Sea Scout Group is 75 years old and going strong!

Abseiling, climbing, canoeing and mountain biking were just some of the activities enjoyed by 8th Worthing Sea Scout Group when it celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Youngsters from every section in the group – Explorers, Sea Scouts, Cubs and Beavers – took part in an anniversary camp at Blackland Farm, near East Grinstead, over the bank holiday weekend.

They were able to enjoy a host of activities, like archery, grass sledging and zip wire, as well as making laminated coasters and bookmarks as mementoes of the event.

Beavers visited the four-day camp on the Saturday and joined the older members for a camp fire in the evening to round off their visit.

Camp leaders Barrie Fitzgerald and Paul Chaplain said everything went very well and even the weather was kind to them.

Eighth Worthing, which meets in the grounds of Thomas A’Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, is the largest Sea Scout group in the country.

It was formed in 1928, when meetings were held in the baptist church in South Street, Tarring.

In 1937, it became a Sea Scout group and in 1948, gained the first Royal Navy recognition Certificate. The 8th Worthing group has held this certification ever since, being one of only 100 out of more than 400 Sea Scout groups to achieve that honour.

The current headquarters was opened in 1980, having been built with the help of Scouts, leaders and parents, allowing the group to move out of its old hut on the corner of Glebe Road, Tarring.

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