NORTH POLE MARATHON RUN

Putney Licensee is 2nd woman home.

• Congratulations to Rebecca Newman for finishing as the 2nd placed woman (and 11th of 40 overall) in the North Pole Marathon 2012. One of ten British runners to enter the event, she completed the course in 6:11.39 hrs.
• Becky is landlady at the BRICKLAYER’S ARMS in Putney. The pub is a multi CAMRA award winning freehouse.
• The run took place at 2100 hrs GMT on 6th April 2012 when the temperature was -26°C.
• Andrew Murray of Scotland was first home in an impressive 4:17.08 hrs with Demelza Farr of Australia winning the women’s event in a time of 6:06.36 hrs.
• [Read more...].

CAMRA BACKS E-PETITION TO END ESCALATOR

• CAMRA has responded to the 5% increase in beer duty in the Budget on Wednesday 21st March by launching a concerted effort to secure over 100,000 signatures on the Beer Tax E-Petition.
• This petition was launched a few weeks ago by Marston’s Brewery with the aim of influencing the Budget in 2013.
• 100,000 signatures will secure a high profile Parliamentary debate with accompanying press coverage which will help pressure the Government to end its policy of increasing beer duty by inflation plus 2% every year.
• Please sign the petition yourself if you haven’t done so and please ask everyone else you know that cares about beer and pubs to do the same.
• [epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29664]
• Note: Anyone can sign - you don't have to be a CAMRA member.
• Read more on the main CAMRA website.

BATTERSEA BEER FESTIVAL

Another Great Success

The 22nd Battersea Beer Festival proved to be as popular as ever.

See batterseabeerfestival.org.uk for details.

There are some photos in our Facebook Album Battersea Beer Festival 2012.

BEER OF THE FESTIVAL

Full Result:

• 1st. Dark Star Revelation 5.7% ABV
• 2nd. Marble Pint 3.9% ABV
• 3rd. (joint) Salopian Hoptwister 4.5% ABV
• 3rd. (joint) Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9% ABV

Votes were cast for 114 of the 186 beers we had on sale - which means that 61% of the beers on sale received at least one vote.

BREWERY OF THE FESTIVAL

(from total votes for each brewery)

• 1st. Kissingate - votes spread across 8 beers
• 2nd. Dark Star - votes spread across 3 beers
• 3rd. Marble - votes for the one beer
• 4th. (joint) Salopian - votes for the one beer
• 4th. (joint) Thornbridge - votes for the one beer

CAMRAswl hopes to arrange a branch trip to the winning brewers later in the year.

CRICKET

• The CAMRAswl Cricket Section AGM and pre-season social was 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.