Congratulations to Roger Boothroyd, the latest VMC inductee into the Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

On Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 3 PM at the Aria Conference Centre in Surrey BC Roger will be receiving the 2024 Bar and Hedy Hodgson Award.

This award is given to those who have contributed to the Betterment of Motorcycling in Canada.

If you wish to attend and support Roger, (tickets $125) contact mailto: [email protected] and let them know that you wish to be seated with Roger ( tables of 10).

If you have any questions please contact  [email protected]

Roger, a VMC club member since the 70s has sat on many committees and also served on the executive.

He has won the VMC Memorial Trophy, the Activity Award, and is a five-time winner of the Matson Award, which is given for contributing the most motorcycling – which he considers his most treasured award.

Over the years Roger has enjoyed photography, particularly taking pictures at club events. This has led to the largest collection of VMC photos of anyone in the club. He has borrowed older members’ photo albums and has scanned all the photos for the club to enjoy. Roger also has all films and videos that are being converted to DVD.

In 2002 he took over the publishing of the club’s newsletter which always included some historical content, and continues it to this day.

He is also the go to person in the club for information.

Roger worked hard supplying all the information to have the Shanks family inducted into the Canadian motorcycle Hall of Fame and both the VMC and Vern Amor through his work had been inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame and the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.

He and Gary Nostrand produced a coffee table book of vintage motorcycles of Victoria, and also the Victoria motorcycle club history book.

Roger has 63 consecutive years of VMC membership and has lots of memories to look back on.

If you want to know anything about motorcycling in British Columbia, ask Roger.

The Victoria motorcycle club wishes to thank Roger for all his effort over the years, and even more importantly is camaraderie and friendship.

Three cheers!