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THE BETCHWORTH CUP For the Team with the Highest Marks

1951 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Red Velvet Coat.
1952 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Unto the End.
1953 - FETCHAM A.D.S. with The Shadow Passes.
1954 - THE GAGE with Barbara’s Wedding.
1955 - THE BARN PLAYERS with The Belfry as Usual.
1956 - FETCHAM PLAYERS with Fool of Creation.
1957 - NORK W.I. with Polonaise.
1958 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Thirty Minutes in a Street.
1959 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Critic.
1960 - GODSTONE A.D.S with Dragons in the Cave.
1961 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with The Dark Lady of Sonnets.
1962 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with The Tricolor Suite.
1963 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Tea with Mr Bellinger.
1964 - TADWORTH PLAYERS withThe Devil His Due.
1965 - NORK W.I. with To Look at the Queen.
1966 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with A Resounding Tinkle.
1967 - TADWORTH PLAYERS with A Phoenix too Frequent.
1968 - BLETCHINGLEY (EVE) W.I. with excerpts from Lysostrata.
1969 - STUDENT PLAYERS with A Breath of Spring, Act I.
1970 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Yesterday the World.
1971 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cathedral – Ten Minutes.
1972 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Getting and Spending.
1973 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with St. Joan.
1974 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with The Dice.
1975 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Roly Poly.
1976 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with Lunch Hour.
1977 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with the Room.
1978 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with T.V.
1979 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with A Night Out.
1980 - REIGATE A.T.S. with The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet.
1981 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The Cherry Sisters.
1982 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with The Lullaby.
1983 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Once Upon Seashore.
1984 - REIGATE A.T.S. with A Seaside Postcard.
1985 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with The Puppet Show.
1986 - BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE with Conscience Stricken.
1987 - HEATH PLAYERS with Private Lives Act II.
1988 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The Nightingale and Not the Lark.
1989 - HEATH PLAYERS with King Herod.
1990 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Too Long An Autumn.
1991 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Interior Designs.
1992 - THE STUDENT PLAYERS with Shakers.
1993 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Fool for Love.
1994 - REIGATE A.T.S with Ball Boys.
1995 - CaT THEATRE COMPANY with Whatever it Takes.
1996 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Ludlow Fair.
1997 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Me and My Friend.
1998 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Private View.
1999 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Top Girls.
2000 - MERSTHAM A.D.S. with Too Long an Autumn.
2001 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Alarms and Excursions.
2002 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP with Dream Jobs.
2003 - CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY with The Exam.
2004 - MASQUERADE THEATRE COMPANY with Five Kinds of Silence.
2005 - OXTED PLAYERS with Four Play.
2006 - No festival.

2007 - ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP with Lunch Girls.

THE OXTED CUP For the Runners–Up

1968 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with The House of Bernada Alba, Act I.
1969 - BOOHAM D.S with The Fish.
1970 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Playing with Fire.
1971 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with A Kind of Justice.
1972 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Miss in Her Teens.
1973 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Sun and the Shadow.
1974 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with The Ladys Not for Burning.
1975 - BLETCHINGLY O.D.S with When we are Married. Act II.
1976 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with The Life and Death of Almost Everybody.
1977 - REIGATE A.T.S with Two Gentlemen of Soho.
1978 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cecile.
1979 - MERSTHAM W.I with Not in the Guidebook.
1980 - MERSTHAM W.I with Bright Society.
1981 - BLETCHINGLY (EVE) W.I with Who Calls.
1982 - CHALDON A.D.S with The Laboratory.
1983 - HEATH PLAYERS withThe Bald Prima Donna.
1984 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with As Good As New.
1985 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Absent Friends Act I.
1986 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S. with The Public Eye.
1987 - CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS with Rattle of a Simple Man.
1988 - BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE with From Here to the Library.
1989 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with If You’ll be Glad, I’ll be Frank.
1990 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with But Yesterday.
1991 - St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Tell Me A Story, Sing Me A Song.
1992 - PORTABLE THEATRE CO. with Teechers.
1993 - MILLER CENTRE YOUNG PLAYERS (SENIORS) with Birdsong.
1994 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Say Something Happened.
1995 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Out for The Count.
1996 - ST. MARK’S PLAYERS with After Magritte.
1997 - MITRE PLAYERS with Meat and Two Veg.
1998 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP with Shakers.
1999 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Woomberang.
2000 - REIGATE A.T.S with Me and My Friend Act II.
2001 - HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS with Lavender Years.
2002 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with ‘Tissue’.
2003 - THE OAST THEATRE COMPANY with The Universal Language.
2004 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Blue Remembered Hills.
2005 - REIGATE A.T.S. with The Dumb Waiter.
2006 - No festival.

2007 - REIGATE A.T.S. with 4 Minutes To Love.

