Legacy of inspirational Flying Fish will live on
THE “Flying Fish” was Tasmania’s fastest woman but Michelle Fish won’t quickly be forgotten by those she touched throughout her life.
The Hobart Sporting Car Club has lost one of its most admired and influential personalities after Fish lost a long health battle on January 9.
She had a meritorious career in motorsport, starting out as a grid girl and then entering Formula Vee racing at
age 18. It was her favourite category in motorsport.
Fish won the 1990- 91 Tasmanian Driver of the Year and the Formula Vee State Championship in 1994, along with the prestigious HSCC Sportswoman of the Year Award.
As a long- time member of the Hobart Sporting Car Club, she became involved in motorsport.
She was an active commit
tee member of Women for Wheels, a Motorsport Australia Documentation Scrutineer, member of the 500 Car Club Khanakids Junior Development Program, Motorsport Australia steward and in the past two years was instrumental in the establishment of the award- winning Baskerville 1000 event.
In 2019, she received the Police Commissioners Award at the annual Motorsport
Australia awards and in November last year received life membership of the Hobart Sporting Car Club.
Fish was also involved in a range of community groups, including The View Club, The Smith Foundation, Ronald McDonald House and Pink Stumps Day, and a strong advocate for government deliberations on Voluntary End of Life legislation.
She was an inspirational
and motivated person whose legacy will remain forever.
Her life will be celebrated in a service at Baskerville Raceway on January 19, commencing at 2pm ( gates open 12.30am).
The family welcomes donations to the McGrath Foundation in lieu of flowers.
She is survived by husband Shaun, mum and dad Ralph and Perri Bottomley, and her brother Paul and his wife Pip.