|
1934 |
Hubert Opperman
for his 24 hours Land’s End to John O’Groats and 1,000 miles
bicycle records accomplished in one ride, 16th/17th/18th
July 1934. |
|
1935 |
Frank W. Southall
for his London to Brighton and Back bicycle record on 24th
August 1935 in 4 hrs. 38 mins. 27 secs. |
|
1936 |
Edward J.
Southcott for his exceptional services in
connection with the representation of Great Britain in the
Cycling Championship of the Olympic Games at Berlin, 1936. |
|
1937 |
Sydney H. Ferris
for his bicycle records, Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2
days 6 hrs. 33 mins., and 1,000 miles in 2 days 22 hrs. 40
mins. 17th/19th July 1937. |
|
1938 |
Frank J. Urry
for his outstanding work on behalf of cyclists as a member
of the Transport Advisory Council during 1938. |
|
1939 |
Marguerite Wilson for her bicycle records, Land’s End to
John O’Groats in 2 days 22 hrs. 52 mins. and 1,000 miles in
3 days 11 hrs. 44 mins. accomplished in one ride, 29th
August – 2nd September 1939. |
|
1940 |
No Award |
|
1941 |
Arthur S. Gillott
for his outstanding services to cycling during 1941 in
founding the Institute of Cycle Traders and Repairers. |
|
1942 |
No Award. |
|
1943 |
George Herbert
Stancer for untiring work on behalf of cyclists
culminating in the presentation of a National Testimonial in
1943. |
|
1944 |
Frank Patterson
for his joyous delineation of the pastime of
cycling for 51 years, and the pleasure his work has given in
particular to cyclists serving their country the world over
during 1944. |
|
1945 |
No Award |
|
1946 |
Albert E. G.
Derbyshire for his outstanding series of time
trials during 1946 at 50 miles, 100 miles and 12 hours,
which gained for him among other honours, four National
Championships. |
|
1947 |
Reginald H.
Harris for his victory in the amateur Sprint
Cycling Championship of the World at Paris on 27th July
1947. |
|
1948 |
Gordon H. Basham
for his outstanding performance in winning the North Road
Cycling Club’s 24 hours’ time trial, 21st/22nd August 1948,
when he covered 454.5 miles, thereby gaining the R.T.T.C.
National Championship. His distance exceeded the previous
record by 9.75 miles. |
|
1949 |
Reginald H.
Harris for his victory in the professional Sprint
Cycling Championship of the World at Copenhagen on 28th
August 1949, during the first year of his professional
career. He is the first Englishman ever to win this title. |
|
1950 |
Eileen Sheridan
for creating a new high standard in women’s cycle racing
with an outstanding series of three championships and five
record performances on the road in 1950. |
|
1951 |
Kenneth H. Joy
for his outstanding series of time trials in 1951 at 50
miles, 100 miles and 12 hours, which gained for him two
National Championships in both cases with record-breaking
performances. |
|
1952 |
Keith Bentley
for his outstanding series of 50 miles time trials in 1952
in which he won the National Championship; gained the
competition record of 1 hr. 56 mins. 44 secs. and which
included four of the five fastest fifty miles rides of the
year: all inside two hours. |
|
1953 |
John F. Arnold
for his outstanding unpaced 24 hours time trial on a
tricycle of 457.33 miles in the Mersey Roads Club event
25th/26th July 1953, in which he added thirty-five miles to
the existing competition record. |
|
1954 |
Cyril F. Peacock
for his victory in the World’s Amateur Sprint Cycling
Championship at Cologne on 29th August 1954. |
|
1955 |
Norman Shiel
for his victory in the World’s Amateur Cycling Pursuit
Championship at Milan on 2nd September 1955. |
|
1956 |
Raymond C. Booty
for his superlative ride of 3 hrs. 58 mins. 28 secs. in the
Bath Road Club 100 miles time trial of 1956, this being the
first time 100 miles had ever been ridden on a bicycle, out
and home, inside four hours. |
|
1957 |
Albert Crimes
for his tricycle record from Land’s End to John O’Groats
in 2 days 12 hrs. 37 mins. on 16th/19th August 1957. |
|
1958 |
Reginald C. Shaw
M.B.E. for his outstanding work on behalf of
cyclists culminating, through his initiative and
persistence, in the official adoption in 1958 of the
National Safe Cycling Scheme for training and testing child
cyclists. |
|
1959 |
Beryl Burton
for her victory in the Women’s World Pursuit Cycling
Champion- ship in which year she was also British Time Trial
and Road Champion at all distances, best all-round woman
rider, and established a new competition record of 250.375
miles in 12 hours. |
|
1960 |
Beryl Burton
for her double victory in the Women’s Amateur World Pursuit
and Road Race Cycling Championships of 1960 in which year
she was again the National Champion at all the women’s road
distances and for the second year in succession the best
all-round woman cyclist in Britain. |
|
1961 |
Eileen Gray
for her work on behalf of women cyclists culminating in the
promotion of the Women’s World Championships in Great
Britain in 1961. |
|
1962 |
R. Frank Colden
for his National Championship win in the Bath Road Club 100
