Fr Pat Keogh, along with 140 or so people from Teesside, set off recently for the beautiful village of Arpino in Italy to marry Lucia Rovardi and Chris Tomlinson, both of whom hail from Middlesbrough.
Lucia, a former student at Newlands School, is a singer and actress, and is now starring as Buddy Holly’s wife Maria Elena in the huge West End hit ‘Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story’. Lucia’s grandfather family hail from Arpino.
Chris, originally from Nunthorpe, is an internationally-renowned athlete. In February he became the world’s top long jumper of the year so far with a leap of 8.18m. He won the silver medal at this year’s World Indoor Championships and is hoping to go one stage further at the Beijing Olympics.
Best wishes to them.