British National Hill Climb Championships
Supporters gather to watch the National Hill Climb.
The British National Hill Climb Championship is a hill climbing competition held annually by Cycling Time Trials with the location varying year on year. The first edition was in 1944 and it has been won by some of the best all-round British cyclists, such as Brian Robinson, Paul Curran, Malcolm Elliot, Chris Boardman and Jeff Williams.[1]
2014 Championship
The 2014 British National Hill Climb Championships will be held on Sunday 26th October 2014 at Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Results
| Year | Hill | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Jacksons Bridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire | Richard Bussell | Dan Evans | Joe Clark |
| 2014 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Dan Evans | Matt Clinton | Adam Kenway |
| 2013 | The Stang, Yorkshire | Tejvan Pettinger | James Gullen | Matt Clinton |
| 2012 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Jack Pullar | Gunnar Gronlund | Matt Clinton |
| 2011 | Long Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire | Gunnar Gronlund | Richard Handley | Matt Clinton |
| 2010 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Dan Fleeman | Matt Clinton | Michael Smith |
| 2009 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Dan Fleeman | Matt Clinton | Jim Henderson |
| 2008 | Bank Road, Matlock | Matt Clinton | Bill Bell | Jim Henderson |
| 2007 | Cheddar Gorge, Somerset | James Dobbin | David Clarke | Matt Clinton |
| 2006 | Peak Hill, Sidmouth, Devon | James Dobbin | David Clarke | Jon Dayus |
| 2005 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Ben Greenwood | Jim Henderson | David Clarke |
| 2004 | Winter's Gibbet, Elsdon, Northumberland | Jon Dayus | James Dobbin | Alex Coutts |
| 2003 | Halifax Lane, Luddenden | Jim Henderson | Mark Lovatt | David Clarke |
| 2002 | Cat and Fiddle, Cheshire | Mark Lovatt | Michael Hutchinson | Ian Stott |
| 2001 | Y Bwlch, Ruthin | Jim Henderson | Tom Anderson | Chris Myhill |
| 2000 | West Close Hill, Rodney Stoke, Somerset | Jim Henderson | Tom Anderson | Ian Stott |
| 1999 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright | Richard Taylor |
| 1998 | Dover's Hill, Weston sub Edge, Gloucestershire | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright | Gary Baker |
| 1997 | Rowsley Bar, Derbyshire | Stuart Dangerfield | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright |
| 1996 | Carlton Bank, Cleveland | Stuart Dangerfield | Steve Hulme | Jim Henderson |
| 1995 | Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Chris Newton |
| 1994 | Jackson Bridge, West Yorkshire | Jeff Wright | Stuart Dangerfield | Rob Harris |
| 1993 | Newlands Pass, Buttermere, Cumbria | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Rob Reynolds-Jones |
| 1992 | St John's Chapel, County Durham | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Pete Longbottom |
| 1991 | Park Rash, Kettlewell, Yorkshire | Chris Boardman | Jeff Wright | Stuart Dangerfield |
| 1990 | Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon | Chris Boardman | Steve Marchant | Stuart Dangerfield |
| 1989 | The Burway, Church Stretton, Shropshire | Chris Boardman | Scott O'Brien | Steve Marchant |
| 1988 | Nick O' Pendle, Sabden, Lancashire | Chris Boardman | Phil Sheard | Paul Curran |
| 1987 | Rosedale Chimney, North Yorkshire | Tom Ward | Chris Boardman | Steve Marchant |
| 1986 | Riber Hill, Matlock, Derbyshire | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | C. Walker |
| 1985 | Challacombe Hill, Woolacombe, Devon | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | Tom Ward |
| 1984 | Crawleyside, Stanhope, County Durham | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | Karl Smith |
| 1983 | Weston Hill, Bath | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | Tom Ward |
| 1982 | Dover's Hill, Weston sub Edge, Gloucestershire | Jeff Williams | Keith Reynolds | Dave Jarvis |
| 1981 | Bwlch yr Oernant (Horseshoe Pass), Llangollen | Jeff Williams | Malcolm Elliott | Callum Gough/Darryl Webster tied |
| 1980 | Nick O' Pendle, Lancashire | Malcolm Elliott | Jeff Williams | Gareth Armitage |
| 1979 | Haytor Vale, Devon | Jeff Williams | Dave Pitman | Gareth Armitage |
| 1978 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Gareth Armitage | ||
| 1977 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | John Parker | ||
| 1976 | Joe Waugh | |||
| 1975 | Gareth Armitage | |||
| 1974 | Holme Moss, West Yorkshire | Joe Waugh | ||
| 1973 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Granville Sydney | ||
| 1972 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Granville Sydney | ||
| 1971 | Bwlch yr Oernant, Llangollen | John Clewarth | ||
| 1970 | Granville Sydney | |||
| 1969 | Llywel, Brecknockshire | Granville Sydney | ||
| 1968 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Pete Gannon | ||
| 1967 | Paul Wildsmith | |||
| 1966 | PD Greenhalgh | |||
| 1965 | Granville Sydney | |||
| 1964 | Eric Wilson | |||
| 1963 | Peaslows, Derbyshire | Granville Sydney | ||
| 1962 | Nick O' Pendle, Lancashire | Peter Graham | ||
| 1961 | Yorkshire Hill, Caint | Peter Graham | ||
| 1960 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Eric Wilson | ||
| 1959 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Gordon Rhodes | ||
| 1958 | Monk's Lane, Bathford | Peter Graham | Eric Wilson | Bill Holmes |
| 1957 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Eric Wilson | Arthur Pursey | Bill Holmes |
| 1956 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Les Ingman | Eric Wilson | W Bradley |
| 1955 | Holly Lane, Derbyshire | Eric Wilson | Roy Keighley | Arthur Pursey |
| 1954 | Holme Moss | Les Ingman | Eric Wilson | W Bradley |
| 1953 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Roy Keighley | Ronnie Stringwell | PS Boyd |
| 1952 | Mow Cop, Staffordshire | Brian Robinson | Jim Pentecost | Roy Keighley |
| 1951 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Ronnie Stringwell | Brian Robinson | R Procter |
| 1950 | Barber's Hill, Llangollen | Ronnie Stringwell | Bob Maitland | Brian Robinson |
| 1949 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Bob Maitland | WE Penvose | Vic Clark |
| 1948 | Landsdowne Lane at Weston near Bath | Vic Clark | Dick Woore | Bernard King |
| 1947 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Vic Clark | Bob Maitland | Harold Worthen |
| 1946 | Holly Lane,Ambergate | Vic Clark | Bob Maitland | Laurie Dodd |
| 1945 | Peaslows Hill, Chapel en le Frith | Bob Maitland | Vin Taylor | JD Spink |
| 1944 | Brasted, Kent | Frank Worthen | Vic Clark | Vin Taylor |
External links
References
- ↑ "National Hill Climb Champs Preview". Cycling Info. 25 October 2011.
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