THE TADWORTH CUP For the Best Individual Performance by an Actor

1968 - BASIL SARGENT (GOOD COMPANIONS) in Barnstaple.
1969 - NORMAN CLATWORTHY (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in A Resounding           Tinkle.
1970 - DOUGLAS JACKSON (St. PAUL’s DRAMA GROUP) in Yesterday the           World.
1971 - MICHAEL D’ALBIAC (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Cathedral – Ten Minutes.
1972 - GRAHAM WHATLEY (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Getting and           Spending.
1973 - WILLIAM BOWDEN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in St. Joan.
1974 - HUGH STAMP (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in The Browning Version.
1975 – RON POTTER (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in Sigamarelle.
1976 - RON POTTER (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in The Life and Death of Almost           Everybody.
1977 - NICHOLAS OWEN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Two Gentlemen of Soho.
1978 - PAUL SHUTTLEWORTH (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Cecile.
1979 - WALLY WICKHAM (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Play it again Sam.
1980 - DEREK SNOXALL (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in Hands Across the           Sea.
1981 - BILL NEWMAN (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Cherry Sisters.
1982 - TONY CRAWLEY (HEATH PLAYERS) in A Bite of the Apple.
1983 - RON DREW (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in A Separate Peace.
1984 - DUNCAN BROWNE (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Seaside Postcard.
1985 - RON DREW (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in The Puppet Show.
1986 - PHILLIP LONGES (BETCHWORTH O.D.S.) in The Public Eye.
1987 - TONY CRAWLEY (HEATH PLAYERS) in Private Lives, Act II.
1988 - ROY SELFE (RUNNYMEDE D.G.) in What the Butler Saw, Act 1.
1989 - DAVID FLINT (HEATH PLAYERS) in King Herod.
1990 - SIMON FOULKES (PORTABLE THEATRE CO.) in But Yesterday.
1991 - CHRIS BUTLER (St. PAUL’S Drama Group) in Interior Designs.
1992 - CHRIS HANNIGAN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Blue Remembered Hills.
1993 - ADRIAN AGOSTINI (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Fool for Love.
1994 - CHRIS HANNIGAN & TIM SINCLAIR (Joint) (REIGATE A.T.S.). in Ball           Boys.
1995 - DOUGLAS DEAN (CaT THEATRE CO.) in Whatever it Takes.
1996 - JAMES WARD (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in After Magritte.
1997 - WALLY WICKHAM (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Me and My Friend.
1998 - TIM SINCLAIR (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Private View.
1999 - CHRIS SLATER (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in I Spy.
2000 - TONY RUSSELL (SPLINTER GROUP) in Whose Life is it Anyway?
2001 - MARTIN SWORN (STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP) in Alarms           and Excursions.
2002 - JOHN TITHERLEIGH (LIGHTED FOOLS THEATRE COMPANY) in           Reckoning.
2003 - STEVE PALMER (OXTED PLAYERS) in The Lover.
2004 - ALAN CLARK (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds of Silence.
2005 - PETER DAMESICK (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Four Play.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - BEN HILDER & ANDY BELLINGER (REIGATE A.T.S.) in 4 Minutes To           Love.

THE MERSTHAM CUP For the best individual performance by an Actress (from 1966)

1966 - JOANNA CORMAC & OLIVE STEMP (BOOKHAM W.I.) in Even Less Legal.
1967 - JOAN CHALLIS (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in A Phoenix Too Frequent.
1968 - MARYE BAILEY (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Idea for a Play.
1969 - JO OWEN (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in East Lynne.
1970 - DOROTHY SHEWSBURY (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in The Importance           of Being Earnest
1971 - OLWEN WARREN (PEASLAKE PLAYERS) in Happy Journey.
1972 - PAT RAPER (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Miss in her Teens.
1973 - LINDY MITCHELL (TADWORTH PLAYERS) in The Hollow Crown.
1974 - MOLLY CARTHEW (NORK W.I.) in The Cassilis Engagement.
1975 - JILL ANTROBUS (HURST GREEN W.I.) in Roly Poly.
1976 - PAT SWANSON (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Lunch Hour.
1977 - MARY RICHARD-JONES (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Room.
1978 - JEAN CORIN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in The Old Lady Shows her Medals. 1979 - JILL STYLES (HURST GREEN W.I.) in A Respectable Establishment.
1980 - VIRGINIA KING (BETCHWORTH A.D.S.) in A Phoenix too Frequent.
1981 - ILEANA KING (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Medea.
1982 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in The Lullaby.
1983 - PHILLIPA VENN (HURST GREEN W.I.) in The Path to Liberty.
1984 - JENNY BOND (CHALDON A.D.S.) in Press Cuttings.
1985 - SARAH WATKINS (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Absent Friends.
1986 - HELEN LANSDALE (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in A Delicate                    Balance.
1987 - MARGARET HUNTER (HEATH PLAYERS) in Private Lives, Act II.
1988 - MARY RICHARD-JONES (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in The Nightingale           and Not the Lark.
1989 - RUBY FEAST (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in The Big Cats.
1990 - SHEILA CARR (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Too Long An Autumn.
1991 - SARA WATKINGS (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Tell Me a Story,           Sing Me a Song.
1992 - DEBBIE HARRIS (PORTABLE THEATRE CO.) in Teechers.
1993 - ELAINE TEAGUE (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in Plaza Suite, Act II.
1994 - SANDRA TAYLOR (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Say Something Happened. 1995 - ALISON REYNOLDS (REIGATE A.T.S.) in An Actor’s Nightmare.
1996 - ANDREA DONACHIE & ANETTE PURCELL (Joint) (REIGATE A.T.S.) in           Ludlow Fair.
1997 - YVONNE BOOKER (St. PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP) in I Can’t Remember           Anything.
1998 - THERESA HART (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Private View.
1999 - MAXINE ABSELL-MAURICE (STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP)           in Top Girls.
2000 - ANDREA UNWIN (REIGATE A.T.S.) in Me and My Friend Act II.
2001 - SYLVIA PRITCHARD (HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS) in Lavender           Years.
2002 - PHILIPPA RUSHBEY (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in ‘Tissue'.
2003 - JULIE SILVERMAN (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in Song of Louise
2004 - HELEN DRAPER (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds of Silence.

