Ely CAMRA June News
Fordham Royal British Legion Club Presentation While on our bus tour at the end of April we stopped in at Fordham Royal British Legion Club and presented them with their certificate for being our Club of the Year. The club has since gone on to become Cambridgeshire Club of the Year.
Drayman's Son Presentation Prior to our May monthly meeting at the West End House a group of us visited the Drayman's Son to present manager John with their certificates for being our City Pub of the Year, overall Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year.
June Open Branch Meeting Our June Open Branch Meeting will be held on Tuesday 3 June from 7:45pm at the Plough, Little Downham. Come along and hear what your branch is doing. Our July Annual General Meeting and Open Branch Meeting will be on 1 July in the Prince Albert.
Beer Festivals I'm sure that many of you will have visited and enjoyed last week's Cambridge Beer Festival on Jesus Green. There will be many other smaller beer and cider festivals in and around our branch area over the summer months. Check out the diary on our branch website and events listed below for those we know about and please email us about those that aren't listed.
Beer Scoring Many thanks to all CAMRA members who have been scoring their beers recently. It helps us to monitor pubs so please score the beers you drink whether they be good, mediocre or poor. Our May branch meeting heard that we had received 74 beer scores from 21 members in the previous 4 weeks. The Chequers in Sutton and the Drayman's Son were the rural and city pubs with the highest average annual scores. Beer scoring is easy to do via the pub’s CAMRA website entry. If you have a smart phone and internet access you can score while you drink. If not you can do it from home later. Your beer scores help us to discover which pubs are serving the best beer and also helps in selecting candidates for the Good Beer Guide. CAMRA’s website can also be used to give us feedback on pubs. If you spot that the pub description is inaccurate or the opening hours are wrong, click on “Suggest an edit” and let us know.
Upcoming Events Tuesday 3 June from 7:45. Open Branch Meeting at the Plough, Little Downham. Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 June. Hitchin Beer Festival. CAMRA event at Histon Rugby Club. Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June. Cutter Inn Beer Festival. Local beers and cider. Friday 20 - Saturday 21 June. 25th Wilburton Beer Festival on Wilburton Recreation Ground. Beer, bands, food and fun. 3:30-11 on Friday. Noon to midnight on Saturday. Friday 27 - Sunday 29 June. 10th Anniversary Haddenham Beer Festival on Haddenham Recreation Ground. Beer, food, music and fun. 5:30-11:30 on Friday. Noon to 11:30 on Saturday. Noon to 6 on Sunday. Tuesday 1 July from 7:45. Branch AGM and Monthly Meeting at the Prince Albert. Friday 4 - Sunday 6 July. Chequers, Cottenham Beer Festival.