Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

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Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

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She seemed like a fascinating person and, as Wilson points out, was doing what she loved right up until her untimely end. I loved it, as everyone else has [and] recommend people get it, read it cover to cover and be amazed by the life of Beryl Burton. Long ignored by sporting history, Burton's life story - recently told by Maxine Peake in a stage and radio play - is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you.

We are grateful to Beryl and the women like her who paved the way for our generation to enjoy the professionalism and recognition that she so richly deserved -- Lizzie Deignan MBE, Professional Cyclist Beryl is a worthy winner of the award, because it charts the most incredible of sporting endeavours and gradually reveals Burton to be both admirable and troubling . The previous book was William Fotheringham's The Greatest, which I said gave 'one of the most dominant cyclists of all time. However, everything comes to us at the right time — and Jeremy Wilson’s biography on British cycling legend Beryl did just that. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).However, with women at that time excluded from Olympic cycling, the possibility of even greater celebrity was denied to her – while performances on the world stage brought her more attention abroad than they did at home.

The tragedy of it all was that Beryl couldn’t just stop being or thinking that she could be an elite athlete in her 50s. Initially tagging along-on supposedly sociable club runs with her husband, Burton decided she’d never let on if she was suffering. Previously the mainstay of the country’s club scene, you put your name on the sheet, pay a couple of quid and pedal off.The least publicised, least rewarded great woman athlete ever to be disregarded by her own country * The Times * Quite simply a Tour de Force -- Alyson Rudd * William Hill Sports Book of the Year Chair of Judges * The subtitle may not even be hyperbolic. For anyone interested in the social history of the disability movement in Canada, this important memoir is required reading. Her daughter was one of the people interviewed for the book and while she isn’t resentful (or not much) you can certainly tell she did not have a good relationship with her mother. TheNotebook by Roland Allen is a gorgeously illustrated cultural history of the humble notebook, from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers. In addition, 'course conditions, notably road surfaces and traffic, throw up further possible advantages that can never be precisely measured'.

Long before the advent of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Beryl Potter did some of the most important pioneering disability rights activism. In this comprehensive and thoughtful biography, Dustin Galer resurrects a lost story of dignity, advocacy, and triumph. Her motivation, sparked by appalling childhood illness, is as fascinating as her achievements are stunning. Across the world, and throughout time, there have been people who have risen to the challenge of leading others.

The later chapters of the book covering the period of Burton’s decline describe a person so consumed by cycling as to neglect every other element of her emotional life. Beryl is a story of a life in which dreams were shattered by a disabling accident but that was re-built through the experience of being seen and accepted. Bear in mind that this only covers those aspects that could be measured reliably: Burton didn't benefit from the advances in other areas that help today's riders, such as training and nutrition. At the very least Beryl Burton should be talked about like pre-TV era male footballers who hold records that will never be broken (Dixie Dean etc). As a cyclist I’d have liked more details of her training and kit but given Beryl Burton’s personality (very Yorkshire!

Beryl Burton, an almost forgotten amateur cyclist who worked on a rhubarb farm in Yorkshire, was not simply the undisputed ruler of British women's cycling for 25 years, but also broke the men's record in a 12-hour time trial. Cycling Weekly Gift Guide * I loved it, as everyone else has [and] recommend people get it, read it cover to cover and be amazed by the life of Beryl Burton. Cyclist Beryl Burton - also known as BB - dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx, but with a longevity that surpasses even sporting legends like Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams and Sir Steve Redgrave.

This fabulous book brings the person and her phenomenal, groundbreaking achievements to light - I couldn't put it down. And the fact that they kept doing it, despite having the world champion in the form of Beryl Burton. Nathalie Issa * The Daily Telegraph * Beryl was a woman ahead of her time, she was an incredible athlete with an inspirational mindset, and we are only left to imagine what she would have achieved given the same opportunities as the women's peloton now has. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.



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