The Pery Medal

Awarded by the Council of the Ski Club of Great Britain to a skier, individual or organisation for an outstanding contribution to snowsports.

The Ski Club is delighted to award the Pery Medal in 2024 to Dan Charlish, founder of snowsports charity Snow Camp.

Instituted in 1929 by the Hon. E. C. Pery, later the Earl of Limerick, DSO and President of the Ski Club of Great Britain (1925-27).

The Pery Medal may be awarded by the Council of the Ski Club of Great Britain to a skier, an individual or organisation, of any
nationality, based on the following criteria:

made a notable contribution to our knowledge of mountaincraft in relation to skiing
achieved distinction in exploration on skis
notably advanced the technique of skiing, or
made an outstanding contribution to the success of competitive international skiing
made an outstanding contribution to the development of snowsports

The table below lists all recipients of the Pery Medal, with the year of award listed – where no year is listed, the Pery Medal was not awared in these years

Year	Recipient	Reason for Award
1930	Arnold Lunn	Valuable contributions to our knowledge of mountaincraft in relation to skiing, Lunn also made a huge contribution to British ski technique. His enthusiasm, energy, understanding and judgement also deeply affected the regulations of organised ski racing throughout the world.
1931	Romilly L. Holdsworth	In the course of the Karmet Expedition he reached Meade’s Col on skis, this being the world height record for the use of ski. Mr Holdsworth had contributed important evidence of the value of skiing in Himalayan exploration. At the time, Karmet was the highest peak in the world to be summited (as a result of this expedition) and the first over 25,000ft.
1932	Vivian Caulfield	Development of ski technique.
1933	Gerald Seligman	Devoted to valuable observations and experiments in connection with snow, cornices and avalanches. Much of this work was of practical value to skiers.
1934	E. C. Richardson	Founding member of the Ski Club and the first British ski jumper to compete in international meetings. Also a writer and an author.
1935	Miss A. D. Sale-Barker	Downhill ski racer and one of first ladies to compete.
1937	Peter N. Lunn	Ski racer and Captain of British Olympic team in 1936.
1938	Marcel Kurz	Ski-mountaineering pioneer.
1947	J. A. Palmer-Tomkinson	Outstanding success in international competitive skiing.
1948	Mrs Gretchen Fraser	Winner of Olympic Ladies Slalom and first English speaking skier to win an Olympic medal.
1949	Miss Evie A. Pinching	Ski racer and Ladies World Champion 1936.
1950	W. R. Bracken	Ski racer, trainer and race organiser.
1951	C. E. W. Mackintosh	Ski racer.
1953	Hannes Schneider	Founder (with Arnold Lunn) of Arlberg Kandahar and Founder of Arlberg ski technique.
1954	Stein Eriksen	Olympic Gold medal winner in 1952 and World Championships 1954.
1956	A. Sailer	Ski racer and triple Winter Olympic gold medallist.
1957	Count Aldo Bonacossa	Race organiser and supporter of downhill racing, FIS committee.
1958	Miss Lucille Wheeler	Canadian ski racer – winner downhill giant slalom World Championships 1958, Olympic bronze in slalom 1956.
1960	Miss Anne Heggtveit	Ski racer.
1962	W. J. Riddell	Racer and writer.
1963	Andre Roch	Racer and course designer.
1964	Herman Geiger	Pilot who rescued many mountaineers.
1966	J. C. Cunningham	Skill and experience as leader of expeditions to Antarctica.
1970	Eric Shipton	Mountaineer and explorer – Karmet, Patagonia.
1971	Mrs Helen Tomkinson	Olympic racer 1936, race organiser and FIS Honorary Member.
1972	Miss Divina Galica and Miss Gina Hawthorn	British team racers at 1966 World Championships and 1968 Olympics.
1973	Walter Amstutz	Racer, race organiser, supporter of downhill racing and mountaineer.
1974	Miss Isobel Roe	Pre- and post-war British champion, founder of Ski Club Reps Course, junior championships, schoolgirl races.
1975	The Hon Mrs Joan Raynsford OBE	Chairman/President of the Ski Club and Arlberg-Kandahar racer.
1976	The Count de Pret-Roose	Alpine traverse 1972, Reps Course leader and ski mountaineer.
1977	Alan Blackshaw OBE VRD	Leader, Alpine traverse, author, editor of Alpine Journal and ski mountaineer.
1978	Mrs Maria Goldberger	Manager of the British Women’s Team 1968.
1979	Sylvain Saudan	Extreme skier, explorer and ski mountaineer.
1981	Lord Hunt KG	Leader of the ninth British expedition to Everest, which culminated in the successful first ascent of Sir Edmund Hillary.
1982	Konrad Bartelski	Ski racer who achieved the best British result at World Cup level to this point (2nd, Val Gardena Downhill, 1981).
1984	John Moore	Cross country racer.
1985	Mike Nemesvary	Acrobatic skier, freestyle pioneer, helped set up Back-Up (charity for disabled skiers).
1988	Marc Hodler	FIS President 1951, race organiser, supporter of downhill racing.
1989	Miss Elisabeth Hussey	Editor of Ski Survey for 18 years.
1991	Robert Swan	Explorer.
1992	Lt.Col Guy Sheridan	Explorer.
1993	Dr Michael Stroud/ Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt	Explorers.
1995	Martin Bell	Ski racer and Olympian.
1996	Professor Hugh & Mrs Myrtle Simpson	Trans-Greenland polar expedition explorers, race organisers, historians and writers.
1997	Martin Epp	Mountain guide.
1998	Ali Ross	Ski technique guru for many years, BASI instructor and author of How We Learned to Ski.
1999	Peter Young	Blind Nordic skier – Paralympic and World Champion.
2002	Alain Baxter	British Olympic slalom bronze medallist. His medal was denied due to failed drugs test, but although he officially won his appeal he was not allowed to retain the bronze medal status.
2003	Franz Klammer	Austrian ski racer – winner of Combined in 1974, World Championships and Downhill at Winter Olympics 1976 and at least 15 Downhill World Cup races between 1974 and 1978.
2007	Hermann Maier	Contribution to ski racing and outstanding success at World Cup and Olympic level.
2013	Pat Sharples	Contribution to British freestyle skiing.
2014	Jenny Jones Kelly Gallagher Jade Etherington Charlotte Evans Caroline Powell	First Briton to win Olympic Bronze for Slopestyle, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. First ever Olympic Gold medal on snow for the UK – Women’s Super G, Sochi 2014 Paralympics. Three Olympic Silver medals and one Bronze – Sochi 2014 Paralympics. Guide to Kelly Gallagher in Gold medal winning Women’s Super G, Sochi 2014 Paralympics. Guide to Jade Etherington in Paralympic Silver and Bronze medal winning performances, Sochi 2014 Paralympics.
2023	Dave “The Rocket” Ryding	First Briton to win a World Cup event with Gold in 2021 Kitzbühel Slalom
2024	Dan Charlish	Founder of snowsports charity Snow Camp; since 2004, Snow Camp has helped nearly 20,000 young people from under-privileged backgrounds, allowing many of them to participate in snowsports for the first time and develop skills through instructor courses and apprenticeships in the industry.

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