On a beautiful sunny Saturday, 13 players turned out for the
 annual Eifion Jones Single Wicket competition.
 In all rounds, apart from the final, each player bowls two
 overs against his opponent. Each time the batsman is dismissed,
 he loses six runs. Senior players have a bonus run for each
 year over 50, whereas young players have one run for every
 year under 18.
 In the first round there were several surprises. Last year's
 winner, Colin Carter, was eliminated, young Richard Onions
 (aged 14) beat his father and Bruce King lost to Richard Scrivens.
 Jonathan Cook, Andy Kirk, Richard Onions and Derek Oakes
 progressed to the semi-finals. Cook was the hot favourite
 to win the competition, but a good bowling performance by
 Kirk, taking his opponent's wicket twice with consecutive
 balls, saw him through to the final. In the other semi-final,
 Onions was dismissed with the first ball he faced but
 recovered well with a six and a four to reach a total of 11.
 Oakes was unable to score anything other than singles and
 lost his wicket once, ending up with 3. The final therefore
 was played between Kirk and Onions. Kirk, batting first,
 struck the first ball for six but Onions recovered by
 bowling him off the fourth ball. In the second over, Kirk
 was caught and bowled but responded with a six off the next
 ball. In his third and  last over, Onions bowled Kirk twice and off the
 last ball the batsman was run out, leaving him with a total
 of -6. In order to win, Onions had to make sure he did not
 lose his wicket more than once and a resolute defensive innings
 saw him to victory by eleven runs.
 So the trophy, which had been won in the previous years by the
 two oldest players, went this time to the youngest. Well played
 Richard!