to so many people but remained modest throughout.” John was born in Portsmouth in 1931, moving to Basingstoke aged 25 where he would remain for the rest of his life.