The Alan Mepham Merit Shield The “Merit Shield” is award annually at the Easter Meet by the Executive Committee to the member who they considered had rendered the most signal service to the Fellowship or to rough-stuff cycling generally. The “Merit Shield” was first introduced at Chipping Norton at Easter 1959 and was awarded to Bernard Heath for his leadership of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Iceland Expedition of 1958. Recipients of the “Merit Shield” The year given here is when the award was actually presented, not necessarily the same as on the shield. 1960 - B.J.Heath 1961 - H.S.Williams 1962 - F.G.Dunster 1963 - G.H.Powell 1964 - F.G.Dunster 1965 - Mr & Mrs Ingledew 1966 - Mr & Mrs G.H.Riley 1967 - R.J. Harrison 1968 - A.E. Matthews & A.Winstanley 1969 - Ida Barder 1970 - R.A.Mepham & E.D.Clements 1971 - Mr. & Mrs B.Cunningham 1972 - A.G. Woodward 1973 - J.Hunt 1974 - J.Gore 1975 - Mr. & Mrs W.Hill 1976 - Not awarded 1977 - J.W. Hendry 1978 - J.Boocock 1979 - F.Brierley 1980 - H.G.Robson 1981 - J.M.Aitken 1982 - G.Swift 1983 - A.E.Matthews & A.J.Matthews 1984 - F.E.Goatcher 1985 - A.E.Pocklington 1986 - E.G. Savage 1987 - G.Newey 1988 - F.E.Dolman 1989 - A.J.Matthews 1990 - R.G. Callow 1991 - J.Watkinson 1992 - R.A.Mepham 1993 - E.G.Savage 1994 - Heather Evans 1995 - R.G.Callow 1996 - A.J.Matthews 1997 - Fred & Pat Lloyd 1998 - Phil Cunningham 1999 - Richard Harris 2000 - Derek Fouraces 2001 - Linda Bussy & Rodney Luhrs 2002 - Simeon Orme 2003 - John Bedwell 2004 - Norman Hodghton 2005 - Ivan Viehoff 2006 - Brian Parkinson and Rob Burrow. 2007 - John Brewer 2008 - John Kemp in appreciation of his work in setting up the North Peak and South Pennine Group. 2009 - no information. 2010 - no information. 2011 - no information. 2012 - Peter Kenner awarded for his work as the general secretary. 2013 - Pat and Fred Lloyd awarded for very long period of service to the Fellowship. 2014 - Jane Gill awarded for her work on publicity and on setting up Yorkshire Dales Group. 2015 - Roger Thorp awarded for his numerous drawings for the Fellowship. 2016 - no information. 2017 - Rob Newton awarded for the he has done in publicising the Fellowship