July 2009

Once again a very successful evening of Sporting Challenge took place on the eve of the village show on Butt Field. Forty teams of four took part in a spot of tennis, cricket, golf, bowls and football. Along with the many spectators and supporters, they were sustained by the BBQ and the beer tent – both of which had sold out by the end of the evening.

Points were awarded according to each team’s position in each event – ie the winner of the Bowls event scored 1 point, second place scored 2 etc and each team accumulated points according to their position in each of the five sports. The overall winning team was therefore the team with the least number of points over all five events.

Congratulations to this year’s winning team - Sweetie Pies. This team may not have won any of the five individual sports outright, but they nearly won the Cricket and the Golf and managed a steady, above average position to be awarded the Richard Watkins Memorial Trophy and their place on the Roll Of Honour. All members of the winning teams for each event were presented with impressive individual trophies to remember their achievement for years to come!

Overall Winners	Sweetie Pies	Abigail Tomlinson, Tabitha Grindrod, Jenny Goddard, Frances Cobb
Bowls	EB All Stars	Edward Bottomley, Paul Lupton, Dave Shapland, Daniel Lawton
Cricket	The Team with No Name	Euan Cadwallader, Luke Shaw, Jake Booth, Gabriel McKenna
Football	Buchan Red Sox	Andy, Issy, Sam and Matts Buchan
Tennis	Popeye’s Crew	Jack Buckley, Fin Whittington, Dominic Rech, Alex Buckley
Golf	The O’Fishel Winners	Simon, Judy and Savannah Fishel, Yasmin Ruiterman

Get the full results here.