Whithaugh Memories
The early days
It all started with a single minibus from Sunderland, joining the holiday with others from around the country, but within a few years we had a number of coaches dropping off people from all over the North East and we took over the whole site, quickly filling close to 200 places year after year!
The initial cost of Whithaugh 1991/2 was £89, as it was a national holiday and lasted for 7 days. When Sunderland Hillview Crusaders took over in 1993 the holiday was shortened to Monday-Friday and cost only £45. Over the years the cost increased very little: the cost in 2015 was only £80!
Who has been?
We’ve had many groups over the years – not just from the UK, but people from all over the world including Poland, Lithuania, Mexico, Germany … and Sunderland!
We had a quick count, and there’s been over 2000 different campers and leaders over the years, 4000 in total year on year … that’s a lot of people! And we still know them all by name!
Number of people
%
Chance of Rain!
Total Days
Amazing Experience
Whithaugh General Knowledge!
Teams over the Years
Each year at Whithaugh there was a different theme to the holiday. Can you remember the theme for the years that you attended?
Whithaugh Teams
| 1991 – Scottish | 2004 – Grease |
| 1992 – Scottish | 2005 – Australian |
| 1993 – Scottish | 2006 – Super Heroes |
| 1994 – American Football | 2007 – James Bond |
| 1995 – Gladiators | 2008 – Wild West |
| 1996 – Wild West | 2009 – Pirates |
| 1997 – Star Trek | 2010 – Disney |
| 1998 – Scottish | 2011 – Celebration |
| 1999 – Star Wars | 2012 – Olympics |
| 2000 – International | 2013 – Cartoons |
| 2001 – Hollywood | 2014 – Movies |
| 2002 – Pirates | 2015 – Star Wars |
| 2003 – 1970’s |
Whithaugh General Knowledge!
Worship over the Years
Over the past 25 years the following band/worship leaders have been at Whithaugh:
Whithaugh Worship Leaders
| Paul Rush | YFriday |
| Graham Ord | Dependance |
| Ian Rutherford | SuperHero |
| Mike Fitton | The Steels |
| Sue Rinaldi | Bean Baker Band |
| Patrick Reagan & XLP |
Whithaugh Speakers
..and the following Speakers:
Paul Rush, Graeme Ord, Graham Stamford, Dave Glover, Steve Holloway, Sue Rinaldi, Phil Glover, Steve Riley, Patrick Reagan, Mark Ritchie, Gavin Calver, Andy Frost, Kris Rogers, Jamie Hill, Jon Burns, Phil Hulks, Matt Summerfield and Roy Crowne.