of 1962 in which his time of 3 hrs. 54 mins. 23 secs. beat
the next competitor by 10 mins. 5 secs. and the previous
record by 4 mins. 5 secs. In this year he was also National
Champion at 50 miles and British Best All-Rounder with a
record average speed of 24.652 miles per hour. |
|
1963 |
Leslie K. Carter
for his outstanding service to cycling in devising and
organising the National Schoolboys’ Championship culminating
in an entry of nearly two thousand riders in 1963. |
|
1964 |
Alex Moulton
for the wide encouragement given to cycling by the
production of the Moulton bicycle. |
|
1965 |
Tom Simpson
for his victory in the World’s Professional Cycling Road
Race Championship in Spain on 5th September 1965. He is the
first British rider ever to win this title. |
|
1966 |
Arthur Metcalfe
for his unique achievement in winning both the British Best
All-Rounder Competition and the British Senior Amateur Road
Race Champion-ship in 1966. |
|
1967 |
Beryl Burton
M.B.E. for her victory in the 1967 Women’s
Amateur Road Race Championship of the World and for her ride
of 277.5 miles in a 12 hours time trial; the greatest
distance ever achieved in competition by man or woman. |
|
1968 |
Hugh Porter
for his victory in the World’s Professional Cycling Pursuit
Championship at Rome on 29th August 1968. |
|
1969 |
Roy Cromack
for his outstanding performance in winning the Mersey Road
Club 24 hours time trial, 26th/27th July 1969, when he
covered 507 miles to gain the R.T.T.C. National
Championship; beating the previous record and exceeding 500
miles for the first time. |
|
1970 |
Benny Foster
for his outstanding services to British Cycling as Director-
Organiser of the 1970 World’s Cycling Championships at
Leicester. |
|
1971 |
Leslie West
for his London to Portsmouth and Back bicycle record in 6
hrs. 8 mins. 10 secs. on 19th September 1971. |
|
1972 |
Eric Tremaine
for his outstanding unpaced 24 hours time trial on a
tricycle of 457.89 miles in the North Road Cycling Club’s
event, 26/27th August 1972 – a new R.T.T.C. competition
record. |
|
1973 |
William H.
Townsend for his outstanding services to cycling
culminating in his election in January 1973 as Chairman of
the Road Time Trials Council for the twenty-first time. |
|
1974 |
No Award |
|
1975 |
Phil Griffiths
for his victory in the Best All-Rounder Competition of the
R.T.T.C., this being his third victory and the second in
succession. |
|
1976 |
Ron White
for his untiring efforts over many years to achieve a
cycle-racing track at Harlow, culminating in the opening of
the track in 1976. |
|
1977 |
Arthur Campbell
for his services to British cycle racing at home and abroad
culminating in his appointment in 1977 as Chairman of the
Technical Commission of the Union Cycliste Internationale. |
|
1978 |
Leslie C. Warner
for his dedicated work over the past 25 years in the
interests of cyclists and of the defence and protection of
their rights. |
|
1979 |
Paul Carbutt
for his Land’s End to John O’Groats bicycle record of 1 day
23 hrs. 23 mins. 1 sec. on 11th/12th July 1979. |
|
1980 |
Tony Doyle
for his victory in the World’s Professional Cycling Pursuit
Championship at Besancon, France, in 1980. |
|
1981 |
Ian Cammish
for his outstanding series of 100 miles time trials in 1981,
being the five fastest rides of the year and in which he won
the National Champion-ship in the competition record time of
3 hrs. 38 mins. 39 secs. |
|
1982 |
Mandy Jones
for her victory in the Women’s Road Race Championship of the
World at Goodwood on 4th September 1982. |
|
1983 |
Alan Rushton
for his initiative in organising city centre cycle races in
1983 which led to their television presentation and so to
being seen by more than a million viewers. |
|
1984 |
No Award |
|
1985 |
John Woodburn
for his outstanding time trial performances during the past
25 years including the Land’s End to John O’Groats bicycle
record of 1 day 21 hrs. 3 mins. 16 secs. in 1982,
culminating in his winning of the V.T.T.A. Best All-Rounder
Championship for the third time in 1985. |
|
1986 |
Jeremy Isaacs,
Head of Channel 4 Television, for that channel’s coverage of
the Tour de France that attracted so many non-cyclists to
the sport. |
|
1987 |
No Award |
|
1988 |
Ivy
Thorp in recognition of her dedicated work at
local and national level for the safety and welfare of all
cyclists, culminating in 1988 on the completion of seven
years as President of the Cyclists’ Touring Club. |
|
1989 |
Colin Sturgess
for his win in the World Professional Pursuit Championship
at Lyons, France, in 1989 at the age of 20 years in his
first season as a professional cyclist. |
|
1990 |
Peter Longbottom
whose outstanding 1990 season started with fifth place in
the Commonweath Games Road Race in February, later embraced
victory in the R.T.T.C. 100 miles National Championship,
competition record at 25 miles in 49 mins. 13 secs. and
R.R.A. 50 miles bicycle record in November of 1 hr. 30 mins.
