Two structural engineering teams of egg-cited Bexhill Rotarians went with high ​hopes of one of them winning when they took part in the Great Egg Race in ​Eastbourne Old Town to support a local charity, the JPK Sussex Project.

The Great Egg Race is an annual fun challenge for Sussex Rotary clubs to build a ​structure with the barest of materials.

This year’s challenge was to build two structures to hold marbles, one to be as ​tall as possible and the other to hang out over the edge of a table as far as ​possible.

The winners were the team the sum of whose structure’s height and distance ​from the table, where building took place, was the greatest. Each team had an ​hour for the task and were supplied with 20 pieces of A4 paper, one metre of ​string, one metre of gaffer tape, Sellotape and two marbles.

The winning team came from Hailsham Rotary Club who managed over four ​metres, with the two Bexhill teams finished third and fourth.

Bexhill Rotary Club Secretary, Stephen White, said: “We had a fantastic, fun- filled ​evening and thoroughly enjoyed participating. We look forward to a return match ​next year when the aim will be to win.”

The JPK Sussex Project is a charity dedicated to supporting those with a learning ​disability and their families. Their mission is to provide life-changing training and ​work experience in all aspects of hospitality, as well as providing Supported ​Living Flats for those with a learning disability.