The wife of a former Keighley man killed in the Bali bombing had asked him not to go on a rugby trip to the island because she had a bad feeling about it, the Keighley News can reveal.

Kim Kent had asked her husband, David, formerly of Barcroft Farm, Cross Roads, not to go to the Indonesian holiday island as she had a feeling something terrible would happen.

The tragic prophecy was made sadder by the fact that Mr Kent, 41, formerly of Cross Roads, had told his wife that this would be his last trip to Bali.

The former Greenhead Grammar School, Utley, pupil was among a group of 12 members from the Singapore Cricket Club's ex-patriots' rugby union team who had travelled to Bali for an end of season celebration.

It is believed he was killed instantly in the terrorist attack on the nightclub, in the resort of Sari, which claimed 200 lives.

Mr Kent, whose family left Keighley in April, 1983, split his time between work in Singapore and his home on Australia's Gold Coast.

Speaking to the Australian media, his father David snr said: "She (Kim) had a bad feeling and didn't want him to go. His last words to her were 'this will be my last trip'."

Mr Kent and his wife, Marie, said they were unaware their son had travelled to Bali until they received a call soon after reports of the explosion had reached Australia.

He said both he and his daughter-in-law had tried unsuccessfully to contact Mr Kent on his mobile phone.

It was not until later in the day that Mr Kent snr was contacted by one of David's friends, who said he had been in the bar at the time of the explosion.

"They just said he was missing but not to give up hope. His mates started looking for him in the hospitals and they gave up and went to the morgue. That's where two of them found David and identified him."

Mr Kent snr said news of his son's death was relayed to them through officials of the Singapore Cricket Club's rugby team.

His widow, Kim, said her husband had lived his life to the full.

"I can console myself that there was nothing he wanted to do that he hadn't already achieved," she said.

The news was relayed to David's aunt and uncle in Keighley, John and Ann Langstroth.

They expressed their shock at the news and paid tribute to their nephew.

John said: "He was a real action man who worked hard and played even harder and he had a really wicked sense of humour. He played rugby since he was a small lad and was a member of the Keighlians and played for Loughborough University team."

Former school friend David White, who was one of many people in the Keighley area to pay tribiute to David, said: "He was a real character and a smashing lad and I did manage to keep in touch with him for a couple of years."

The funeral was being delayed while the Australian authorities carried out DNA tests.