{"id":2568,"date":"2020-01-08T21:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/?page_id=2568"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:11:54","slug":"presidents-cup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/?page_id=2568","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT’S CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Billy\u00a0Rutherford\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0story\u00a0behind\u00a0the President’s Cup.<\/h4>\n

Over many, many years Billy Rutherford worked tirelessly and lived for the Belfast and District\u00a0<\/span>Motor Club. From Traffic Control, Chief Flag Marshal, Chief Marshal at both Carrowdore and Kirkistown, Committee Member and Chairman through to finally becoming the Club President following the passing of Joe Boyle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Unfortunately as we moved into the new millennium Billy became terminally ill and as his health deteriorated he had to give up his role as President. Through those dark days his family decided, as a mark of respect and recognition for the lifetime work he had put into the Club, that they would organise something which they could donate as a mark of remembrance. Hence the President\u2019s Cup<\/strong>. Billy was so very proud of both his family\u2019s thoughtfulness and this \u2018Trophy\u2019 that all home visitors were shown it virtually as soon as they came through the front door.<\/p>\n

Then family and Club were dealt a cruel blow. Billy passed away on the 6th September 2002, the day before the Club\u2019s event which was to see the handing over of the President\u2019s Cup<\/strong> to its first winner. Understandably there was much sadness not only within the family circle and Club but also the whole motorcycle racing fraternity.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The event did go ahead and the first name to adorn the President\u2019s Cup<\/strong> was Johnny McCay, winner of\u00a0the Clubmans Class Handicap. The \u2018Cup\u2019 was presented by Billy\u2019s friend and colleague Vice President Bill Simpson who was to be elected Club President later in the year at the AGM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rutherford name still continues with Gerry, our Competition Secretary, who is also a mind of information no doubt inherited from his father and his own long association and work within the Club. The next two generations are involved too with Gerry\u2019s daughter Lorraine and grand daughter Naomi assisting with Club duties throughout the year and on race <\/b>days.<\/b><\/p>\n

Clubmans class handicap
\n<\/strong>2002 Johnny McCay
\n<\/strong>2003 Nigel Percy<\/strong> Honda 125
\n2004 Mark Johnston<\/strong> Yamaha 1000
\n2005 Wayne Kirwan<\/strong> Yamaha 1000
\n2006 Paul Maxwell<\/strong> Honda 600
\n2007 Martin Titterington<\/strong> Suzuki 1000
\n2008 Gareth Keys<\/strong> Yamaha 600
\n2009 Jason Cash<\/strong> Suzuki 1000
\n2010 Keith Meere<\/strong> Yamaha 600<\/p>\n

Awarded to the winner of a scratch race as indicated
\n<\/strong>2011 Peter Drennan<\/strong> Honda 1000 (second Clubmans Superbike race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2012 Joseph Loughlin<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Clubmans Supersport race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2013 Johnny Aiken<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2014 Steven Titterington<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2015 Jonathan Ralph<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2016 Andrew Brady<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2017 Johnny Irwin<\/strong> Honda 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)
\n<\/em>2018 Johnny Aiken<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)<\/em>
\n2019 Johnny Irwin<\/strong> Honda 600 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 June meeting)
\n<\/em>2020\u00a0Derek O’Donnell<\/strong> Yamaha 600 (aggregate Pre-Injection races \u2013 September meeting)
\n<\/em>2021\u00a0Andrew Brady<\/strong> Yamaha 1000 (second Pre-Injection race \u2013 July meeting)<\/em><\/p>\n

2022 Paul Demaine <\/strong>(Snr) Yamaha 600
\n(Awarded to the overall winner of the Pre-Injection ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)<\/em><\/p>\n

2023 Korie McGreevy\u00a0<\/strong>Kawasaki
\n(Awarded to the overall winner of the Supertwins\/Production Twins ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)<\/em><\/p>\n

2024 Christian Elkin <\/strong>Kawasaki
\n(Awarded to the overall winner of the Supertwins\/Production Twins\/Pre-Injection ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

2025 Christian Elkin <\/strong>Kawasaki
\n(Awarded to the overall winner of the Supertwins\/Production Twins ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 5 races)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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Billy\u00a0Rutherford\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0story\u00a0behind\u00a0the President’s Cup. Over many, many years Billy Rutherford worked tirelessly and lived for the Belfast and District\u00a0Motor Club. From Traffic Control, Chief Flag Marshal, Chief Marshal at both Carrowdore and Kirkistown, Committee Member and Chairman through to finally becoming the Club President following the passing of Joe Boyle.\u00a0 Unfortunately\u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}