Cycling Ireland Hall of Fame Nominations 2019.

Who deserves to join the Hall of Fame alongside names like Sean Kelly and Shat Elliott?

The Hall of Fame is open to those who have made a significant impact on Irish Cycling in either a sporting or administrative role.


A maximum of 3 inductees is considered every 3 years.To keep with the three-year cycle, we are inviting nominations for 2019, and will use the original criteria:

 

1 Nominations are to be invited from the membership
2. Nominees may be living or deceased.
3. Nominees must have made a significant national impact on Irish Cycling in either a sporting or administrative role.
4. Cycling Ireland employees will not be considered.
5. Current competitors are not eligible.
6. Previous nomination lists are cancelled, with all nominees to be new submissions.

 

The selection panel will comprise up to 4 persons with a nominated Board member to oversee the process, but with no voting rights.
Should a selection panel member be nominated, they will stand down and be replaced by the Board.

Nominations are therefore being sought from the membership, and should be forwarded by email to Anthony.mitchell@cyclingireland.ie with the heading `hall of fame nomination`. Nominations will close on 1st October, with the names announced at the Awards Night on 23rd November.

 

Current Hall of Fame inductees

1          Joe Christle
2          Peter Crinnion
3          Dan Curtin
4          Dermot Dignam
5          Alo Donegan
6          Bertie Donnelly
7          Shay Elliott
8          Morris Foster
9          Sean Kelly
10        RJ Mecredy
11        JJ McCormack
12        Pat McQuaid
13        Shay O`Hanlon
14        Peter Purfield
15        Harry Reynolds
16        Stephen Roche
17        Alice Sherratt
18        Denis Toomey
19        Jack Watson
20        Isabel Woods

21        Ger. Campbell (2016)
22        Noel Clarke (2016)
23        Ritchie Byrne (2016)

24        Gerry Beggs (2017)
25        Philip Cassidy (2017)
26        Oliver Kelly (2017)
27        Ben McKenna (2017)
28        Mark Rohan (2017)


The concept of a Hall of Fame was the subject of a motion submitted by Cuchulainn Cycling Club at the 2012 Cycling Ireland AGM, and the motion was passed.  

The Board considered how best to implement a Hall of Fame and agreed that members would be asked to submit nominations for inclusion. These nominations were reviewed by a panel with twenty-five recipients to be recognised as part of Cycling Ireland’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations in 2013.

It was also subsequently agreed a maximum of 3 inductees would be considered every 3 years, and therefore there were 3 new names were added in 2016.

As the initial panel had only recommended 20 inductees to the Hall of Fame, a further notice of motion was submitted and passed at the 2016 AGM to amend this to 25; effectively backdating a further 5 inductees.

Therefore 3 names were added in 2016, and the 5 backfill names added in 2017.