Arthur Crookall

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The A.B. Crookall Trophy is awarded by the Manx Motorcycle Club to an individual for winning the Senior Manx Grand Prix. [17]

Crookall was a strong supporter of the establishment of a supplementary race meeting on the Isle of Man to be held for amateur competitors, to be run over the existing Snaefell Mountain Course and to serve as a backup in case the Auto-Cycle Union decided to transfer the TT Races to England - which in the early 1920s was a distinct possibility. [17]

First awarded at the inaugural meeting in 1923, the trophy is presented to the winner of the Senior Manx Grand Prix race, the finale to the racing programme.

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  2. 1 2 3 Isle of Man Times, Saturday, September 18, 1943; Page: 4
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Arthur Binns Crookall
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Mayor of the Borough of Douglas, Member of the House of Keys, Member of the Legislative Council, Captain of the Parish of Malew
In office
1921–1935