John Manthorpe Trophy - For services to LR Leisure.
Nominated by: LR Leisure Principal Officers
Selected by: LR Leisure Principal Officers
An award for an individual who specifically contributes to the work done by national LR Leisure as a volunteer over a long period of time.
- Specific LR Leisure work
- Aiding the provision of national LR Leisure events
- Enabling members to participate in national competitions, either Land Registry or Civil Service
Introduced in 1996
John Manthorpe worked in the Land Registry for almost 55 years from Sept 1952 until March 2007.
He served as Chief Executive for 10 years following 5 years as Chief Land Registrar.
John is still regarded and revered as one of the best and regularly attends the Life Members lunch. John was a keen sportsman and supported everything Sports & Social organised.
When he retired he wanted to be remembered for acknowledging everything that Sports & Social brought to the department and so introduced this trophy that he awarded to his great friend and Secretary at the time Mike Crawshaw.
To this day Mike likes to be told who has been awarded the trophy which serves as a Who's Who of Sports & Social(LR Leisure) and sends a personal message to the recipient.
***WINNER 2024*** - Paul Jordison (Durham)
Paul has been volunteering for LR Leisure for many years. A few of his roles include:
- Cricket national organiser and this year led a team to victory for the first time ever in the CSSC Curtis Bennett Shield.
- He's been part of the Virtual Team since it formed in 2020.
- He's been minutes secretary since 2016.
- He has been an active member of the Budget Committee since its inception in 2018.
- And he's recently taken on the role of Deputy treasurer.
Previous recipients of the John Manthorpe Trophy:
- 2023 - Neil Vick (Birkenhead)
- 2022 - Jon Cocking (Nottingham)
- 2021 - Rick Heath (Swansea)
- 2020 - Alex White (Plymouth)
- 2019 - Marcia Burgess (Plymouth)
Awards page.
