AN ANNUAL cricket contest is to be held between pubs.

Hamble pub The Bugle has challenged other village pubs The King & Queen, The Victory and Ye Olde Whyte Harte to compete for the Charity Cricket Challenge Cup to raise funds for the John Merricks Sailing Trust, which supports youth sailing.

The eventtakes place on the college playing fields by the Roy Underdown Pavilion, in Spitfire Way, Hamble, on July 21.