STUNNING Sarah Whitlock and Phil Howson are the run away winners of the Marlow Town Regatta and Festival's best dressed couple competition sponsored by the Free Press.

Miss Whitlock, left, is a 25-year-old personal assistant, originally from Marlow. She met Mr Howson, a 32-year-old golf pro from Stokenchurch at the Claytons Bar and Lounge in Marlow two years ago.

Miss Whitlock was desperate to win the best dressed couple competition for personal pride after discovering she was pitted against her ex-boyfriend John Hughes and his partner Laura Wilks, below.

She urgently emailed all of her friends saying: "I don't win a holiday or anything terribly exciting but it would just be good to BEAT my ex (Arghhh!)... can you believe it?"

She said: "I have been going to the regatta since I was 14. There were about 30 of us this year. We had a picnic on the grass and it was a fantastic day."

The couple are saving for their wedding next year but have agreed to put the £50 prize money towards a meal for two.