This trophy is held to commemorate the sad death from leukaemia of a young and popular club member, Dennis Pearsall.  The trophy has been awarded since 1952.  If any readers have a picture of Dennis, the trophy or any historic information or memories then I'd like to put up a page on each of our memorials.

2006 Winner: 7 May - Kirk "hailed" Dennis Pearsall Memorial 25 winner
A total of 5 memorial trophies are competed for by club members each year.  In 2005, The club rider completing the Cleveland Wheelers open 25 on the Teeside T252 course in the fastest time would be awarded the Dennis Pearsall Memorial Trophy.  Two notable previous winners from the club were missing, Allen Armstrong, recovering from illness and Ian Taylor, who had only just returned from a spell of continental competition in Spain.  However, the prize was still hotly contested by 2003 winner Kirk Robb and new to the club in 2005, Clive Surman-Wells (previously Barnesbury CC).

The course runs north to south on the A19 from Crathorne and the wind blew reasonably strongly to the turn leaving riders struggling into southbound gusts as they toiled to the finish.  Both Clive and Kirk were lashed by large hailstones from the turn for several miles (many of the later riders decided not to start).  On the day it was Kirk who handed out a firm thrashing to regain the trophy in a creditable 1:05:46.  Clive struggled in with 1:11:13.

The winner of the open event was Phil Huntsman of GB Fire Service RT (the only fire he must have had time to put out was the one he left in the road behind him!!) with an incredible 53:36, beating second place  Rob Pears (Bath CC) by 2½ minutes!  Only12 riders broke the hour.

2006 Winner
The Dennis Pearsall Mmeorial trophy was awarded to Kirk Robb

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