VAUX GOLD TANKARD
116 mile – Single Day – Grand Prix
Perhaps
Arthur's greatest achievement as both a
sportsman and a great competitor, was
his record in the Vaux Gold Tankard.
This 116 mile Grand Prix was the UK’s
top one-day event and was run on ten
consecutive occasions from 1961 to 1970,
with high value prizes.
It attracted some
of the world’s top amateur and
professional cyclists and the list of
its winners reads like Cycling’s Who’s
Who. This hard and gruelling event was
held in the Weardale Valley and
surrounding hills.
Arthur Metcalfe
rode in every one of these events. He
was never once a winner, but always
finished and his level of achievement
was quite outstanding. He was second
on three occasions, third once, fourth
twice, as well as fifth, eighth and
thirteenth. No other rider in the
race’s ten year history came near to
emulating this record. |
