Francis GUY

Originally a member of the Belfast Cycling Club, Frank Guy joined the Irish Road Club in Belfast, and the majority of his racing was restricted to club events, where he won many medals in long distance time-trials. The greatest achievement of his career was in 1909, when he set a 100-mile tandem record of 5-00:39 with Sam Jennings. The following year, the two men established a new 12-hour record of 207.75 miles (334.34 km). Both these times stood as Northern Ireland records until 1929. In 1911, during the Irish Road Club 100-mile time-trial, Guy’s time of 5-45:08 was also a new Irish record.

Guy was a member of various Belfast organisations, including the Masonic Lodge. He served on the committee, and was also the one-time chairman, of the Irish Road Club, and was also chairman of the Irish Cycling Association. He was a fervent campaigner for better traffic regulations in Belfast, to make cycling safer in the city. Guy was a Belfast sanitary engineer with his own premises in the city, and that is where he was found dead in October 1947.