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1934.
Southall.
Southall.
last analysis,
a great season,
THE BIDLAKE AW
1000-mile record too,
Hubert Opperman.
there is only one award per year,
asking why certain people missed out.
given this honour – but a few have not,
hours from Jack Rossiter’s 1929 figures.
to challenge Hercules and Southall. “Oppy,”
in danger of being overshadowed by others.
ARD-WINNERS:A
feat that Southall did not and probably could not:
cycle-sport in Britain from 1934 to the present.
setting seven new RRA records,
a lion in his path in the form of Hubert Opperman,
a subjective judgement made by a committee.
as he was known,
It was a magnificent ride,
he took the End-to-End record,
It is not a clear-cut,
YEAR-BY-YEAR CHRONICLE
Bidlake award would have crowned his position as the undoubted king of British cycling.
and as we look back over the history of the award,
the first Bidlake award would go to the rider who had dominated the sport for the past ten years,
So it was that the award went in its first year to a professional rather than an amateur,
It has always to be remembered that an award like this is,
slicing more than four
Frank
including the first-ever 100 inside four hours.
so again achievements that are unquestionably outstanding may still be
rewarded them by performing one great
The Unfinished Story
But there was
objective achievement,
In 1934 Southall was riding for Hercules as a professional record-breaker and he had enjoyed
who had been brought over from Australia by BSA
in the
and to
There can be no doubt that most people in British cycling expected that
after which Oppy went on for the
it’s worth
and the Bidlake committee took the courageous decision to honour him over
as the winning of a championship or the breaking of a record is.The other determining factor is that
Almost all the biggest names in the sport have been
The roll-call of names who have been given the Bidlake award presents a summary of the history of
The
25
Southall.
Southall.
last analysis,
a great season,
THE BIDLAKE AW
1000-mile record too,
Hubert Opperman.
there is only one award per year,
asking why certain people missed out.
given this honour – but a few have not,
hours from Jack Rossiter’s 1929 figures.
to challenge Hercules and Southall. “Oppy,”
in danger of being overshadowed by others.
ARD-WINNERS:A
feat that Southall did not and probably could not:
cycle-sport in Britain from 1934 to the present.
setting seven new RRA records,
a lion in his path in the form of Hubert Opperman,
a subjective judgement made by a committee.
as he was known,
It was a magnificent ride,
he took the End-to-End record,
It is not a clear-cut,
YEAR-BY-YEAR CHRONICLE
Bidlake award would have crowned his position as the undoubted king of British cycling.
and as we look back over the history of the award,
the first Bidlake award would go to the rider who had dominated the sport for the past ten years,
So it was that the award went in its first year to a professional rather than an amateur,
It has always to be remembered that an award like this is,
slicing more than four
Frank
including the first-ever 100 inside four hours.
so again achievements that are unquestionably outstanding may still be
rewarded them by performing one great
The Unfinished Story
But there was
objective achievement,
In 1934 Southall was riding for Hercules as a professional record-breaker and he had enjoyed
who had been brought over from Australia by BSA
in the
and to
There can be no doubt that most people in British cycling expected that
after which Oppy went on for the
it’s worth
and the Bidlake committee took the courageous decision to honour him over
as the winning of a championship or the breaking of a record is.The other determining factor is that
Almost all the biggest names in the sport have been
The roll-call of names who have been given the Bidlake award presents a summary of the history of
The
25
