SECRETARIES
1894 Mr. T. Laidlaw
1899 Mr A Young
1903 Mr. A. Lillie
1908 Mr. T. Young
1952 Mr. J. Young
1977 Mr. E.B. Young & Mr. J. Mabon (Joint Secretaries)
2007 Mr. J. Mabon
PRESIDENT
Mr. E.B. Young 2007 – 2011
1973 COMMITTEE
E. Sherriff, J. Young, W. Nairn, B. Nairn, T. Wilson, J. Mabon, E.B. Young, R. Quarric, P. Matheson, J. Dixon, P. McNulty, H. Ferguson.
JUDGES
1980 COMMITEE
E. Sherriff, J. Dixon, H. Ferguson, G. Naim, D. Gray, B. Young, J. Thomson, C. Taylor, D. Quarrie, R. Pringle, R. Wight, P. Matheson, W. Nairn, J. Mabon, E.B. Young, B. Nairn, R. Quarrie, P. McNulty.
JUDGES
J.R.B. Wilson, P. Playfair, G.N. Smith, RL Dick, D.L. Gray, E. Sherriff, A. Nicol.
1994 COMITTEE
Games Secretary’s Eddie Young and John Mabon celebrating The Centenary in 1994
E. Sherriff, J. Dixon, W. Nairn, R. Quarrie, R. Pringle, R. Wight, P. Matheson, P. McNulty, B. Young,1. Young, D. Gray, J. Dixon jnr, G. Scott, J. Thomson, B. Nairn, G. Naim, A. Gray, 1. Walker, G. Leitch, l’.D. Lang. R. Nelson, E. Blair, K. McNulty, E.B. Young, J. Mabon.
JUDGES
P.A. Playfair-Hannay, E. Sherriff, G.N. Smith, A. Nicol, R.I. Dick, J. Playfair-Hannay, R.A. Baxter, R.B. Wilson, D.L. Gray, T.D. Lang
1998 JUDGES
P.A. Playfair-Hannay, G.N. Smith, A. Nicol, R.1. Dick, J. Playfair-Hannay, R.B. Wilson, D.L. Gray, T.D. Lang J. Bryce.
2008 Committee
E.B. Young, J. Mabon, E. McNulty, J. Thomson, R. Wight, 1. Young, A. Gray, D. Gray, A. Bryce, B. Naim, K. McNulty, E. Blair, L Walker, T.D. Lang, G. Mabon, R. Brown, K. Johnston, S. Fox.
JUDGES
R.I. Dick, A. Nicol, T.D. Lang, R.B. Wilson, J. Playfair-Hannay, G.N. Smith, A. Bryce.
2013 Committee
Alan Sharp, Ben Stenhouse, Ernie Blair, Andrew Bryce, John Mabon, Steven Fox, Eric Mc Nulty Gary Mabon Russ White, Jimmy Thomson.
2023 Committee
Eric McNulty, Garry Mabon, Graeme Lang, John Mabon and Andrew Bryce.
Presentation to John Mabon for 50 Years Service on Committee of Morebattle Games, of which 30 years as Joint Secretary and 16 years as Secretary.
NOTEABLE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAMME OVER THE YEARS
1978 Youths 90 metres introduced.
1985 Adverts introduced.
1967 3200 metre introduced, Quoits re-introduced
1994 Hill race introduced. Tug of War reintoduced
1998 Tug-of-war dropped.
2006 Youths 200 metre introduced, Quoits dropped.
2008 Ladies do the Double this year. First Lady winner of the confined 110 Metre Sprint was Louise Bryce and also the first Lady to win the Open 110 Metre Handicap was Linda Nicholson, Peebles. Well done Ladies.
2010 This year the 200 and 400 metre were dropped and the lap race introduced. Youths 90 metre race split in to two races: Race one – Front Markers (Juniors), Race two – Back Markers (Youths)
2011 Youths Lap Race split into two races: Race one – Juniors Race Two – Youths
2014 Youths 90 Metre Handicap Both sections Back Markers and Front Markers Come together for a Grand Final.
2017 Hill Race dropped, 3200m and Lap Races dropped, 200m and 400m reintroduced for Seniors and Youths.
THE VILLAGE THAT SPRINTS TO THE TOP
An interesting article from a National Newspaper in 1980 was uncovered as follows:-
A village of barely 200 inhabitants in the lea of the Cheviot hills has decided to put itself on the map.It is offering the biggest prize money in Britain for sprinters in the summer games circuit, which includes such big crowd pullers as the Braemar Games and Grasmere Sports.Top prize money for the 110 metres at Morebattle will be £300, with more than £1000 prize money on offer.It has all been raised by villagers and local farm folk, mainly by weekly draws.The village “stadium” is only a farm field, where volunteers cut the grass before the tracks can be marked out.