Harold Perrin Trophy

AG Harold Perrin

The Harold Perrin Trophy

Presented by Mrs D Perrin in 1948

Awarded annually to the member with the best performance during the year in the Category A handicap division.

Current holder - Tom Lyons


History

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Lieutenant-Commander Harold Ernest Perrin CBE (c. 1878–9 April 1948) was a British aviation pioneer. He was the secretary of the Royal Aero Club from 1903 to 1945, and in this capacity signed more than 20,000 private pilots' licences. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1936.

He was known as ‘Harold the Hearty’, an early balloonist, brilliant organizer and superb raconteur who fostered and encouraged the members’ natural bent towards enthusiastic, determined and argumentative individuality in the battle against authority to establish the right to freedom in developing Britain’s remarkable lead in aviation

This trophy was presented in 1948 by Mrs D Perrin in memory of her husband, who was a founding member of the Society and its first Honorary Secretary from 1922 until 1947. Most interestingly, this silver trophy was originally know as the Motor Goblet and was presented to HE Perrin by the Automobile Golfing Society, before being re-purposed as the trophy it is today in 1948.

 1948 C.P.M. Hunting 1949 C.P.M. Hunting 1950 P.Q. Reiss
1951 K.D. Morgan 1952 J.A.T. Ryde 1953 Sir Walter Puckey
1954 Lord Brabazon of Tara 1955 C.S. Morice / R.L. Lickley 1956 L.G. Frise
1957 P.L.W. Morton 1958 D.P. Hepburn 1959 Freddie A. Laker
1960 K.D. Morgan 1961 John B. Waite 1962 Donald H.G. Steel
1963 R.L. Lickley 1964 Douglas R.S. Bader 1965 Donald H.G. Steel
1966 Donald H.G. Steel 1967 J. Cochrane 1968 Donald H.G. Steel
1969 R.T. Barnfield 1970  Donald H.G. Steel 1971 R.T. Barnfield
1972 A.R. Swanton 1973 A.R. Swanton 1974 M.T. Harding-Rolls
1975 P.O.V. Green 1976 M.O. Gribbin 1977 A.R. Swanton
1978 J.A. Corbishley 1979 W.J.L. Harries 1980 A.R. Swanton
1981 P.J. Barber 1982 M.T. Harding-Rolls 1983 W.J.L. Harries
1984 A.R. Swanton 1985 M. Vivian 1986 A.R. Swanton
1987 J.A. Corbishley 1988 Tony Casdagli 1989 J.A. Corbishley
1990 John A. Dearlove 1991 Jim McKenzie 1992 Tony Casdagli
1993 J.A. Corbishley 1994 John S. Hart 1994 John A. Dearlove
1996 John A. Dearlove 1997 Brian O. Walpole 1998 Sir Patrick Hine
1999 Bob J. Pearson 2000 Brian O. Walpole 2001 Bob J. Pearson
2002 Sir Michael Alcock 2003 Sir Michael Alcock 2004 Sir Michael Alcock
2005 Sir Patrick Hine 2006 Brian O. Walpole 2007 David A. Hobart
2008 John B.V. Collins 2009 Jeff Turner 2010 Jeff Turner
2011 Bob J. Pearson 2012 David A. Hobart 2013 Mike H. Shields
2014 Eddie Axten 2015 David H.W. Backhouse 2016 Anthony King
2017 David A. Hobart 2018 David A. Hobart 2019 David A. Hobart
2020 Not awarded 2021 David Maxwell 2022 David A. Hobart
2023 David Maxwell  2024 Tom Lyons    

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