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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Stuart Slack
| image = Stuart Slack portrait.JPG
| caption =
| fullname = Stuart George SLACK
| nickname =
| birth_date = 25 January 1935 <ref>{{cite web|title=Stuart George Slack's Personal Data|url=http://www.museociclismo.it/en/riders/rider/69977-Stuart-George-SLACK/index.html|website=museocyclismo.it|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = Douglas, Isle of Man
| death_date = 5 December 1998
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| height =
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| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 = Manx Viking Wheelers/Ellan Vannin CC
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Cycling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IOM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games|British Empire & Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]]|[[Cycling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|road race]]}}
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}}

'''Stuart Slack''' (25 January 1935 – 5 December 1998) was a racing cyclist from the [[Isle of Man]]. He was part of the first ever Manx team to participate in the [[British Empire and Commonwealth Games]].<ref>''The Manchester Guardian'' page 6 Monday 28 July 1958</ref>

Slack participated in the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]], taking part in the road cycling event. He finished third in the event, arriving in a five-man group nearly three minutes behind the race winner, [[Ray Booty]]<ref>''The Daily Express'' page 8 Monday 28 July 1958</ref> winning a Bronze Medal after a photo-finish.<ref>''Isle of Man Times'' page 7 THIS PICTURE MADE GAMES HISTORY Friday 1 August 1958 “Stuart Slack Wins a Bronze in Photo-Finish.”</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games Federation – Commonwealth Games – Event Results|url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp?gameid=3034&sportid=1954|website=thecgf.com|publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]]|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> In 2011, this result was described as being "against all expectations" and was credited with increasing the popularity of cycling in the Isle of Man.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tour de France hero Mark Cavendish leads Our Sporting Life at Isle of Man's Manx Museum|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art363200|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=Culture24|date=31 August 2011}}</ref>

Later in his life, Slack published two books about the island. He was also a noted Manx musician and Isle of Man folk songwriter.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bazin|first1=Fenella|editor1-last=Belcham|editor1-first=John|title=A New History of the Isle of Man, Vol. 5|date=1 April 2001|isbn=9781781387788|page=393}}</ref> This includes the popular folk song ‘[[Laxey Wheel|The Laxey Wheel]]’ (1957).<ref>''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' page 4 12 August 1984 ".....Stuart also wrote the music and words of that well known song the Laxey Wheel."</ref> A number of different recordings of Stuart Slack's folk songs were banned by the local commercial radio station [[Manx Radio]] for being too "''risqué.''"<ref>''Manx Independent'' page 53 STUART SLACK – THE CYCLIST Friday 11 December 1998 Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd (1998) Johnson Press Publishing</ref>

Since his death in 1998 there is an annual cycle event in his memory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuart Slack memorial ride this Sunday|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/isle-of-man-sport/stuart-slack-memorial-ride-this-sunday-1-1750508|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=IOM Today|date=13 October 2003}}</ref>

In 2002, the [[Isle of Man Post Office]] issued a set of postage stamps for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester including a 22 pence stamp depicting the photo-finish of Stuart Slack's third-place finish in the Men's Cycling Road race at the 1958 Empire Games.<ref>''Stanley Gibbons: Collect Channel Islands and Island of Man Stamps 2016 '' page 212 Stanley Gibbons Limited; 30th edition (2016) {{ISBN|0-85259-962-5}} " ''17th Commonwealth Games, Manchester'' Photographic Montages 2002 (11 Mar.) 976 937 22p. multicoloured."</ref>

==Published works==
* Slack, Stuart (2003). ''Manx Milestones''. The Manx Experience. {{ISBN|978-1873120583}}.
* Slack, Stuart (1996). ''Streets of Douglas – Old and New''. The Manx Experience. {{ISBN|978-1873120279}}.

== Discography==
* Wreck of the Herring Fleet
* The Laxey Wheel
* Bulgham Bombshell
* The Foxdale Miner
* Laxey Girls are the Boys
* Ride the Rails
* Give Me the Bus Fare to Laxey
* Illiam Done
* Ballamodha Dragoons
* Effort
* My Little Home at Port-e-Chee
* The Port Erin Breakwater Disaster

==45 rpm single==
* Isle of Man TT Hall of Fame (David Collister) / The Laxey Wheel Song (Stuart Slack) David Collister/Athol Moore Manx Radio Recordings (c.1972) Hillary Productions
* Mannin Folk – Mannin Folk Sing / Track 1. The Laxey Wheel Song (Stuart Slack) Kelly Recordings (1976)
* Give Me The Bus Fare to Laxey (Stuart Slack) / Smugglers Lullaby (Traditional) Mike Williams/Laury Kermode – Kelly Recordings
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2385635-Stuart-Slack|title=Stuart Slack|publisher=www.discogs.com|date=10 August 2019}}</ref>

==Sources==
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==External links==
*{{Cycling archives|62100|No details listed, Stuart Slack}}

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[[Category:Cyclists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
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