Group trophies and competitions

Ethel Scothern Cup

Group BAR: 25, 50, 100 & 12 hour

Presented by Ethel Scothern, a member of the Notts & East Midlands VTTA. She often came to our lunches and noticed we had no trophies, so presented us with this, our first one. She attended all our lunches until the age of 98, and was still riding her bike well into her nineties.

Colin Bell Cup

Group Middle Distance BAR: 10, 25, 50 & 100m

Colin Bell was a member of Sheffield Phoenix. He presented this trophy to the group when he left the UK to live in Auckland.

Meersbrook Trophy

Group Short Distance BAR: 10, 25 & 50m

This was presented to the group by Meersbrook CC when they stopped promoting events. The Group decided it'd be a suitable award for the short distance BAR.

Susie Denham Cup

Women's BAR: 10, 25 & 50m

One of the many trophies won by Susie herself. Presented to the Group by her husband Roy after her death.

Brian Beardsley Memorial Cup

12 hour

Brian Beardsley was a member of South Elmsall SCC as well as North Mids VTTA. He kindly left the Group £200 in his will, some of which went towards this trophy. The 12 hour was his favourite event.

Unity Cup

100 miles

No info available. Please get in touch if you know anything about the history of this trophy.

Sid Sharman Cup

50 miles

Sid was a member of Central CC. He won the Ivanhoe 12 hour in 1924 and 1925. He died in 1981, aged 81 and the trophy was donated to the group by his wife.

Watson Trophy

Prestige Points Competition: Group events

Dave Watson of Watson Bros Enginering in Swinton was a member of the group and he decided we needed a trophy for the Doncaster to Cleethorpes event. The 53 rods represent the 53 miles - each rod is longer as the race nears its finish. Dave died of a brain tumour in 1966.

The trophy is now awared to the winner of the Prestige Points competition, which is the best on standard rider of all the events put on by the Group.

Ron Blythe Trophy

18k (to 2015) / 14.7m (from 2017)

Presented by his wife Dorothy (Dot) in memory of Ron, who started the 18k to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the VTTA in 1993. It is no longer possible to use the 18k course due to traffic lights, so we now award the trophy for our equivalent non-standard distance event run in March.

* run on a 10.5k course due to roadworks
** run on the O10/3 as the 18k is no longer available due to traffic lights
*** event moved to 14.7m Half Moon circuit

Sheffield Central Cup

Both 25m group events combined

The Sheffield Central cup was originally for a team competition at 25 miles between Sheffield Central CC and Meersbrook CC. For the period 1955 - 1968, the winners were: Sheffield Central 1955, 57, 58, 60, 63, 65, 66, 67 and Meersbrook CC 1956, 59, 62, 64, 68 (no result for 1961). Not sure what happened in 1969/70 - it may not have been awarded whilst its future was decided.

Please note: we don't always manage to run two 25s these days, so instead your two best results in any open events on North Mids 25 courses will count.

Cleethorpes Shield

Group 10 miles

Presented to the Group by Cleethorpes Council for the fastest rider in the Group's 10 event, held in late September or early October.