MOREBATTLE GAMES FESTIVAL WEEK
The Games held its centenary in 1994 and to mark this achievement a Festival Week was introduced with a programme of event to suit all ages e.g. Crowning of Games Queen, Family Day, Quiz, Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Whist & Dominoes, Pet Show, Pool Competition, Coffee Evening, 5-a-side Football, Scarecrow Competition, Fancy Dress Parade and Children’s Disco finishing with the Games Day and Dance. The Games Queen was resurrected in 1994 and is now picked from Primary 7 girls at Morebattle School and a plaque with all the names is on display in the Village Hall. Any information or photos of past Games Queens would be welcome. The Games Queen is now sashed on the Saturday of the family day the leads the parade to the playing field.
LIST OF GAMES QUEENS
1994 Denise Mabon
1995 Eleanor Banks
1996 Catherine Fleming
1997 Karen Weir
1998 Catherine Eaves
1999 Laura Murray
2000 Anna Playfair-Hannay
2001 Lisa Miller
2002 Victoria Stewart
2003 Kirsty Agnew
2004 Anna Ramsey
2005 Joni Falla
2006 Sarena Cook
2007 Sophie Fenwick
2008 Jennifer Cessford
2009 Sylvie Henderson
2010 Giuliana Di Lorenzo
2011 Amber Goodall
2012 Susie Thomson
2013 Holly Wyatt
2014 Emma Thomson
2015 Kim Cessford
2016 Lucy Thomson
2017 Tilly Bourne
2018 Sasha Jackson
2019 Orlaith O’Brien
2020 Covid
2021 Covid
2022 Keira Cleland
2023 Evie Leonard
2024 Paige Souter
BEST SCARECROW SHIELD
2003 Carol Purves
2004 Drew Gibson
2005 Lizzie Thomson
2006 Linda Fox
2007 Emily & Lucy Savage
2008 Rosie & John Girvan
2009 Mr & Mrs J.Boyd
2010 Carol Purves (Tin man)
2011 Fiona Brownlee, (Nice Girl where’s my Sailor)
2012 Helen Cessford – Blooming Olympics
2013 Kate Paterson – Track & Field
2014 Lyn Broughton – The Fairytale Proposal
2015 Kate Paterson – Mobile Scarecrow
2016 Oyen – Rapunzel
2017 Tin Man, Joe Knight
2018 Morag & Co
2019 Wideopen
FANCY DRESS CUP
2004 Russell Rothwell
2005 Euan, Adam & Emma Purves
2006 Zoe Borthwick
2007 Amy Bryce
2008 Cessford & Johnston Families
2009 The Thomson & Mallen Family’s
2010 Peter Pan
2011 Morebattle Shop & Post Office.
2012 The London Olympians – Thomsons & Mallen
2013 Chloe,Ryan & Katie Wight – One man & his Dog
2014 Sam Johnston -The Kelsae Stane
2015 Emma & Lucy Thomson as Border Berries
2016 Emma, Lucy & Jenny Thomson as Lion, Witch & Wardrob
2017 Tamara Sarena Cook & Shirley Robertson as Morebattle Clowns.
2018 Bill & Ben & Little Weed – Lillee & Aoife O’Brien and Jenny Thomson
2019 Little Bo-Peep & Sheep
2020 Covid
2021 Covid
2022 Aaron Cleland Spitfire
2023 Douglas & Fleming Family – The Mighty Morebattle
2024 Douglas Family
POOL COMPETEITION CUP
2002 Keith Wilson
2003 Stan Scott
2004 Stan Scott
2005 Ben Stenhouse
2006 Ben Stenhouse
2007 Nic Wilson
2008 Garry Mabon
2009 Brian Johnston
2010 Garry Mabon
2011 Ben Stenhouse
2012 Ben Stenhouse
2013 Ben Stenhouse
2014 Stan Scott
2015 Garry Mabon
2016 Andrew Scott
2017 Steven Fox
2018 Garry Mabon
2019 Garry Mabon
2020 Covid
2021 Covid
2022 Garry Mabon
2023 David Leonard
2024 Liam Burke
ROGUES IN YOUR GARDEN
2022 Dawn Tomlinson (Iron and iron board)
Mary Pringle (Most correct rogues spotted
2023 Most Original-Mary Pringle
Most Correct Rogues Spotted – Keira Cleland
DUCK RACE
2022 1st Lizzie Thomson 2nd June Bell 3rd Louisa O’Brien
2023 Garry Mabon
2024 Quillan Gilroyd
QUIZ WINNER CUP
2024 Jubilee (Douglas/Fleming’s)
BEST DECORATEDHOUSE/GARDEN CUP
2024 Helen Cessford