Brambles Cricket Match Challenge Trophy
This Trophy for this year is held at the Royal Southern Yacht Club Hamble
Donated by The Holmwood Hotel.
Each year, the Royal Southern Yacht Club (RSrnYC) and the Island Sailing Club (ISC) meet on the Bramble Bank for a game of cricket. The match occurs when the bank is exposed, but it never lasts long before the tide returns. The undulating surface with large puddles ensures it is more a social occasion than a serious cricket match, and the scoring reflects this - the victor of the game is pre-determined, and the two clubs simply take turns to "win" the match, regardless of play. This does mean that the trophy resides at the Royal Southern Yacht Club alternate years. The first match is said to have been played in the 1950s at the behest of pioneering British Yacht Designer Uffa Fox.