The British National Derny Championships are an annual bicycle racing event held in the United Kingdom.

The event was originally run as a motor paced event behind the larger stayer motors, but in 2000 a demonstration championship was run using derny bikes, opening the championship up to wider participation. The first official championship took place in 2001 for the Ron Pugsley Trophy. The British Cycling National Derny Paced Championship is run over 30 km.

The event was known as the amateur motor paced championships from 1970 to 1993, and simply the motor paced championships from 1994 to 1999; it was held at a distance of 50 km. A professional motor paced championship was run in 1982 over one hour.

The event is still often referred to as the motor paced or stayer championships, but this is a misnomer, because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to 2000cc engine size which has a roller mounted behind the back wheel. The cyclist or follower uses a bicycle which has a small front wheel and trailing front forks, which if it hits the roller merely spins the roller without causing any damage. Motor pacing lost popularity in the late 1990s due to its esoteric nature and Derny racing was introduced. There is a move by Motor pacing fans to revive the Motor Paced Championships in the future. Motor Pacing is still very popular on the continent.

A Derny is a two-stroke engine assisted bicycle and the cyclist or follower can ride a normal track bike, making the discipline readily accessible to most track cyclists. Always held on a cycling track, the riders follow a derny throughout the race. The rider of the derny is known as their pacer. The event is classified as a team event, with both the rider and pacer being awarded medals and title of National Champion. The event is relatively long for track racing, and usually held separately to the British National Track Championships which consist of multiple shorter events. A women's championship over 15 km was first introduced in 2005 and won by the Scottish rider Katie Cullen paced by Ian Smith.

British National Track Champions
	Derny	Pursuit (team)
	Elimination	Scratch
	Keirin	Sprint
	Madison	Sprint (team)
	Omnium	Tandem
	Points	Time Trial
	Pursuit
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Event history

• Amateur 50 km Motor Paced Championship (1970–1993)
• Amateur and Professional editions (1982)
• Open 50 km Motor Paced Championship (1994–1999)
• Open 30 km Derny Championship (from 2000)

