Manchester Unitedwerea team of halfyouth, half experience, withSteve Bruce, Gary Pallister, DennisIrwin, Peter Schmeichel, Roy KeaneandEric Cantona there to balance the Beckham group.
His main challengers will include road race specialists John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson, Dennis Hobbs, Steve Brogan and Hudson Kennaugh, with Castlerock's Marty Nutt and Omagh's BJ Toal also in the field.
While we mourned the death and remembered the life of Apple CEO Steve Jobs last weekend, Dennis Ritchie the developer of the software that facilitated the Apple interface we know died alone.
Former world champions Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, John Parrott, Dennis Taylor, Mark Williams and John Higgins joined White among the mourners.