Awards
Surrey & Sussex COTY 2009
Egham United Services Club has been awarded the prestigious award for the second year running.
North Surrey POTY 2009
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.
North Surrey COTY 2009
March 2009 - CAMRA Club of the year 2009 has been awarded to the Egham United Services Club for the second year in a row.
Richard Griffin the club's secretary pictured here receiving the award from Tony Davis.
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.
North Surrey POTY & COTY 2008
North Surrey Branch Club of the Year 2008 presented to
Richard Griffin of the Egham United Services Club
2008 - The Regional CAMRA Club of the year has been awarded to the Egham United Services Club
2008 - The Surrey CAMRA Club of the year has been awarded to the Egham United Services Club
2008 - The North Surrey CAMRA club of the year 2008 has been awarded to the Egham United Services Club
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.
2008 - The North Surrey CAMRA Pub of the year 2008 has been awarded to the Happy Man, Egham.