PAST WINNERS
British Air Racing Champions
The British Air Racing Championship was developed in the early 1980s with the reformation of the former Royal Aero Club Competition Committee into the Royal Aero Club Records Racing and Rally Association (3Rs).
As with motor racing, points are awarded according to each aircraft’s finishing position. Points are accumulated throughout a racing season to determine the Champion. A typical handicapped air racing season comprises 6 venues and 12 races. The maximum points available for a win in each race is 25, awarded on a sliding scale.
2024 - Martin Gosling
2023 - Dave Moorman
2022 - Jonathan Willis
2021 - Jonathan Willis
2020 - None
2019 - Jonathan Willis
2018 - Simon Tilling
2017 - Dominic Crossan
2016 - Mark Turner
2015 - Bob Ellis
2014 - Martin Gosling
2013 - Martin Gosling
2012 - Gordon Bellerby
2011 - Geoffrey Boot
2010 - Neil Cooper
2009 - Craig Beevers
2008 - Alistair Allan
2007 - Robert Callaway-Lewis
2006 - Anthony Beynon
2005 - Craig Beevers
2004 - John Kelsall
2003 - Robert Miller
2002 - P Wadsworth
2001 - Ivan Seach-Allen
2000 - Robert Miller
1999 - Graham Banfield
1998 - Bert Miles
1997 - Paul Moorhead
1996 - Sqn Ldr Austin
1995 - Bob Willies
1994 - Bruce Hook
1993 - Sqn Ldr Baker
1992 - Bruce Hook
1991 - Derek Simpson
1990 - Spencer Flack
1989 - Andrew Brinkley
1988 - K Wilson
1987 - P Crispe
1986 - F Miles
1985 - G Hanks
1984 - I Dalziel
1983 - Flt Lt Turner
1982 - J Stewart-Wood
1981 - Gordon Franks
1974-1980 - None
1973 - Paul Bannister
1972 - Frederick Marsh
1971 - Michael Jones
1970 - None
1969 - C Masefield
1968 - R Ranscombe
1967 - J Stewart-Wood
1966 - J Miles
1965 - P Blamire
1964 - D McD Hartas
1963 - P Bannister
1962 - D McD Hartas
1961 - None
1960 - Sqn Ldr Severne
1959 - Capt Baldwick
1958 - H Smith
1957 - Flt Lt K Iles
1956 - Flt Lt K Iles
1955 - J Somers
1954 - Freydis Leaf
1953 - Sqn Ldr Rush
1952 - W Fillingham
British Air Racing Navigator Champions
2024 - Sophie Polwin
2023 - Ian Scarborough
2022 -
2021 - Dave Lee
2020 - None
2019 - Gurchuran Bhoday
2018 - Emma Taylor
2017 - None
2016 - Joanne Turner
2015 - Suzie Boot
2014 - Ian Scarbrough
2013 - David Pangbourne
2012 - Suzie Boot
2011 - David Pangbourne
2010 - Suzie Boot
2009 - Suzie Boot
2008 - Craig Beevers
King's Cup Winners
The King's Cup Race is an annual British handicapped cross-country air race, is run by the 3Rs and was first contested on 8 September 1922. The event was established by King George V as an incentive to the development of light aircraft and engine design.
