Studd Trophy

The Studd Challenge Trophy was presented annually from 1898 for the best performance by a Royal Polytechnic Institution athlete during the previous year.

History

The winners' names are engraved in marble on the staircase wall at the back of the Regent Street foyer of what is now the headquarters of the University of Westminster. Many of the Studd Trophy winners were Olympic or national champions in their particular sport. The trophy is named after Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd.

Winners

References

  1. ^ "Frank Parks". Polytechnic Magazine. 1 June 1945. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about/archive-services. Retrieved 2010-12-20. "Frank Parks who has died following a fatal accident at his Hampstead home on 22 May. He was an Associate of the Polytechnic, having become a member in 1892. Well known in business and Masonic world, he is best remembered for numerous successes in boxing in the early years of the century. He entered first competition at Polytechnic in 1892. Won English Championships in 1899 and repeated the same feat in 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906. Won the Studd Trophy in 1902 and the French Championships in 1905. ..."