Beverley to Perth Cycle Race


The Beverley to Perth Cycle Race is a road bicycle race conducted between Beverley and Perth in Western Australia. In early years it had also been known as Armstrong's Road Race, The Dunlop Beverley To Perth and the Rover Road Race.
It was run in conjunction with the League of W.A. Wheelmen, and had had vice-regal patronage with the Governor of Western Australia's participation as judge.
It was established in 1897. There were no races in 1900, 1902, or during the first world war.
The race was established by Percy W. Armstrong, who in 1937, protested the change of the route in the 1930s.
I even reversed direction of the running of the race in 1952.
The race continued regularly after the second world war, and into the 1970s.
The race suspended in 1999, and involved a return in 2016.