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- 2006
The Second Annual Floyd & Dongman
Strokes & Spokes Tournament
To benefit the Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation (CYTF) Memorial Funds
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:30 - 6:00 PM
Colorado Athletic Club Monaco
2695 S. Monaco Pkwy, Denver, CO 80222
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 HEY
BUD!
We Miss you, We Love you!
View Photos from Dong's Memorial
Service (Click here)
The
Dong Ngo Memorial Service:
Monday, December 18th 2006
Thank
you to everyone who came to Dong's Memorial, we
know he loved it.
Please visit this site again
as we'll have an area to write your thoughts or
share your favorite Dong Stories as well as an
image upload feature to share your favorite images
of "The Dong Man"
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Please make a donation to the Dong Ngo Donation Fund (See
Below)
In lieu
of flowers, donations will go towards a memorial bench
in Dong's name in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado
Donations payable to:
Dong
Ngo Donation Fund
c/o Denver Spoke
1715 E. Evans Ave.
Denver, CO. 80210
-Or Drop off your donation to any Key Bank-
Thank you!
Additional Funds will go to the:
Denver Spoke / Dong Ngo Bikes for the Children Foundation |
We will be adding more images and a message
board for all those that would like to write your thoughts
or share your stories about Dong as well as an image upload
area.
Check back soon.
View Images from the Dong Ngo Memorial Bike
Ride, December 10, 2006 in Washington Park click
here
To watch the 9News Broadcast about Dong that aired December
9, 2006 click
here
(Window Media Player 9.0 or higher Required)
From 9News.com:
Bicycling community
loses ultimate salesman
DENVER - Shannon Sharpe, Amy Van Dyken, name
the sports star and they'll tell you where they bought
their world class bike: from Dong Ngo.
Ngo, 52, was found dead in his Denver home Thursday,
after co-workers became concerned when he failed to
show up at the shop. "Knowing him as long as I
have, it's like losing a brother," said Mike Kramer,
owner of Denver Spoke Bicycles. Coworkers say Ngo complained
of back pain for a week prior to his passing, but an
autopsy will determine the cause of death. "You
can't replace him, he'll just be in my heart forever," said
Kramer. Over 25 years, in the back corner of Denver
Spoke Bicycles, you'd find the short, unassuming Vietnamese
immigrant with a reputation larger than he had ever
dreamed. "This place made him bigger than life," said
Todd Hunter, a co-worker. The who's who of sports walked
through this shop off Evans, and no matter how big
the name, they asked for one name, Dong. "This
was his creation," said Hunter. His creation made
millions for a store that did not need to advertise
as long as Dong was selling bikes. The resume
began building in 1984 when Alexi Grewal won a Gold
Medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles for road
racing. Ngo built the bike. From Grewal, Eddy Merckx
and Greg Lemond of the bicycling kingdom, to Denver
names like Nuggets Coach George Karl and former Nuggets'
player Dan Issel, all were clients of Ngo. The
staff says reputation and pride was the key to Ngo's
success. "He'd give you the money back and sell
you a different bike, it didn't matter, he always made
it right," said Hunter. Ngo moved to the United
States after flying helicopters as a teenager with
the South Vietnamese Army during Vietnam. His stardom
in sports first began as a Collegiate Tennis standout
for Louisiana State University. The sport of bicycling
soon attracted Ngo to Colorado, where road racing turned
to craftsmanship in Denver. "Just the kind of
bright shining star and type of individual you get
to meet maybe once in your life," said Kramer. |
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