A Keswick mum, whose sports-mad son died aged just 17, says he would have been delighted with the winner of a new trophy awarded in his name.
Jordan Peck excelled at football, rugby and cross-country, and as a member of Velo Club Cumbria, a road racing cycling club, he won the Junior Juvenile Championship in 2009 and was in line for an Olympic trial.
Having studied at both Trinity and Keswick schools, Jordan was training to be a chef at Kendal College when his motorbike was in collision with a car on the A594 near Dovenby in 2011.
To mark the 10th anniversary of his death, Jordan’s mum Marie Davison contacted Trinity – now St Herbert’s Primary School – to organise the award, initially envisaged as a prize for primary-age pupils taking place in a cross-country race.
However after further discussions it was decided that the inaugural Jordan Peck Award would be awarded for youngsters displaying “sporting values” instead.
“Jordan loved all sport, but he never believed in winning at all costs,” Marie said.
“When I spoke with the school about presenting the award, it seemed fitting that it should go to a boy or girl who showed the same values of respect and team spirit while competing.”
The winner, 10-year-old Riley Alston, displayed both when, during a cross-country race, he stopped to help a friend who was struggling to cross the finishing line.
Hayley Hodgson, sports co-ordinator at St Herbert’s, said: “Riley could have won the race himself, but stopped when he saw that one of his friends was crying.
“He put his arm around him and helped him to the line – a wonderful selfless gesture and a fitting tribute to Jordan.”
Marie said: “Riley’s a lovely lad and I wasn’t surprised to hear what he’d done. And I know Jordan would have been chuffed to bits that he’d won the award, hopefully inspiring other kids to do the same.”
