# British National Derny Championships

The British National Derny Championships are an annual bicycle racing event held in the United Kingdom.
The event was originally run as a motor paced event behind the larger stayer motors, but in 2000 a demonstration championship was run using derny bikes, opening the championship up to wider participation. The first official championship took place in 2001 for the Ron Pugsley Trophy. The British Cycling National Derny Paced Championship is run over 30 km.
The event was known as the amateur motor paced championships from 1970 to 1993, and simply the motor paced championships from 1994 to 1999; it was held at a distance of 50 km. A professional motor paced championship was run in 1982 over one hour.
The event is still often referred to as the motor paced or stayer championships, but this is a misnomer, because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to 2000cc engine size which has a roller mounted behind the back wheel. The cyclist or follower uses a bicycle which has a small front wheel and trailing front forks, which if it hits the roller merely spins the roller without causing any damage. Motor pacing lost popularity in the late 1990s due to its esoteric nature and Derny racing was introduced. There is a move by Motor pacing fans to revive the Motor Paced Championships in the future. Motor Pacing is still very popular on the continent.
A Derny is a two-stroke engine assisted bicycle and the cyclist or follower can ride a normal track bike, making the discipline readily accessible to most track cyclists. Always held on a cycling track, the riders follow a derny throughout the race. The rider of the derny is known as their pacer. The event is relatively long for track racing, and usually held separately to the British National Track Championships which consist of multiple shorter events. A women's championship over 15 km was first introduced in 2005 and won by the Scottish rider, Katie Cullen.

## Event history

* Amateur 50 km Motor Paced Championship (1970–1993)
* Amateur and Professional editions (1982)
* Open 50 km Motor Paced Championship (1994–1999)
* Open 30 km Derny Championship (from 2000)

## Past winners
### Men

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1970 | Manchester | Roy Cox | | |
| 1971 | Leicester Velodrome | Reg Barnett | Sid Barras | Tony Gowland |
| 1972 | Leicester Velodrome | Roy Cox | Tom Moloney | Morgan Jackson |
| 1973 | Leicester Velodrome | Roy Cox | Phil Buckley | John Hall |
| 1974 | Leicester Velodrome | Roy Cox | Rik Notley | John Hall |
| 1975 | Leicester Velodrome | Roy Cox | Rik Notley | John Hall |
| 1976 | Leicester Velodrome | Rik Notley | Alan Johnson | Richard Dixon |
| 1977 | Leicester Velodrome | Rik Notley | Alan Johnson | John Hall |
| 1978 | Leicester Velodrome | Alan Johnson | Rik Notley | Paul Gerrard |
| 1979 | Leicester Velodrome | Alan Johnson | Paul Gerrard | Des Fretwell |
| 1980 | Leicester Velodrome | Paul Gerrard | Des Fretwell | Rik Notley |
| 1981 | Leicester Velodrome | Paul Gerrard | Des Fretwell | Mick Coles |
| 1982 | Leicester Velodrome | Des Fretwell | Geoff Armstrong | Steve Wakefield |
| 1982+ | Leicester Velodrome | Ian Hallam | Phil Thomas | Paul Gerrard |
| 1983 | Leicester Velodrome | Andy Hurford | Steve Bent | Bob Barber |
| 1984 | Leicester Velodrome | Ian Donohue | Nick Lett | Adrian Adgar |
| 1985 | Leicester Velodrome | Nick Lett | George Dixon | Adrian Adgar |
| 1986 | Leicester Velodrome | Nick Lett | Des Fretwell | George Dixon |
| 1987 | Leicester Velodrome | Nigel Brown | Nick Lett | John Dale |
| 1988 | Leicester Velodrome | Nick Lett | Nigel Brown | John Dale |
| 1989 | Leicester Velodrome | Nick Lett | John Dale | Levon Pegg |
| 1990 | Leicester Velodrome | Nick Lett | John Dale | Adrian Krakiewicz |
| 1991 | Leicester Velodrome | Bryan Taylor | John Dale | Peter Kennedy |
| 1992 | Leicester Velodrome | Bryan Taylor | Adrian Krakiewicz | Paul Gerrard |
| 1993 | Leicester Velodrome | Paul Curran | Spencer Wingrave | Paul Gerrard |
| 1994 | Herne Hill | Paul Curran | Spencer Wingrave | Russell Williams |
| 1995 | Herne Hill | Paul Curran | Spencer Wingrave | Norman Dunroy |
| 1996 | Herne Hill | Paul Curran | Russell Williams | Keith Reid |
| 1997 | Herne Hill | Bryan Steel | Russell Williams | Keith Reid |
| 1998 | Herne Hill | Bryan Steel | Russell Williams | Clive Burr |
| 1999 | Herne Hill | Simon Cope | Russell Williams | Rob Jefferies |
| 2000 | Reading | Simon Cope | James Taylor | Dave Edwards |
| 2001 | Reading | Ray Hughes | Simon Cope | James Taylor |
| 2002 | Herne Hill | Russell Williams | Martin Freeman | Ray Hughes |
| 2003 | Reading | Bryan Taylor | Martin Freeman | Andrew Russell |
| 2004 | Herne Hill | Tom White | Simon Gaywood | Tony Gibb |
| 2005 | Herne Hill | Bryan Taylor | James Holland-Leader | Simon Gaywood |
| 2006 | Reading | Bryan Taylor | James Holland-Leader | Simon Gaywood |
| 2007 | Maindy | Tony Gibb | James McCallum | Matthew Rowe |
| 2008 | Maindy | Luke Rowe | Tony Gibb | Andrew Magnier |
| 2009 | Newport | Jon Mould | Jamie Rogers | Tony Gibb |
| 2010 | Scunthorpe | Matthew Rowe | Matt Gittings | Adam Duggleby |
| 2011 | Herne Hill | Jack Kirk | Adam Duggleby | James Holland-Leader |
| 2012 | Herne Hill | Matt Gittings | Adam Duggleby | Symon Lewis |
| 2013 | Newport | James Holland-Leader | Symon Lewis | Phil Trodden |
| 2014 | Herne Hill | Matt Gittings | James Holland-Leader | Phil Trodden |
| 2015 | Lee Valley | Oliver Moors | Alistair Rutherford | Phil Trodden |
| 2016 | Lee Valley | Oliver Moors | William Perrett | Alistair Rutherford |
| 2017 | Lee Valley | Oliver Moors | William Perrett | Stephen Bradbury |
| 2018 | Newport | Oliver Moors | Stephen Bradbury | Michael Mottram |
| 2019 | Newport | Oliver Moors | Nicholas Cooper | George Clark |
| 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ||||||
| 2021 | Newport | William Perrett | Olivier Mangham | Oliver Moors |
| 2022 | Newport | Tom Ward | Nicholas Cooper | Max Capamagian |
| 2023 | Derby | Matthew Brennan | Tom Ward | Matthew Gittings |
| 2024 | Herne Hill | Alec Briggs | Tom Ward | James Ambrose-Parish |