2005 - CHRIS MORGAN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Four Play.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - SARAH WATKINS (ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP) in Lunch Girls.

THE BOOKHAM CUP For the Best Supporting Role – Male

1991 - ROBIN HUNTER (THE GAGE) in Come Into the Garden Maud.
1992 - FRAN GRANT (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in The Good and Faithful           Servant.
1993 - MARK WEBB (CHIPSTEAD PLAYERS) in Fool for Love.
1994 - DAVID ILETT (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Two Gentlemen of Soho.
1995 - RICHARD FRANCIS (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Out For The Count.
1996 - SIMON ARNOLD (CROFT DRAMA GROUP) in The Bacchae.
1997 - STEVE PALMER (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Opposites Attract.
1998 - RICHARD WELLER (BOOKHAM PLAYERS).
1999 - HUGH STAMP (WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS) in On Stage Mr. Smith.
2000 - PETER HORWOOD (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Too Long an Autumn.
2001 - NORBERT JOHNSON (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in In by the Half. 2002 - TOM HADDON (REIGATE A.T.S) in Say Something Happened.
2003 - MEL MORGAN (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in The Waiting Room
2004 - DAVID BANFIELD and SIMON PARKER (MASQUERADE) in Five Kinds           of Silence.
2005 - STEVE JONES (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in The Rats.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - No longer awarded.

THE REIGATE CUP For the Best Supporting Role – Female

1993 - ANDREA DONACHIE (St. MARK’S PLAYERS) in Darlings You Were           Wonderful.
1994 - MARY FOSTER (BLETCHINGLY A.D.S.) in The Tea Dance.
1995 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in Out For The Count.
1996 - CARRIE BROOKE-MELLOR (STUDENT PLAYERS) in Easy Stages.
1997 - ANNE HENDERSON (BOOKHAM PLAYERS) in Interior Designs.
1998 - JULIA ASCOT (MITRE PLAYERS)
1999 - ROSALIND MARTIN (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in Chimera.
2000 - SOPHIE McGRATH (OXTED PLAYERS) in Tunnel Vision.
2001 - ROSALIND MARTIN (BANSTEAD LITTLE THEATRE) in In by the Half.
2002 - JACKIE CURRAN (MERSTHAM A.D.S.) in ‘Tissue’.
2003 - ANNE EWART (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY) in The Exam.
2004 - SAMANTHA SYMES (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY).
2005 - JANET THOMPSON (OAST THEATRE, TONBRIDGE) in Millie's Tale.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - No longer awarded.

THE COOPER CUP for Character Acting

1997 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for Asleep Under the Dark Earth & Alice’s           Advenutures in Wonderland.
1998 - STORRINGTON THEATRE WORKSHOP for Shakers.
1999 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP in Bouncers.
2000 - MARJORIE ROGERS (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Too Long an Autumn.
2001 - RICHARD ALLEN (THE OXTED PLAYERS) in Out for the Count.
2002 - JILL PAYNE (LIGHTED FOOLS THEATRE COMPANY) in Reckoning.
2003 - GAVIN STENHOUSE (HEATHFIELD PLAYERS) in Obsessed.
2004 - JOAN LEADER (MERSTHAM A.D.S) in Shop for Charity.
2005 - DAISY KEYTE (CROFT DRAMA GROUP) in 17.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - No longer awarded.