Past winners

Men

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
1970	Manchester	Roy Cox Jim Patterson (p)			[1]
1971	Leicester Velodrome	Reg Barnett	Sid Barras	Tony Gowland
1972	Leicester Velodrome	Roy Cox Jack Collins (p)	Tom Moloney	Morgan Jackson	[2][1]
1973	Leicester Velodrome	Roy Cox Jack Collins (p)	Phil Buckley	John Hall	[3][1]
1974	Leicester Velodrome	Roy Cox Jack Collins (p)	Rik Notley	John Hall	[4][1]
1975	Leicester Velodrome	Roy Cox Jack Collins (p)	Rik Notley	John Hall	[5][1]
1976	Leicester Velodrome	Rik Notley	Alan Johnson	Richard Dixon	[6]
1977	Leicester Velodrome	Rik Notley Howard Broughton (p)	Alan Johnson Alan Gibb (p)	John Hall Les Robinson (p)
1978	Leicester Velodrome	Alan Johnson	Rik Notley	Paul Gerrard	[7]
1979	Leicester Velodrome	Alan Johnson	Paul Gerrard	Des Fretwell
1980	Leicester Velodrome	Paul Gerrard	Des Fretwell	Rik Notley
1981	Leicester Velodrome	Paul Gerrard	Des Fretwell	Mick Coles	[8]
1982	Leicester Velodrome	Des Fretwell	Geoff Armstrong	Steve Wakefield	[8]
1982+	Leicester Velodrome	Ian Hallam	Phil Thomas	Paul Gerrard
1983	Leicester Velodrome	Andy Hurford	Steve Bent	Bob Barber
1984	Leicester Velodrome	Ian Donohue Howard Broughton (p)	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	Adrian Adgar
1985	Leicester Velodrome	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	George Dixon Jack Collins (p)	Adrian Adgar
1986	Leicester Velodrome	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	Des Fretwell Howard Broughton (p)	George Dixon Jack Collins (p)
1987	Leicester Velodrome	Nigel Brown Jack Collins (p)	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	John Dale Clive Murden (p)	[9]
1988	Leicester Velodrome	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	Nigel Brown Jack Collins (p)	John Dale Clive Murden (p)
1989	Leicester Velodrome	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	John Dale Clive Murden (p)	Levon Pegg
1990	Leicester Velodrome	Nick Lett Paul Wingrave (p)	John Dale Clive Murden (p)	Adrian Krakiewicz	[10]
1991	Leicester Velodrome	Bryan Taylor Paul Wingrave (p)	John Dale Clive Murden (p)	Peter Kennedy
1992	Leicester Velodrome	Bryan Taylor	Adrian Krakiewicz	Paul Gerrard	[11]
1993	Leicester Velodrome	Paul Curran Howard Broughton (p)	Spencer Wingrave Paul Wingrave (p)	Paul Gerrard Noel Worby (p)	[12]
1994	Herne Hill	Paul Curran Howard Broughton (p)	Spencer Wingrave Paul Wingrave (p)	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)
1995	Herne Hill	Paul Curran Howard Broughton (p)	Spencer Wingrave Paul Wingrave (p)	Norman Dunroy Noel Worby (p)
1996	Herne Hill	Paul Curran Noel Worby (p)	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)	Keith Reid Derek Marloe (p)
1997	Herne Hill	Bryan Steel Paul Wingrave (p)	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)	Keith Reid Derek Marloe (p)
1998	Herne Hill	Bryan Steel Paul Wingrave (p)	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)	Clive Burr Derek Marloe (p)
1999	Herne Hill	Simon Cope Paul Wingrave (p)	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)	Rob Jefferies unknown
2000	Reading	Simon Cope Derek Marloe (p)	James Taylor Colin Denman (p)	Dave Edwards Roger Hughes (p)
2001	Reading	Ray Hughes Paul Wingrave (p)	Simon Cope Derek Marloe (p)	James Taylor Colin Denman (p)
2002	Herne Hill	Russell Williams Colin Denman (p)	Martin Freeman Colin Garnham	Ray Hughes Paul Wingrave (p)
2003	Reading	Bryan Taylor Colin Denman	Martin Freeman Colin Garnham (p)	Andrew Russell Derek Marloe
2004	Herne Hill	Tom White Steve White (p)	Simon Gaywood Colin Garnham (p)	Tony Gibb Graham Bristow (p)	[13]
2005	Herne Hill	Bryan Taylor Colin Denman (p)	James Holland-Leader Colin Garnham (p)	Simon Gaywood Derek Marloe (p)
2006	Reading	Bryan Taylor Colin Denman (p)	James Holland-Leader Colin Garnham (p)	Simon Gaywood Derek Marloe (p)
2007	Maindy	Tony Gibb Graham Bristow (p)	James McCallum Derek Marloe (p)	Matthew Rowe Courtney Rowe (p)
2008	Maindy	Luke Rowe Courtney Rowe (p)	Tony Gibb Graham Bristow (p)	Andrew Magnier Chris Pyatt (p)
2009	Newport	Jon Mould Courtney Rowe (p)	Jamie Rogers Steve Parsons (p)	Tony Gibb Tim Read (p)
2010	Scunthorpe	Matthew Rowe Courtney Rowe (p)	Matt Gittings George Gilbert (p)	Adam Duggleby Dave Urquhart (p)
2011	Herne Hill	Jack Kirk Peter Bäuerlein (p)	Adam Duggleby Alex Wharton (p)	James Holland-Leader Graham Bristow (p)
2012	Herne Hill	Matt Gittings George Gilbert (p)	Adam Duggleby Alex Wharton (p)	Symon Lewis Michael Lewis (p)
2013	Newport	James Holland-Leader Graham Bristow (p)	Symon Lewis George Gilbert (p)	Phil Trodden Dave Urquhart (p)
2014	Herne Hill	Matt Gittings George Gilbert (p)	James Holland-Leader Graham Bristow (p)	Phil Trodden Dave Urquhart (p)
2015	Lee Valley	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	Alistair Rutherford Pip Taylor (p)	Phil Trodden Dave Urquhart (p)
2016	Lee Valley	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	William Perrett Tim Read (p)	Alistair Rutherford Pip Taylor (p)
2017	Lee Valley	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	William Perrett James Holland-Leader (p)	Stephen Bradbury Tim Read (p)
2018	Newport	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	Stephen Bradbury Tim Read (p)	Michael Mottram Tony Hibbert (p)
2019	Newport	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	Nicholas Cooper Tim Read (p)	George Clark Malcolm Freeman (p)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Newport	William Perrett Pip Taylor (p)	Olivier Mangham Iain Cook (p)	Oliver Moors George Gilbert (p)	[14]
2022	Newport	Tom Ward Pip Taylor (p)	Nicholas Cooper Brad Thurrell (p)	Max Capamagian Tim Read (p)
2023	Derby	Matthew Brennan Paul Curran (p)	Tom Ward Pip Taylor (p)	Matthew Gittings George Gilbert (p)	[15]
2024	Herne Hill	Alec Briggs Iain Cook (p)	Tom Ward John McClelland (p)	James Ambrose-Parish Pip Taylor (p)	[16]
2025	Lee Valley	William Perrett Pip Taylor (p)	Dylan Belton Owen Tony Cassidy (p)	Luke Meyer-Eland Chris Bedson (p)

