Branch
Pubs of the Year.
The Branch's Annual
General Meeting recently took place at the William Stead in Darlington.
Branch members were given their opportunity to vote for their favourite
Town and Country Pubs of the Year. Unbelievably, the Number Twenty-2 and
the Quakerhouse received the same amount of votes but a second vote gave
the Town Pub of the Year to the Number Twenty-2, thus repeating its 2007
success. The Quakerhouse became the runner up in the Town category and The
Britannia, winner of the award in 2005 and current Town Community Pub of
the Year finished third in the voting.
A presentation was made on Tuesday 20th May by branch chairman Peter Everett, right in picture, to licensee Ralph Wilkinson. It was the fifth time that the pub in Coniscliffe Road has won this award and a result it enters the North East Pub of the Year competition, a competition in which it won from 1997 to 1999.
In
the Country Pub of the Year competition, the Crown at Manfield, pictured
left, won the award for the seventh time in a row. The Red Lion at
Cotherstone, the branch's Country Community Pub of the Year was second
while the Shoulder of Mutton at Kirby Hill was third in the voting.
A presentation was made on Tuesday 13th May by branch Pubs Officer Pete Fenwick, left in picture, to licensees Peter and Karen Hynes. It is the seventh time in a row that the Crown has won this award.
As a result the Number Twenty-2 goes forward to take part in the North East Pub of the Year competition, a competition in which it has won on several occasions. The Crown meanwhile enters the Yorkshire Pub of the Year competition, a competition which it won back in 2005.
Our best wishes go to the Number Twenty-2 and The Crown in these competitions.
Five
on the spin.
Darlington Snooker Club
has once again won Darlington CAMRA's branch Club of the Year. It is the
fifth time the club has won the award, and it has been a great achievement
in winning again after seeing an application to turn the club into
apartments being overturned back in September last year.
A presentation was made on Thursday 15th May by branch committee member Alan Holmes to proprietor Peter Everett during the club's Booze 'n' Cues Beer Festival.
Peter thanked everyone including club members, CAMRA members and his staff who have helped him during the threat of closure. Darlington Snooker Club enters the North East Club of the Year Competition for 2008, a competition it has won since 2004.
Charity
Presentation.
At
the Spring Thing Festival our chosen charity this time was Macmillan
Cancer Support.
Many punters at the festival donated their unused cash on the beer cards plus any loose change towards the chosen charity and overall £181.95 was raised. Beer Festival Organiser Ian Jackson presented Jill Campbell, right in picture, the Fundraising Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support with a cheque at their Darlington Office recently. Jill thanked Darlington CAMRA for choosing Macmillan Cancer Support as their chosen charity and for their efforts made at the Spring Thing Festival.