Sportsman's crusty contest

TENSION ran high in The Sportsman public house in Sackville Road on Sunday afternoon as its first-ever home-made pie competition took place.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Sep 2010, 16:49 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:07 BST

The judges - Mr and Mrs Peter Wilby, and Andy Rimmer, of local cafe, No 48, Devonshire Road (pictured) - tried the pies for taste, content and texture before declaring a winner.

Their verdict eventually went to a chilli, cheese and beef pie created by Tom Craggs.

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Event organiser Kim Lewis said: "Once the result was declared, all entries disappeared in a feeding frenzy not unlike a scene from Jaws. It was great fun and something we may well do again in the future."