Our History

The Wadhurst Warriors started life as a group of dads that was an offshoot of the School’s PTA, they took it upon themselves to maintain the school’s playing field. They met every Monday night at Dobbins Inn for Harvey’s assisted brainstorming about other ways they could help raise money for the school's activity equipment, which is still used in the school playground today.

After the first successful year the Smooth Fruities became the Monday Night Marauders, with a mission to have fun while raising funds for the school. They arranged a Casino Night and a Beach Party (complete with a man-made beach!), an event which culminated with the fire brigade being called when a Chinese Lantern accidentally set fire to a large oak tree - but all in for good cause! As funds for the PTA grew, so did their plans. The following year, this fast growing gang of friends entered the Bewl Dragon Boat Race festival named "The Wadhurst Warriors", all dressed in traditional Māori war outfits. They also performed the Haka, were skippered to unexpected victory by Charles Fuggle, and from that point, there were was no stopping them. They continued to enter the race, succeeding to victory another 3 times and became the team to beat until retiring as winners in 2018.

Today the Wadhurst Warriors still put on a number of events with new ones coming and new ideas always being put forward to bring the community together. Among our events are the Quiz Nights, putting up and taking down the High Street Christmas lights and trees with ribbon wishes and, of course, the legendary Bonfire & Fireworks display, which have all been extremely popular events for the local community.

List of trustees

• Oliver Orchard

• Paul Beyer

• Nicholas Craig

• Sam Maynard

• Jamie Cates

• John Belton

• Andrew Burnett

• Michael Penfold

• Paul Allen

• Nigel Froggatt