The Panther Trophy

Early on a brisk Sunday morning, 21st June, 1998, in the carpark at The Lakes Roadhouse on Great Eastern Highway, east of Perth, Paul Bevis discovered a carved, wooden statuette in the boot of a second-hand car he had bought a day or so previously—a real trophy!

It was a MTB event, a nice mob of people and we thought there was a need to recognise the skill and effort of the winner. Scotty McDowell took home the trophy for the first time.

The genesis of a series.

And, so the "Panther" was born. She has had the addition of a prosthetic medal and a good, solid jarrah plinth since she joined us and the course moved, first to its home at Lake Leschenaultia (1999) and then to Langford Park in Jarrahdale (2020).

She's loved by some and viewed somewhat ambivalently by others but is an indisputable part of ATTA's tradition.