A non-league club announced the winner of its literary competition which was presented by a Pink Floyd band member.
Science teacher and “massive women’s football fan” Ronnie Hendra came for Lewes Women’s final game of the season against Durham last Sunday.
She won the Rooker Prize, based off the famous Booker Prize, for her piece: “The Teeny Tiny Toaster Dragon”.
Ronnie was awarded her trophy by Guy Pratt, who is well-known for his work as a session bass player for Pink Floyd in the 1980s and 1990s.
Ronnie, who is one of many with a share in the fan-owned Rooks, chose for her £250 charity winnings to go to mental health charity Mind.
She will also get to visit publisher Hachette UK, one of the sponsors, where she will be paired with an editor to discuss her piece.
Karen Dobres, head judge of the Rooker Prize and former director of the club, said: “Ronnie will be paired with an editor, they will get their expert editor for an hour and see if the idea has legs. We might have a book on our hands.
“We had 18 entries this year, it’s a lot of reading but we really enjoy it.
“I think this competition will go from strength to strength. I think next year we will run creative writing courses from our sponsorship money at the Rook Inn at the stadium.
"It’s all for the community, that’s what it’s about at the end of the day.
“As a club, we have to trade on our quirks. We have to trade on the fact that we’re trying to create value for our community all the time through different strategies.
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"This is a way of getting people who wouldn’t necessarily be football fans into our ground the Dripping Pan. To enter the Rooker Prize, you have to be an owner of the club.”
To be an owner at Lewes costs £50 a year.
This was the second year of the Rooker Prize.
Guy Pratt was joined by Gary Kemp of 1980s band Spandau Ballet.
They run a podcast together called The Rockonteurs where they share stories with top names in the music world including Jon Bon Jovi.
To read “The Teeny Tiny Toaster Dragon” – visit Lewes FC’s website.
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