North Surrey Branch

The North Surrey branch covers the administrative areas of Runnymede and Spelthorne from Stanwell in the north to Woodham in the south and currently we have around 350 members.

The Branch has been active since 1974 and is very keen to attract new members through its policy of mixing social and business activities where all are welcome to participate at any level contributing as much or as little as their time allows. Being involved is enjoyable, keeps members in touch and ensures that the branch maintains a broad open attitude to local concerns and can campaign effectively to retain all that is good about beer, our pubs and the environment. For many members real ale is only one of the interests they bring to the branch and this diversity of activities allows us far greater understanding of the local community and organisations especially where we share the same goals. 'Our diary can be found on this site and, in addition, in What's Brewing and the local Surrey CAMRA magazine News & Ale'. 

Branch chairman and contact:
Tony Davis
Tel: (01932) 846933
Email: northsurrey@camrasurrey.org.uk

Surrey & Sussex CAMRA Club of the year 2009

Egham United Services Club wins the regional award for a second year in a row.

North Surrey CAMRA Club of the Year 2009

Egham United Services Club wins the award for a second year in a row.

Richard Griffin the club secretary pictured here receiving the award for Tony Davis.

The Egham United Services Club is the branch Club of the Year 2009. The club was a finalist in the 2009 CAMRA National Club of the Year.

North Surrey ‘Campaigner of the Year’ 2008/2009

Bob Inman presented the award to Richard Griffin along with this speech:

It’s difficult to believe that the USC was only first discovered by the local branch of CAMRA sixteen months ago in January 2008. On my first visit there were two handpumps selling mostly Rebellion beers, albeit in excellent condition. Since then the clubs commitment to the Real Ale cause has seen the number of handpumps more than double to five and the range of beers explode. A rough count shows that over 350 different beers have been offered in the past year.

The clubs commitment to Real Ale in tip top condition has been driven by the secretary, Richard Griffin – a man more passionate about beer I have yet to meet!

Just one example - Richard has just finished a month’s employment contract in Shropshire and in that time he brought down in his car a total of 7 casks of beer for the club….

But Richard has also shown his support for CAMRA’s ideals in other ways. The USC was North Surrey CAMRA’s first accredited ‘LocAle’ outlet and to that end always has at least two local beers on the bar from Rebellion or Waylands – in fact on Tuesday this week all 5 pumps were LocAle beers.

The local North Surrey branch, together with our friends in Kingston & Leatherhead, had been trying to produce an up to date local Pub Guide for the past 2 years and after several false starts it appeared to be dead and buried last autumn. With Richard’s assistance and IT skills we managed to get the whole project back on track and the guide finally appeared in February.


If you needed any further evidence of the clubs excellence you need only look at the certificates on the wall. North Surrey Club of the Year 2008, Surrey COTY, Regional COTY. The USC is currently a finalist in the national COTY competition which means that you are all drinking in one of the top 4 clubs in the country! And all that in the short space of just 16 months.

I could go on about other ways that Richard has helped the Real Ale cause but I think you have probably realised by the range of beers here this weekend - he likes his beer!

To recognise all of these efforts, North Surrey CAMRA would like to award our first ever ‘Campaigner of the Year’ award to Richard Griffin.

2009 Pub of the year award

The photo shows our North Surrey Branch Pub of the Year 2009 presentation to John at the Barley Mow in Shepperton. It is also the branch's first ever Cider Pub of the year.

2008 Pub & Club of the Year awards

The photo shows our North Surrey Branch Club of the Year 2008 presentation to Richard Griffin of the Egham United Services Club and our Pub of the Year 2008 presentation at the Happy Man in Englefield Green, pictured left to right are Dave Lacey (the guv'nor), Scott Wayland of Waylands Brewery and Branch Chair Tony Davis.

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