Beaumont Trophy

The Trophy was presented to the Gosforth Road Club by Rex Beaumont who was a local cycle wholesaler on Tyneside.

In the early 1950s the race started and finished in Gosforth Park where the clubhouse was situated.

Race distances were normally 85–90 miles and the route was out and back finishing at Cottage Homes, Ponteland.

When it became a Premier Calendar event followed by it becoming a UCI 1.2 and then part of the National Road race series the distance increased to over 100 miles and started to use a circuit that normally incorporated the Ryals.

The Beaumont Trophy was again the Men's National Road Race Championships in 2018 and was won by Connor Swift.