George Shepperdley was inducted into Brampton Sports Hall of Fame on May 6, 2025. Born in Parkstone, Dorset, England in 1941, George Shepperdley has been a leading figure in the Brampton cycling community since he moved here in 1975. He remains active while in his 80s.
Not only has he won numerous awards and citations for his cycling, but he has also shared his knowledge to organize bike racing competitions and helped make Brampton a better place for cyclists. In 2013, he was an inaugural member of BikeBrampton. That group petitioned Brampton Council to create a Cycling Advisory Committee, and he served on that committee for four years.
George joined the Bramalea Cycling Club in 1977. He was elected president in 1998 and served in that position for four years. He was instrumental in changing the club’s name to Brampton Cycling Club.
In 1979, he was honoured by the cycling club for riding 149 miles at the Brampton Fitness Challenge. He also received a certificate for participating with distinction in the Enerfest 1983 Bike-A-Thon. In 2010, he was asked to be a convenor for the Ontario Seniors Games Brampton District 19. When Brampton was selected to host the 55+ Canada Games in 2016, he served on the organizing committee, although cycling was not part of those games.
In recent years, he has worked with BikeBrampton on its community rides, including Bike the Creek. George has also helped others repair bicycles at Different Spokes in downtown Brampton, BikeBrampton and at various popup locations. Among his other contributions, George has assisted BikeBrampton at bicycle shows and volunteered on Bike to Work Day.
George was asked to join the Brampton Flowertown Probus Club to help organize its cycling group, which rides once a week, weather permitting.
Besides his efforts as a builder for the cycling community, he has an impressive collection of medals he has won in competition. At the provincial level he has won gold medals at the 2008 55+ Provincial Games in Oshawa and the 2015 Provincial Games in Brampton. He also earned a bronze medal at the 55+ Ontario Provincial Games in Midland in 2016 and two silver medals at the Canada Games in St. John, New Brunswick, in 2018. He has entered various time trials, road races and criteriums, winning numerous trophies, medals and certificates.
His efforts have also been acknowledged beyond Brampton. The president of the Oakville Cycling Club presented George with a certificate in 1996 for his generosity, stating, “We believe that your support of riders and of club activities contribute greatly to bicycling in general and amateur athletics in particular.” He became a cycling Commissaire for the Ontario Cycling Association for four years, travelling from Windsor to Peterborough to Judge in Ontario Cup Races on the weekends.
In 2024 he covered 4,300 kilometres in the Peel Region on his bicycle.
I’ve lived in Bmpton for 50 years now and I got into cycling just after I arrived and uh then I joined the club about a year later the Bramblely cycling club and eventually I became the president of the club for 4 years and at the peak of the club we would have 50 riders out on a Thursday night probably nearly the same number on a on a Sunday when we would have hold the road races. I went the games I got a gold imramped in into cycling. I then carried on and went to the provincial games. I got a gold there and I went to St. John, New Brunswick cycling for Ontario actually and I wrote back two silver medals.