A couple have been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for their outstanding dedication to cycling.

Mike and Barbara Penrice, of Osgodby, near Selby, have received the Charles Arthur Rhodes Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for their long-standing contributions to Yorkshire’s cycling community.

The award citation recognised their “over one hundred combined years of administrative and support work in the furtherance of Yorkshire cycling, alongside their own leisure and competitive activities”.

Mike and Barbara Penrice have been awarded the prestigious Charles Arthur Rhodes Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award (Image: Supplied)

Barbara began cycling in the 1950s and was the driving force behind the formation of Seacroft Wheelers in 1975.

The citation stated: “She was the prime mover in the formation of Seacroft Wheelers.

“By catering for newcomers to cycling and by supporting diversity, which no other club in the area did, it soon became one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the area and still thrives.”

Mr Penrice started cycling with Huddersfield Star Wheelers. After marrying Barbara, he joined Seacroft Wheelers to help build on its success by leading runs and organising races.

Mrs Penrice also served as treasurer of the Yorkshire Cycling Federation for 26 years and organised the RTTC 100 Miles Championship in 1989.

Mr Penrice promoted road racing, cyclo-cross and time trials, served as a British Cycling Federation commissaire, and is currently a timekeeper for Cycling Time Trials.

In recent years, their involvement shifted to the Veterans Time Trials Association (VTTA), under which they organised races and competed together on a tandem from the 1980s into retirement.

The Penrices set veterans’ national age records at 15, 30, and 50 miles, as well as 12-hour distances.

Their final race was in 2018, with Mrs Penrice holding the distinction of being the oldest VTTA female competitor at the time.

The couple are expected to receive the award in person at the VTTA luncheon on January 25 at The Bridge Inn in Walshford.