The Trustees met 0n 15th November to consider nominations for the 2015 Award. It is hoped to make an announcement shortly.
The Trustees would also like to congratulate Gary Verity, the 2014 CA Rhodes Award recipient, on the awarding of a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours. Well deserved, Sir Gary.
The 2014 Award was made to Gary Verity today at the Yorkshire Cycling Federation Luncheon, held at Scarthingwell Golf Club, near Tadcaster. Gary needed no introduction to the many long time cyclists present, but Trustee Melvyn Gibson outlined the massive contribution which he had made to Yorkshire cycling by his masterminding of the Tour de France Grand Départ.
In a very entertaining response Gary described the process by which the event was secured for Yorkshire and how he won the French organisers over to all things Yorkshire – from our “petit chiens” (Yorkshire terriers), our Yorkshire puddings, but mostly the magnificent Yorkshire scenery and our passion for cycling. He then went on to outline the plans for the forthcoming Tour de Yorkshire, which in the safe hands of Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sports Organisation cannot fail to be an outstanding success.