He returned to racing in 1998, one month after the birth of his grandson, and won the world points championship for over-65s, in Manchester England.

"[5] He rode his first race at the end of 1948, using a bicycle he had built himself from a frame given to him by an uncle, Bill Cronshaw, a racer in the 1920s.

He moved clubs, from the Phoenix to Walton Paragon, rode a little in 1950 and was then called for national service in February 1951.

Sheil was the first British rider to ride a 25-mile time-trial in 55 minutes, using a 48x15 fixed wheel (i.e. 86 inch gear) in 1957.

[6] Sheil won the 1954 Empire Games pursuit championship in 5m 3.5sec, beating his England teammate Pete Brotherton by six seconds.

Sheil met the defending champion, Leandro Faggin of Italy, in the semi-final.

The growing number of British riders in France, and the end of a civil war between the National Cyclists Union and the British League of Racing Cyclists,[7] led the Tour de France to invite a team of eight from Britain in 1960.

[6] He died at his home in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario on 25 October 2018, following complications of both leukaemia and vascular dementia, leaving behind his wife Rachel, his son, Martin and his family, including his grandchildren, Benjamin, Harry and Jessica.