The British Dykes Medal

Several Medals in honor of William Rikatson Dykes are presented each year by the British Iris Society. These are the highest awards in their respective nations and continents. The American Dykes is for the best Iris bred by an American Hybridizer. And in the same way the Australian and New Zealand medals are for their respective hybridizers. The British Dykes Medal honors the best Iris from a hybridizer in Great Britain.

The following is a list of the British Dykes medal winners;

Year	Cultivar	Class	Hybridizer
2024	'Kénavo'	Border Bearded Iris	Loïc Tasquier
2023	No Award
2022	No Award
2021	'Spirit Of Kent'	Tall-Bearded	Olga Wells
2020	No Award
2019	'Hever Castle'	Tall-Bearded	Olga Wells
2018	No Award
2017	'Cloud Over Clee'	Siberian	Jennifer Hewitt
2016	No Award
2015	No Award
2014	'Iceni Sunset'	Tall-Bearded	B. Emmerson
2013	No Award
2012	No Award
2011	'Stephen Wilcox'	Siberian	Jennifer Hewitt
2010	No Award
2009	No Award
2008	'Peter Hewitt'	Siberian	Jennifer Hewitt
2007	No Award
2006	'Alexia'	Tall-Bearded	C. Bartlett
2004	No Award
2003	No Award
2002	No Award
2001	'Darley Dale'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
2000	'Perfect Vision'	Siberian	C.E.C. Bartlett
1999	'Berlin Ruffles'	Siberian	Tomas Tamberg
1998	No Award
1997	'Whooper Swan'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1996	No Award
1995	No Award
1994	'Orinoco Flow'	Border Bearded	C.E.C. Bartlett
1993	No Award
1992	No Award
1991	'Wharfedale'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1990	'High Peak'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1989	'Early Light'	Tall-Bearded	N. Scopes
1988	'Wensleydale'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1987	'Buckden Pike'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1986	No Award
1985	'Roman Emperor'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1984	'Bewick Swan'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1983	'Dovedale'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1982	'Bibury'	Standard Dwarf Bearded	J.D.Taylor
1981	'Jill Rosalind'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1980	'Kildonan'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1979	'Anniversary'	Siberian	M. Brummitt
1978	'Cotsgold'	Intermediate-Bearded	J.D.Taylor
1977	'Annabel Jane'	Tall-Bearded	B. Dodsworth
1976	'No Name'	Pacific Native	M. Brummitt
1975	'Tyrian Robe'	Tall-Bearded	C. Hall
1974	No Award
1973	'Muriel Neville'	Tall-Bearded	H. Fothergill
1972	'Shepherd's Delight'	Tall-Bearded	H. Fothergill
1971	'Cambridge'	Siberian	M. Brummitt
1970	'Constance West'	Tall-Bearded	A. Howe
1969	'Golden Forest'	Tall-Bearded	P. Hutchinson
1968	No Award
1967	'Blueeyed Brunette'	Tall-Bearded	C. Hall
1966	'Ancient Egypt'	Tall-Bearded	H. Fothergill
1965	'Mary Todd'	Tall-Bearded	H. Randall
1964	'Primrose Drift'	Tall-Bearded	L. Brummitt
1963	'Dancer's Veil'	Tall-Bearded	P. Hutchinson
1962	'Arcady'	Tall-Bearded	H. Fothergill
1961	'Patterdale'	Tall-Bearded	H. Randall
1960	'Kangchenjunga'	Tall-Bearded	H. Miller
1959	'Headlines'	Tall-Bearded	L. Brummitt
1958	'Tarn Hows'	Tall-Bearded	H. Randall
1957	'Golden Alps'	Tall-Bearded	L. Brummitt
1956	No Award
1955	'Benton Cordelia'	Tall-Bearded	C. Morris
1954	No Award
1953	'Arabi Pasha'	Tall-Bearded	G. Anley
1952	'Seathwaite'	Tall-Bearded	H. Randall
1951	No Award
1950	No Award
1949	'Blue Ensign'	Tall-Bearded	H. R. Meyer
1948	'Maisie Lowe'	Tall-Bearded	J. L. Gibson
1947	No Award
1946	No Award
1945	No Award
1944	No Award
1943	No Award
1942	No Award
1941	'Mabel Chadburn'	Tall-Bearded	H. Chadburn
1940	'White City'	Tall-Bearded	O. Murrell
1939	No Award
1938	No Award
1937	No Award
1936	No Award
1935	'Sahara'	Tall-Bearded	G. Pilkington
1934	'Golden Hind'	Tall-Bearded	H. Chadburn
1933	No Award
1932	No Award
1931	'Gudrun'	Tall-Bearded	K. Dykes
1930	'G. P. Baker'	Tall-Bearded	A. Perry
1929	'Joyance'	Tall-Bearded	K. Dykes
1928	No Award
1927	'Margot Holmes'	Species	A. Perry

Source: British Dykes Medal Winners listed on the British Iris Society website.

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-- BobPries - 2010-07-25