### Women

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2005 | Herne Hill | Kate Cullen | Jo Tindley | Joy Nixon |
| 2006 | Reading | Victoria Pendleton | Laura Bissell | Leda Cox |
| 2007 | Maindy | Victoria Pendleton | Alex Greenfield | Katie Curtis |
| 2008 | Maindy | Janet Birkmyre | Hannah Rich | Joanne McRae |
| 2009 | Newport | Danni King | Emma Patterson | Melanie Sneddon |
| 2010 | Scunthorpe | Laura Trott | Danni King | Janet Birkmyre |
| 2011 | Herne Hill | Hannah Walker | Claire Newland | Corrine Hall |
| 2012 | Herne Hill | Hannah Walker | Corrine Hall | Joanne McRae |
| 2013 | Newport | Katie Archibald | Janet Birkmyre | Hannah Walker |
| 2014 | Herne Hill | Hannah Walker | Niki Kovacs | Janet Birkmyre |
| 2015 | Lee Valley | Janet Birkmyre | Hannah Walker | Laura Cheesman |
| 2016 | Lee Valley | Neah Evans | Hannah Walker | Jennifer Allum |
| 2017 | Lee Valley | Abigail Dentus | Hannah Walker | Jennifer Allum |
| 2018 | Newport | Ellie Russell | Abigail Dentus | Niki Kovacs |
| 2019 | Newport | Charlotte Parnham | Niki Kovacs | Catherine Coley |
| 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ||||||
| 2021 | Newport | Anna Henderson | Mirriam Jessett | Charlotte Parnham |
| 2022 | Newport | Miriam Jessett | Sophie Lewis | Charlotte Parnham |
| 2023 | Derby | Anna Morris | Lucy Nelson | Miriam Jessett |
| 2024 | Herne Hill | Miriam Jessett | Charlotte Parnham | Hannah Williams |