SILVER SALVER - For the Best Youth Performance

1999 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for outstanding youth performances.
2000 - JOHN CHRISTIE in Lovers (STORRINGTON THEATRE                     WORKSHOP).
2001 - TOM SZEKERES in Christmas Incorporated (CROFT DRAMA GROUP).
2002 - THOMAS BOLTER in In Need of Care (HEATHFIELD DRAMA CLUB).
2003 - GEORGE MILLER in The Exam (CAPRICORN THEATRE COMPANY).

2004 - ELIZABETH HASTINGS in Riders to the Sea (HEATHFIELD DRAMA           CLUB).
2005 - FELICITY GREEN in White Queen, Red Queen (HEATHFIELD DRAMA           CLUB).
2006 - No festival.
2007 - Flatmates (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS).

Best Young Actor

2007 - DAN EDWARDS in Five Kinds of Silence (HEATHFIELD DRAMA           CLUB).

Best Young Actress

2007 - JO COX in Flatmates (YOUNG OXTED PLAYERS).

THE COMMITTEE’S CUP for Stage Presentation

1954 - STUDENT PLAYERS with St Patrick’s Day.
1955 - SALFORDS with A Card Party.
1956 - THE BARN PLAYERS with The Lovers of Madame Dulapin.
1957 - NORK W.I. with Polonaise.
1958 - MEAD VALE W.I. with The Queen’s Ring.
1959 - THE GAGE with Life of Hercules, Page One.
1960 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Isolation at Eyam.
1961 - GODSTONE A.D.S with My Three Angels.
1962 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with Price of Perfection.
1963 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Tea With Mr Bellinger.
1964 - MERSTHAM W.I. with A Robin In Her Hair.
1965 - MERSTHAM W.I. with Not in the Guide Book.
1966 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Shoemakers of Syracuse.
1967 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with Dragons in the Cave.
1968 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Sign of the Thirsty Snail.
1969 - BLETCHINGLY (EVE) W.I. with Tutankamen, Son of Ra.
1970 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Greeks had No Word for It.
1971 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Cathedral – Ten minutes.
1972 - Not awarded
1973 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Sun and the Shadow.
1974 - BLETCHINGLY A.D.S with a Woman of No Importance.
1975 - HURST GREEN W.I. with Roly Poly.
1976 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Mayor of Tovontal.
1977 - TADWORTH W.I with Red Letter Day.
1978 - THE GAGE with The Pool by the Dragon Gate.
1979 - MERSTHAM W.I with Not in the Guide Book.
1980 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with The Importance of Being Earnest, Act. II
1981 - STUDENT PLAYERS with But for all Time.
1982 - CHALDON A.D.S with The Laboratory.
1983 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Once Upon a Seashore.
1984 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Birdsong.
1985 - STUDENT PLAYERS with Choice.
1986 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Between Mouthfuls.
1987 - BOOKHAM (AFT.) W.I. (D.G.) with Day of Reckoning.
1988 - BOOKHAM PLAYERS with Singing in the Wilderness.
          WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with One Season’s King.
1989 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Ritual for Dolls.
1990 - STUDENT PLAYERS with The Orchestra.
1991 - St PAUL’S DRAMA GROUP with Interior Designs.
1992 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Private View.
1993 - ST MARK’S PLAYERS with Darlings You Were Wonderful.
1994 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Private Eye.
1995 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Soldadera.
1996 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP with Leah’s Daughters.
1997 - WOLDINGHAM PLAYERS with Bang You’re Dead.
1998 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Private View.
1999 - YOUNG WADS in Little Prince.
2000 - BETCHWORTH O.D.S with Dead Nice.
2001 - HOLMESDALE PRODUCTIONS with Lavender Years.
2002 - REIGATE A.T.S. with Say Something Happened.
2003 - THE OXTED PLAYERS with The Lover.
2004 - MASQUERADE THEATRE COMPANY with Five Kinds of Silence.
2005 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Rats.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - REIGATE A.T.S. with 4 Minutes To Love.

THE ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD

2000 - BRUCE REED Stage Director for the Festival.
2001 - ANNE PAGE for the work she has done for youth theatre.
2002 - Not awarded.
2003 - DON SEAGER (OAST THEATRE COMPANY)
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2004 - MARY PEARSON for the work she has done for youth theatre.
2005 - CROFT DRAMA GROUP for 17.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - PETER MAYGAR, Sound Technician for Lunch Girls (ST PAUL'S DRAMA           GROUP)

THE BACKSTAGE AWARD

2003 - THE OAST THEATRE COMPANY with The Universal Language.
2004 - MASQUERADE with Five Kinds of Silence.

2005 - MERSTHAM A.D.S with The Rats.
2006 - No festival.
2007 - No longer awarded.