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BATTERSEA BEER FESTIVAL
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
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If any CAMRA SW London members would like to help out by working at the 22nd Battersea Beer Festival please fill in and return the staffing form you received with the CAMRAswl branch newsletter at Christmas.
Even if you can only manage a couple of hours it will help.
Those who prefer to use email (and CAMRA members from outside our branch area) can download a copy of the form from batterseabeerfestival.org.uk/links/.
All offers of help will be gratefully received.
PUB OF THE YEAR 2011
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The CAMRA SW London Pub of the Year 2011 will be announced at the Battersea Beer Festival at about 4pm on Thursday 9th February.
All 1500+ branch members received a numbered voting form with the Christmas mailout which must be returned to the address on the form to arrive before Tuesday 7th February.
Alternatively forms may be placed in the ballot box on the Products Stand at the Battersea Beer Festival before 2pm on Thursday 9th February.
If you are planning on attending the Festival anytime on Wednesday - or on Thursday before 2pm - bring your form with you and save the postage.
There are seven pubs on the shortlist. As per CAMRAswl branch rules the previous year's winning pub is ineligible for this year's vote. The BRICKLAYER’S ARMS in Putney was the 2010 champion.
The 2011 Pub of the Year finalists are listed to the left here in our "just for fun poll" which anyone can vote in - not just CAMRA members.
Of course this online poll has no bearing on the official ballot but it makes an interesting comparison.
If you are wondering why we select the Pub of the Year 2011 when we are in 2012 it's because the award is retrospective - the winning pub was the best pub throughout the year of 2011.
CRICKET
- The CAMRAswl Cricket Section AGM and pre-season social is at the Sultan, SW19 from 19:30 on Saturday 3rd March. See Facebook for details.
- Our 2011 season's fixtures were mostly completed despite being affected by the incessant showery weather over the summer.
- On Sunday 19th June 2011 we took part in the annual Putney Cup at Raynes Park.
- This is a four team Twenty20 tournament where each team gets to play twice, a preliminary game followed by either the final or the 3rd/4th place match.
- CAMRAswl lost the first game by just one run but went on to take the shield for third place in the second game.
- Click to read the Putney Cup Report or see our main cricket page.
LOCALE
The CAMRA LocAle initiative is the accreditation scheme to promote pubs that sell locally-brewed real ale, reducing the number of ‘beer miles’ and supporting local breweries.- Several pubs in our area now have LocAle accreditation. This entails a pub permanently stocking at least one real ale produced within thirty miles of the pub.
- For more information and a list of accredited LocAle pubs in our area see our LocAle page.
CAMRA’s ON-LINE HERITAGE PUB GUIDE
- The National Inventory is CAMRA's pioneering effort to identify and protect the most important historic pub interiors in the country. It has always been part of the campaign's mission to not only save real ale but also Britain's rich heritage of pubs. See for yourself at www.heritagepubs.org.uk.
OBITUARIES
- Read the online Obituaries [http://camraswl.org.uk/obits.html] for some CAMRAswl stalwarts who have passed on.
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