14 secs. |
|
1991 |
Glenn Longland
for his 12 hours competition record of 300.08 miles to
become the first rider to average more than 25 m.p.h. when
he won the Poole Wheelers event on 1st September 1991. This
ride also ensured his second victory in the British Best
All-Rounder Competition. |
|
1992 |
Chris Boardman
M.B.E. for his outstanding year of success,
crowned by his victory in the 4,000 metres Pursuit at the
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, where he gained Britain’s
first individual cycling gold medal since the 1908 London
Games and during the series set a World Record of 4 mins.
24.496 secs. |
|
1993 |
Graeme Obree
with his own novel and unconventional cycle design and
training, during a three month period in 1993, broke the
World Hour Record, became World Pursuit Champion in a World
record time, won the British Pursuit Championship, and the
day after breaking the R.T.T.C. 10 miles competition record,
won the 50 miles National Championship by 9 mins. in
competition record time. |
|
1994 |
Sean Yates
for his outstanding performances over many years of cycle
racing including the wearing of the race leader’s yellow
jersey during the 1994 Tour de France and for his unselfish
support and work for team mates during a long professional
career. |
|
1995 |
Ron Kitching
for his enthusiastic support and promotion of all branches
of cycling, including the generous backing for the Centenary
50 to mark the anniversary of the first time trial in 1895. |
|
1996 |
Andrew Wilkinson
who brought a new dimension to men’s time trials to win the
British Best All-Rounder Competition for 1996 with a record
average speed of 28.236 m.p.h., setting national competition
records in each of his qualifying rides at 50 miles, 100
miles and 12 hours. |
|
1997 |
John Helms,
Warrington Road Club, the cartoonist whose sense of humour
has delighted cyclists for over 50 years. |
|
1998 |
David Duffield
in recognition of his unique ability in the promotion of
cycle sport through his television commentaries of
international cycle racing. |
|
1999 |
Kevin Dawson
for his all round cycle racing performances during 1999,
which included his fifth British Best All-Rounder title, his
win in the National 100 miles Championship and the silver
medal in the National Road Race Championship. |
|
2000 |
Yvonne McGregor
who for eight years successfully competed at
international level on road and track: she won a bronze
medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and crowned her
season by becoming the Women’s World Pursuit Champion. |
|
2001 |
Nicole Cooke
- Junior Women’s World Road Race Champion in 2000. She
excelled in 2001 by winning gold medals in the World Junior
Women’s Mountain Bike Cross Country, Time Trial and Road
Race Championships. |
|
2002 |
Keith Butler
who for many years has encouraged and provided the
opportunity for cyclists of all abilities to participate in
road racing, particularly through his outstanding work for
the Surrey Cycle Racing League. |
|
2003 |
Not presented |
|
2004 |
Ron Webb
for his work in the design of more than sixty tracks
worldwide including those at Manchester and Newport and
which have furthered the development of cycle racing in this
country, leading to British Olympic successes at Sydney 2000
and Athens 2004. |
|
2005 |
Michael
Hutchinson who became the first rider to win the
National Championships at 10, 25, 50, 100 miles and 12
hours, together with the British Best All-Rounder title and
the Time Trial Series in the same season. |
|
2006 |
Gethin Butler
for his second win in the Time Trial Series thereby adding
to a career with highlights including the Land’s End to John
O’Groats and 1,000 miles bicycle records, two British Best
All-Rounder titles and 100 miles, 12 hours and 24 hours
National Championships. |
|
2007 |
Peter King
for his management and leadership in reviving the
fortunes of British Cycling over the past decade. |