2024 -Martin Gosling
2023 - Jonathon Willis
2022 - Matthew Summers
2021 - None
2020 - None
2019 - David Moorman
2018 - None
2017 - Dominic Crossan
2016 - Dominic Crossan
2015 - Dr Roger-James Scholes
2014 - Michael Wingenroth
2013 - Geoffrey Boot
2012 - Gordon Bellerby
2011 - Malcolm Montgomerie
2010 - Roderick Morton
2009 - Richard Marsden
2008 - Nigel Reddish
2007 -Neil Cooper
2006 - Nigel Reddish
2005 - Roger Hayes
2004 - Phil Wadsworth
2003 - Geoffrey Boot
2002 - S Ollier
2001 - J Spooner
2000 - Milan Konstantinovic
1999 - Roger Hayes
1998 - None
1997 - Melanie Willes
1996 - E Coventry
1995 - D Soul
1994 - Geoffrey Boot
1993 - Roger Hayes
1992 - Peter Crispe
1991 - S Jones
1990 - A Hawley
1989 - R.A. Nesbitt-Dufort and R.G. Hayes
1988 - S/Ldr M Baker
1987 - None
1986 - S/Ldr C Hilliker
1985 - G Franks
1984 - K Fehrenback
1983 - Don Sainsbury
1982 - Geoffrey Richardson
1981 - Josephine O'Donnell
1980 - A.J. Spiller
1979 - Ian Dalziel
1978 - John Stewart-Wood
1977 - Andrew Chadwick
1976 - A.J. Spiller
1975 - John Cull
1974 - Jan Behrman
1973 - H.W. Bonner
1972 - Stan Warwick
1971 - J. Bradshaw
1970 - Mike Pruden
1969 - Robin D'Erlanger
1968 - F.R.E. Hayter
1967 - Charles B.G. Masefield
1966 - John A.C. Miles
1965 - John Stewart-Wood
1964 - Dennis M. Hartas
1963 - Paul G. Bannister
1962 - Peter S. Clifford
1961 - H. Brian Iles
1960 - John de M. Severne
1959 - A. J. Spiller
1958 - James H. Denyer
1957 - Fred Dunkerley
1956 - James H. Denyer
1955 - Peter S. Clifford
1954 - Harold Wood
1953 - Pat Fillingham
1952 - C. Gregory
1951 - None
1950 - Edward Day
1949 - J. Nat Somers AFC
1939-1948 - None
1938 - Alex Henshaw
1937 - Charles E. Gardner
1936 - Charles E. Gardner
1935 - Tommy Rose
1934 - Harry M. Schofield
1933 - Geoffrey de Havilland
1932 - W. L. Hope
1931 - E. C. T. Edwards
1930 - Miss Winifred Brown
1929 - R. L. R. Atcherley
1928 - W. L. Hope
1927 - W. L. Hope
1926 - Hubert S. Broad
1925 - Frank L. Barnard
1924 - Alan J. Cobham
1923 - Frank T. Courtney
1922 - Frank L. Barnard
Schneider Trophy Winners
The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or Schneider Cup) was awarded annually to the winner of a race for seaplanes. The Trophy is now held at RAF College Cranwell. Announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911, the competition offered a prize of approximately £1,000. The race was held eleven times between 1913 and 1931. It was intended to encourage technical advances in civil aviation but became a contest for pure speed with laps over a triangular course (initially 280 km, later 350 km). The races were very popular and some attracted crowds of over 200,000 spectators. Since 1977 the trophy has been on display at the Science Museum in London.
2024 -
2023 - Robert Johnson
2022 - Jonathan Willis
2021 - No contest
2020 - No contest
2019 - Ian Harding
2018 - None
2017 - None
2016 - Roderick Morton
2015 - Jonathan Willis
2014 - John Kelsall
2013 - None
2012 - David Moorman
2010-2011 - None
2009 - Neil Cooper
2008 - None
2007 - Daniel Pangbourne
2006 - Martin Kellett
2005 - John Village
2004 - John Kelsall
2003 - John Spooner
2002 - Phil Wadsworth
2001 - Ivan Seach-Allen
2000 - Dudley Pattison
1999 - Bruce Hook
1998 - Milan Konstantinovic
1997 - None
1996 - Alan Austin
1995 - John Kelman
1994 - Ian Finbow
1993 - Sq Ldr Mike Baker
1992 - Andrew Watson
1991 - Brian Manning
1990 - Spencer Flack
1989 - Safaya Hemming
1988 - Peter Crispe
1987 - Andrew Brinkley
1986 - Ron Mitcham
1985 - Nick Snook
1984 - Paul Moorhead
1982-1983 - None
1981 - Jeremy Smith
1932-1980 - None
1931 - John Boothman
1930 - None
1929 - Richard Waghorn
1928 - None
1927 - Sidney Webster
1926 - Mario de Bernardi
1925 - James Doolittle
1924 - None
1923 - David Rittenhouse
1922 - Henry Biard
1921 - Giovanni de Briganti
1920 - Luigi Bologna
1915-1919 - None
1914 - Howard Pixton
1913 - Maurice Prévost
The Bob Ellis Excess Distance Trophy
2024 -
2023 - Martin Gosling
2022 -
2021 - Jonathan Willis
2020 - No contest
2019 - Matthew Summers
The Mossey Preston Trophy
The Mossey Preston Trophy will comprise all races and will be awarded to the pilot of an aircraft that has the highest aggregate points based on the British Air Racing Championship points system of all races.
2024 - Martin Gosling
2023 - David Moorman
The Sonic Challenge
The Sonic Trophy will comprise all Saturday races excluding the Steward’s Cup.
2024 - Martin Gosling
2023 - David Moorman
The Mitel Sword
Awarded to current or former members of the armed services.
2024 - Ben Polwin
2023 - Robert Johnson
The Outram Trophy
Awarded to the highest scoring new racer of the season.
2024 - Ben Polwin
2023 - Richard Parris
