Peter Burrowes: 1939-2026.

A veteran journalist known to everyone as “Scoop”, Pete was the longest serving member of the Kent Press Corp and he’d been covering the county for so long that no one knew when he’d actually started.

You can read a full obituary on the club’s website, but everyone has their own favourite “scoop" stories.

“My favourite memory was when he was covering Charlton at Blackburn for LBC,” recalls fellow journalist Andrew Gidley. “They were 7-0 down before pulling one back... Presenter - 'News of a goal at Blackburn' -  PB. - "Charlton fighting back'."

I first met Pete when we were the only two reporters covering a 50-over game at Beckenham, shortly after the COVID lockdown. We shared a gazebo for the best part of eight hours, after which I felt I’d known him my entire life.

He was lucky enough to have watched the great Kent side of the last 60s and 70s, so the last few seasons came as a bit of an ordeal, but if he complained (which he did, frequently) it was because he cared.

“This is the worst Kent side I’ve ever seen!” he’d say, before updating me on how well Ollie Robinson was doing for Durham.

He would religiously follow the progress of the 2nd XI and the Kent League, monitoring the progress of potential first teamers and he never really retired.

Last year he was writing reports The Spitfire’s previous incarnation and he was still covering the 2nd team for the club website at the start of this season. Just a month ago he attended the Beckenham Festival and looked well. And if he didn’t see Kent win, he did at least get to see a team on the up, going blow-for-blow with the Division leaders and giving every impression that better days lay ahead.

Rest in peace, Pete.