Cycling BC and The Trudy and Doug Peden Charitable Foundation establish a new award to support women in sport.
Cycling BC is pleased to announce the establishment of the Trudy and Doug Peden Women in Sports Award which will be presented to two women athletes in 2025 who are currently pursuing post-secondary education and have consistently demonstrated high work ethic, commitment, and performance in their sport. The two annual awards of $2,500 are funded by the Trudy and Doug Peden Foundation.
Born in Victoria, Doug Peden was an all-around athlete and excelled in track, swimming, tennis, rugby, baseball, basketball and cycling. In cycling, Peden won the BC one mile championship in 1934. He reached international prominence as a racing partner to his older brother William ‘Torchy’ Peden, the world six-day-bike racing champion. From 1936-40, on the board tracks of Toronto, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, New York, and beyond, he and Torchy won 32 of 38 team races for a record unmatched in the sport. In 1939, he won the Canadian professional sprint championship.
Amongst many other notable achievements, Doug was part of the Canadian Olympic Basketball Team which won the silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Doug was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979 and is considered, with Lionel Conacher, to be one of the top two athletes of the half-century as named in 1950.
Doug passed away on April 11, 2005. His spouse Trudy believed that the purpose of the Foundation shall be to support female athletes in financial need desiring to advance their post-secondary education and athletic endeavors.
The legacy of Doug and Trudy Peden lives on through this award, embodying their unwavering commitment to empowering the next generation of women in sports.
Cycling BC acknowledges and thanks The Trudy and Doug Peden Charitable Foundation for their generosity in helping support women in sport.
HOW TO APPLY: Applications for the award can be submitted online at https://bit.ly/womeninsportsaward. Apply by May 23, 2025.