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Final thank you to our sponsors and supporters Now that we have announced our final figures, we would like to thank all our Sponsors and supporters, without them we would not be able to stage these massive spectacular events, Thank you!   KAS... More detail
Mayflower burning smashes fundraising record Here is our press release: TORRINGTON CAVALIERS MAKE £80,000 The Torrington Cavaliers are over the moon to announce that their August bank holiday BIG BURN event raised an incredible £80,000 for charity! A... More detail
Scarecrow competition - Looking for a Mayflower crew Scarecrow competition - Looking for a Mayflower crew The Cavaliers are looking for a crew for the Mayflower well here are few of them, thanks for entering.   1 Hatchmoor Nursing Home Captain Hatch and First Mate Moor 2 Maisie Palmer Sponge Bob Square... More detail
Great Torrington Commons Conservators Great Torrington Commons Conservators The last of our four named charities we're proudly supporting with our BIG BURN on the 28th August is the TORRINGTON COMMONS CONSERVATORS. They do a fantastic job looking after 365 acres of common... More detail

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  • Great Torrington has always been a "different" town. In the civil war the population sided with the King whilst all around the area others fought for the Roundheads. Today, despite many setbacks on the employment front, the town is home to a thriving community. Torrington is known as the friendly town and we warmly welcome visitors to this latest Cavalier event. The Cavaliers were born in 1970. Plymouth hosted a county wide carnival inviting entries from all the towns in Devon. A group of (then) young men dressed themselves in the uniforms of Cavaliers and entered a float depicting the old parish church which, in 1646, had been ?? accidentally blown up by the Roundheads whilst 300 Cavalier prisoners were locked inside. (The Church was "rebuilt" in 1996 as the theme for that years bonfire). Subsequent to the visit to Plymouth the group decided to continue in being. Led by the late Larry Alexander (Lardo) their mission was to put on events "the like of which Torrington had never seen before".

    With their bonfires the Cavaliers have achieved national, and international recognition as builders of sophisticated structures, following as near as possible the design of the original. Each bonfire has been declared "better than the last one" although those that remember for instance the 1973 fire of the German battleship Bismark might disagree. The aim of all the bonfires is to raise money for local good causes. In recent times the 1996 event raised well £20000, most of which went to North Devon Cancer Care, and in 2000 over £40000 was raised, the main beneficiary this time was the Devon Air Ambulance who received a cheque for £20000 being the largest single donation ever received.

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    President

    Roger Davies

    Executive Members

    Chairman: Mark Keeley

    Secretary: Nick Hallam

    Vice Chairman: Daren Nudds

    Treasurer: Mark Duffy

    Captain: Paul Copp

    Publicity: Nick Hallam

     

    All contacts with the Cavaliers must be via the secretary in the first instance. Thank you.

    Mark Keeley, Chairman, 1 Castle Street, Torrington

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    Daren Nudds - Vice Chairman 

     

    Nick Hallam - Secretary, 36 Rosemoor Road, Torrington, EX38 7NB 

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    Mark Duffy, Treasurer. - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

     

    Paul Copp, Captain 

     

    Nick Hallam Publicity Officer, 36 Rosemoor road, Torrington, Devon. EX38 7NB

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    Current Members

    Banfield, Charlie

    Batty, Neil

    Bettis, Colin (Harry)

    Blake, Steve 

    Boundy, John

    Copp, Paul

    Copp, Peter (Biffo)

    Craker, John

    Duffy, Mark

    Dymond, Rod (Rodney)

    Easton, Tony

    Fisher, Bob

    Heywood, Dave

    Jeffery, George

    Kelly, Dave

    Marchant, Cody

    Marchant, Kevin

    Marker, Dave

    Matthews, Dick

    Matthews, Simon

    Mitchell, Gavin

    Mitchell, Shaun

    Nudds, Daren

    Palmer, Anthony

    Palmer, Martin 

    Palmer, Michael

    Pettifer, Heath

    Pike, Adam

    Pitcher, Andy 

    Pitts, Bryan

    Pitts, Roland

    Smithson, Lee

    Stacey, Alan

    Stacey, Giles

    Stacey, Stuart

    Strugnell, Ed

    Tattersall, Chris

    Tilbury, Paul

    West, Darren

    Witney, Damien

    Wittram, Bernie

     

     

    Honorary Members

    Kelly, John

    Jones, Bennie

    Bealey, Glen 

     

    Cavaliers sadly no longer with us

    Alexander, Larry

    Baylis, Doug

    Beer. Brian

    Beeson, Ron

    Bond, Judd

    Brown, Stanley

    Bryan, John

    Carreras, Vernon

    Cockwill, Peter

    Davis, Dave

    Dymond, Peter

    Dymond, Norman

    English, Geordie

    Folland, Brian

    Hammett, Terry

    Heard, John

    Hoyle, Geoff

    Hurley, Tony

    Kelly, Steve

    Kirby, Ray

    Lock, Graham

    Mayhew, Keith

    Merrick, Ken

    Newcombe, Bill

    Oliver, Peter

    Rook, Percy

    Sanders, Moses

    Short, Len

    Smithson, Peter

    Webber, Peter

    Williams, John

    Williams, Mervyn

    Young, Steve

    Webber, Peter

     

     

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