Cellon Challenge Cup

Cellon Challenge Cup

Presented by A.J.A. Wallace Barr in 1922

Awarded annually to the winner of the Scratch Medal at the Autumn meeting

History

In 1911 Alex Wallace Barr had formed Cellon Ltd to manufacture the cellulose lacquers (dopes) that revolutionised the proofing and strengthening of the fabric of aeroplane wings and windscreens. He was 22 at the time and, thus, he was 33 when he presented this Challenge Cup and he was nephew to Harold Perrin – both were founders of the Society.
The trophy was presented at the first meeting of the Society at St Georges Hill on 22 September 1922. It was the Society’s oldest trophy but, sadly, it was lost in 1976 through theft and no picture has been found. The names of the winners are only known up until the war years but not later due to inadequate record keeping but it makes interesting reading.

1922	St George's Hill	Captain A. Newman	80 – 4 = 76
1923	St George's Hill	H. Burroughes	86 – 9 = 77
1924	Moor Park	Flt Lt D.F. Fitz-Gibbon	80 – 3 = 77
1925	Walton Heath	Lord George Wellesley	82 – 8 = 74
1926	Wentworth	E.J.B. How	1 up
1927	Walton Heath	H.J. Hillary Taylor	91 – 13 = 78
1928	Denham	Captain J.H. Secker	88 – 10 = 78
1929	West Hill	A.G. Hazell	90 – 12 = 78
1930	Sunningdale	O.D. Freeman	88 – 15 = 73
1931	Sunningdale	Major S.V. Sippe	95 – 18 = 77
1932	West Hill	E.N. Clifton	86 – 4 = 82
1933	Sunningdale	Sir Henry White-Smith	92 – 14 = 78
1934	Swinley Forest	J.P.C. Magwood	85 – 13 = 72
1935	Swinley Forest	F.R. Walker	76 – 8 = 68
1936	Woking	A.E.L. Skinner	79 – 7 = 72
1937	Coombe Hill	G.F. Roberts	78 – 4 = 74
1938	Richmond	R. Ashley-Hall	80 – 18 = 62