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Caffyns connection with cricket started during the 1850s and in 1859 William Caffyn was a member of the first England cricket tour overseas. It took the team two weeks to cross the Atlantic from Liverpool to Quebec for their triumphant two month visit to Canada and North America.
 Two years later the best English professionals were selected for the first tour of Australia and William was included in the team. The crossing to Melbourne in the SS Great Britain took two months and the tour, another great success, lasted almost seven months. Since then, Caffyns Directors and staff have enjoyed cricket, and for many years the Caffyns cricket team have successfully taken on numerous teams from within the motor industry. Many matches have become annual events.
In 1938 Caffyns staff held the first of what was to become the Annual Golf Tournament organised by Caffyns Golf Society. Additionally the Company's golfers compete in numerous competitions on courses around the south of England.
Branches within the Company regularly support various charitable golfing events and hole-in-one competitions organised by their local golf courses. Achievement and celebratory events, for example 25 Years Service Awards, are held at venues such as Goodwood House and Herstmonceux Castle.
The Company have supported The Sussex Army Cadet Force KitKar Display Team and, in recognition of the support given by Caffyns to the Volunteer Reserve Forces, the Company has been presented with the SaBRE (Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers) certificate. Many members of staff throughout the Company have participated in the Territorial Army's annual Executive Stretch exercise.
Each branch supports various local events, sports and equestrian activities and many charitable causes, with staff at head office and throughout the Company supporting their own favourite charities.
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