Esso Tiger Trophy

BAeA Trophy History

The Esso Tiger Trophy

The longest established British competition. Under Tiger Club administration the competition consisted of known and unknown sequences plus spot landing. Under the BAeA it has been run as an Open and Standard known compulsory until 1990, when it became open to all levels flying their known compulsory sequences. The competition was sponsored by Esso Petroleum until 1980
	1959	John de Milt Severne	1983	Ian Senior
	1960	Charles Boddington	1984	Nigel Hall
	1962	Nick Pocock	1985	Mark Jefferies
	1963	Neil Williams	1986	Alan Wade
	1964	James Gilbert	1987	Tony Smith
	1965	Bob Winter	1988	Warwick Brady
	1966	James Black	1989	Dennis Hammant
	1967	Carl Schofield	1990	Nigel Lamb
	1968	Mike Riley	1991	Steve Bott
	1969	Manx Kelly	1992	Alan Cassidy
	1970	Brian Smith	1993	David Macdonald
	1971	Mike Riley	1994	David Macdonald
	1972	Roy Legg	1995	Nick Buckenham
	1973	David Carroll	1996	Tim Shears
	1974	Tony Bianchi	1997	Steve Griffiths
	1975	Tony Bianchi	1998	Patrick Margetson-Rushmore
	1976	Tony Bianchi	1999	Nick Buckenham
	1977	Brian Lecomber	2000	Steve Carver
	1978	Bob Mitchell	2001	Not awarded (weather)
	1979	John Harper	2002	Steve Todd
	1980	Eric Steenson	2003	Gerald Cooper
	1981	John Harper	2004	Tom Cassells
	1982	Peter Kynsey	2005	Simon Janvrin
			2006	John Wicks