It may not have been up there with some of the greatest challenges of all times, but families who turned up to Skylark at Manea on Bank Holiday still found it an irresistible opportunity to give it a go.

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

This was the annual sweet corn eating competition put on by the ever inventive bosses at Skylark who seem to have learnt a thing or two about what their customers like

Eating sweet corn is high up on the list.

So with local DJ Johnny Dee on hand to guide them through proceedings, the race to establish some of the fastest sweet corn eaters in the east got under way.

There is, as you would expect, a world sweet corn eating championship (in America, naturally) and the record, dating back 14 years, is eating 33 and a half ears of corns in 12 minutes. It was verified by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

But for Manea the winner and taking home the £100 prize, after being timed and assessed by adjudicators, was a woman – who won the competition in 2017.

Events manager Bart Woodbine said: “It was a great success and made yesterday a busy day. We had two adults and two children’s heats with 10 each heat and 6 in the final.

“The winners were Dylan Potter, 14 who consumed four whole cobs in three minutes and Ewa Urbanska from Hartford who ate seven cobs in the three minutes.”

Dylan won a super soaker water pistol and Ewa took home £100 cash. They both received a trophy.

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday. Winner was Ewa Urbanska pictured with events manager Bart Woodbine and the young adults winner Dylan Potter (14)Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday. Winner was Ewa Urbanska pictured with events manager Bart Woodbine and the young adults winner Dylan Potter (14) (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)

Cambs Times: Skylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday MondaySkylark at Manea hosted their annual sweetcorn eating competition on Bank Holiday Monday (Image: Archant)