The Sopwith Cup and its history

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Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith was probably the greatest creator of aircraft the World has known. He was also a famous yachtman who got nearer that any other in trying to win the Americas Cup. Most of this was planned and worked out in Kingston. At the time that he became involved in the Club in 1918, the works were in Canbury Park Road in Kingston, although they moved (as Hawkers) in the 1930s much closer to the Club. He became a Vice President of the Club in 1918 and the Trophy dates from this time as well. The Trophy has been used for various functions, but mainly it has been the prize for the Summer Aggregate (the best rifle shot over all Summer Competitions). The 1933 it was a Class A handicap (from Class A and B), consisting of 4 targets of shots each at 100 yards. In 1931 it was a Scratch competition of 2 targets of shots each at 50 and 100 yards.

For many years it was the Club Summer Aggregate Championship.

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W P Baird   1999 No Winner   1998 C Smith   1997
  1996 J Earley   1995 J Smith   1994
J M Place   1993 Mrs S Postlethwaite   1992 No Winner   1991
No Winner   1990 No Winner   1989 R Williamson   1988
J Earley   1987 J Smith   1986 J Earley   1985
R Ritchie   1984 N Kelly   1983 K Hill   1982
A Ovens   1981 B Page   1980 M A Habershon   1979
M A Habershon   1978 M Raw   1977 Mrs S P Carveth   1976
R V Hendry   1975 JA Cottrill   1974 No Winner   1973
No Winner   1972 No Winner   1971 No Winner   1970
No Winner   1969 No Winner   1968 No Winner   1967
R Rougerie   1966 No Winner   1965 J A Cottrill   1964
J Bushell   1963 No Winner   1962 N Oakley   1961
J Bushell   1960 J Barron   1959 S A Yates   1958
J E Fardon   1957 S B Cranmer   1956 N Oakley   1955
J Hillman   1954 Mrs M Hillman 1953 R Chapman   1952
E C Deadman   1951 R E Law   1950 H J Donovan   1949
S L Whitaker   1948 J Levitt   1947 R Flaxman   1946
V H Gilbert   1945 L G Living   1944 Mrs Fisher   1943
A Manwaring   1942 J A R Cranmer   1941 W R Cranmer   1940
J Gilbert   1939 C Horobin   1938 A G McAuley   1937
No Winner   1936 S E Lowndes   1935 J Lomax   1934
E A Day   1933 E Stemp   1932 L D Brookes   1931
G J Ross   1930 E C Seward   1929 S E Lowndes   1928
H D Buck   1927 H D Buck   1926 L D Brookes   1925
Lt-Col C Alington   1924 H J Williams   1923 G W Scott   1922
G W Scott   1921 G Scott   1920 N S Stuart   1919
T H Wright   1918            

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