Women

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
2005	Herne Hill	Kate Cullen Ian Smith (p)	Jo Tindley Colin Denman (p)	Joy Nixon Derek Marloe (p)
2006	Reading	Victoria Pendleton Sean Bannister (p)	Laura Bissell Ian Smith (p)	Leda Cox Paul Spender (p)
2007	Maindy	Victoria Pendleton Sean Bannister (p)	Alex Greenfield Unknown	Katie Curtis Unknown
2008	Maindy	Janet Birkmyre Graham Bristow (p)	Hannah Rich James Taylor (p)	Joanne McRae Colin Denman (p)
2009	Newport	Danni King Courtney Rowe (p)	Emma Patterson George Gilbert (p)	Melanie Sneddon Doug Pinkerton (p)
2010	Scunthorpe	Laura Trott Sean Bannister (p)	Danni King Courtney Rowe (p)	Janet Birkmyre Graham Bristow (p)
2011	Herne Hill	Hannah Walker Peter Bäuerlein (p)	Claire Newland Dave Scott (p)	Corrine Hall Derek Marloe (p)
2012	Herne Hill	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)	Corrine Hall Derek Marloe (p)	Joanne McRae Sean Bannister (p)
2013	Newport	Katie Archibald Ian Smith (p)	Janet Birkmyre Graham Bristow (p)	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)
2014	Herne Hill	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)	Niki Kovacs Pip Taylor (p)	Janet Birkmyre Graham Bristow (p)
2015	Lee Valley	Janet Birkmyre Graham Bristow (p)	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)	Laura Cheesman Tim Read (p)
2016	Lee Valley	Neah Evans Dave Urquhart (p)	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)	Jennifer Allum Tony Hibbert (p)
2017	Lee Valley	Abigail Dentus Dave Dentus (p)	Hannah Walker George Gilbert (p)	Jennifer Allum Tony Hibbert (p)
2018	Newport	Ellie Russell Iain Cook (p)	Abigail Dentus Dave Dentus (p)	Niki Kovacs James Holland-Leader (p)
2019	Newport	Charlotte Parnham Brad Thurrell (p)	Niki Kovacs James Holland-Leader (p)	Catherine Coley Phil Wright (p)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021[14]	Newport	Anna Henderson George Gilbert (p)	Mirriam Jessett Tim Read (p)	Charlotte Parnham Brad Thurrell (p)
2022	Newport	Miriam Jessett Tim Read (p)	Sophie Lewis Thea Smith (p)	Charlotte Parnham Pip Taylor (p)
2023	Derby	Anna Morris Pip Taylor (p)	Lucy Nelson Phil Brown (p)	Miriam Jessett Tim Read (p)	[15]
2024	Herne Hill	Miriam Jessett Tim Read (p)	Charlotte Parnham Carl Alsop (p)	Hannah Williams Tony Hibbert (p)	[17]
2025	Lee Valley	Danielle Watkinson James Holland-Leader (p)	Miriam Jessett Pip Taylor (p)	Mathilde Pauls Chris Bedson (p)

Key

• (p) = pacer

References

• Past Results at cyclingwebsite.net
• Past Results at dernysportuk.com
• 2007 results at British Cycling^{[permanent dead link]}
• 2008 results at British Cycling
• 2009 results at British Cycling
• 2010 results at British Cycling
• 2011 results at British Cycling
• 2012 results at British Cycling