Mark Hebden, who died in 1994, was an important member of the Ambridge Cricket Club. The cricket team agreed to use the money raised from the pantomime to fund an annual single wicket competition for the “Mark Hebden Memorial Trophy”...
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Past competitions and winners:
2014 (8th June) This was the same day as Open Farm Sunday, so Alistair was delayed saving the life of a calf at Berrow Farm as its mother died. Dan Hebden Lloyd met Roy Tucker in the final.
WINNER: Dan Hebden Lloyd. It was quite a moment when Shula Hebden Lloyd handed Mark’s memorial trophy over to his son.
2013 (27th May) Rob Titchener was unaware of the history between the Grundy brothers. Nevertheless he suggested sparks might fly if they had to play each other. Ed and Will avoided each other in the first round. Josh Archer beat Richard Thwaite but was drawn against Pip Archer in the next round. Will and Ed were also drawn against each other! George Grundy hoped that both his fathers could win. But it was Ed who triumphed. Rob knocked out David Archer and then met Pip in the quarter finals. She had beaten Josh - thanks to a great catch from Tom Archer. Rob and Ed made the final - mega-dairy versus the little guy.
WINNER: Rob Titchener. Pip and Ed agreed that it was not the taking part that counted - it's beating your brother.
2012 (10th June) Kenton Archer was commentating again. Josh put in a good performance, thanks to Iftikar Shah's training. Mike Tucker attempted to explain the rules to Rosa Makepeace but she was more interested in Jamie Perks. David panicked when he couldn’t see Ben - who was quickly found. He had wandered off to buy an ice cream and David gave him an over stern talking to. (This was during the time David was under threat from the men who had attacked Adam Macy)
Throughout the day, Tracy Horrobin flirted with Ifty but to no avail. When she tried to join him for the trophy presentation, he insisted he wanted to go alone.
WINNER: Jamie Perks.
2011 (30th May) Shula had to pester people to sign up. There was a bouncy castle, music and a barbecue. Kenton did the compering. Jim Lloyd did the scoring. Neil Carter wanted to win because he had been teased about his age by some other members of the cricket team.
On the day Kenton’s commentating increased the tension as the tournament reached its climax. Neil and Christopher Carter were placed against each other. Chris made a great catch which won the match. Susan congratulated him but thought he should have dropped it and let his dad win - it would have meant a lot to Neil. Neil overheard and insisted he wouldn’t have wanted that.
WINNER: Christopher Carter
2010 (31st May) Village newcomer Harry Mason wanted to join in - but he wasn’t a resident, so Fallon Rogers put him up at The Bull. Once he had an address Harry put his name forward and started looking for sponsorship (raising money for charity). This was the first sponsored single wicket match.
A busy year resulted in neither David nor Ed playing, however Jamie and Josh both played – for the first time.
The final round was Tom v Harry…
WINNER: Harry Mason
2009 (25th May)Sid Perks and Alistair agreed the event needed more razzmatazz. Kenton was signed up as Mr. DJ and the cricket club organized a barbecue. Most of the village was asked if they were interested - Debbie Aldridge and her then partner Marshall both joined in. Derek Fletcher had a bad back.
The day went well: Tom got Christopher out and Brenda Tucker got Fallon out in one of the semi-finals.
The final was between Tom and Brenda. Tom was caught out – Eddie suggested he throw the match so that Brenda could win, which is what she did.
WINNER: Brenda Tucker
