This award, the Keith Roland Holmes Memorial Trophy isawarded annually to the station that has contributed the mosteffectively to the sport of cycling throughout that year.

The origins of the trophy go back to a family all of which were members of the RAF. Fg Off Keith Roland Holmes was a junior road race champion in 1966 before joiningup. He joined as a pilot at just 17 and after training was posted to RAF Laarbruch on 16 Sqn to fly Canberras. Whilst here he wasinstrumental in the setting up of the then RAFG cycling association andbecame its first secretary. Still training and racing hard he met anuntimely and tragic end when he crashed during a low level missionclose to the Rhine in 1971. His family donated the trophy to ensure that the sporting spirit of the officer it commemorates lives on.

It is awarded to Units as a just reward for the hard work,training and dedication that the riders from that respective Unit havemade to RAF Cycling.

Unit Roll Call

2010 RAF Cottesmore
2009 Not Awarded This Year
2008 DCAE Cosford
2007 RAF Cottesmore
2006RAF Brize Norton
2005 RAF Aldergrove
2004 RAFOdiham
2003 RAF Odiham
2002 RAFAkrotiri
2001 RAF Odiham
2000 RAFBruggen
1999 RAF Marham
1998 RAFNortholt
1997 RAF Benson
1995 RAF StAthan
1994 RAF Cottesmore
1991 RAFGutersloh
1990 RAF Laarbruch
1989 RAFLaarbruch
1988 RAF Laarbruch
1987 RAFLaarbruch
1986 RAF Gutersloh
1985 RAFLaarbruch
1984 RAF Laarbruch
1983 RAFBruggen
1982 RAF Bruggen
1981 RAFBruggen
1980 RAF Bruggen
1979 RAFLaarbruch
1978 RAF Bruggen
1977 RAFBruggen
1976 RAF Bruggen
1975 RAFWildenrath
1974 RAF Laarbruch
1973 RAFBruggen
1972 RAF Rheindahlen