Bucket shakers carry off Littlehampton Bonfire silverware
Littlehampton Bonfire Society chairman Dorothy Clevitt handed out the silverware to winners of the Collection Challenge competition.
The 4th Littlehampton Scouts received the Francis Harrison Trophy for best team total (#730), while runners-up, Littlehampton Fire Station, with 495 collected, won the new Laura May's Collection Challenge Cup.
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Hide AdColin Stanford was presented with the David Jones Memorial Cup for the best individual total, 209.
The Scouts were also awarded 100 to give to the charity of their choice.
Although more than 600 down on last year's collection, the 8,180 put into 180 buckets this year was still the second highest in the event's history.
It will be split between the Sussex Air Ambulance, the 1087 (Arun Valley) Air Training Corps and Arun Co-ordinated Community Transport.
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Hide Ad* Tyndall Jones, who exempts himself from the Collection Challenge, set a new personal best of 801.
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