PATEA PRIDE: Patea cricketers and cousins Ashvin (left), Pratik and Bhavik Patel display the awards their team won.
Just three years ago, Ashvin "Ash" Patel was an extremely proud man.
He had not only increased business of his Four Square Store in Patea 10-fold, he had set up a winning cricket team, a feat which astounded the small south Taranaki town.
His Patea cricket team won the South
Taranaki T20 competition over stalwarts Stratford Cricket Club.
They were the first local cricket team in 22 years to do so, and they won mightily.
It was an amazing win by a team that hadn't even existed two months before.
