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Pub & Club Annual Awards
While the branch celebrates four Pub Of The Season winners throughout the year, these often go to long standing pubs and bars which are awarded for longevity of excellence. Starting from 2013, the branch decided it wanted to also recognise pubs that excel in specific areas.
The branch presents four annual awards in addition to existing Pub of The Season and Pub Of The Year awards:
Best Newcomer
Most Improved Pub Or Club
Best Community Pub
Best LocAle Pub or Club
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After a long and unavoidable delay the Salutation was finally presented with the award for the most improved pub 2020. A sympathetic refurbishment of the interior took place in summer of 2014 which saw a many of the original features retained keeping the character and ambience of the pub intact. In 2019 there was a further refresh and "spruce up" and which give the interior a "fresher feel" without destroying the atmosphere of the pub. They now offers a selection of typically four cask ales from Bollington Brewery and a wider selection of keg making this a "goto" destination. Here we see George the Branch Chair presenting the award to Ben and Lilly of the Salutation.
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The Trafford & Hulme branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has voted the Old Abbey Taphouse its Community Pub of the Year for 2022. Here we see Tim Field the Branch Pub Protection Officer presenting the award to social entrepreneur Rachele Evaroa and the staff of the pub.
In presenting Tim said:-
“Ever since the takeover by the STEAM hubs and pubs community interest company, the branch has been impressed with the progress made at the Old Abbey and how it has reached out to a range of communities including local people, the university, musicians, performers, and, of course, real ale drinkers. It has also highlighted links with past communities such as the former residents of Greenheys and has celebrated the boxer Len Johnson who openly challenged the race bar in the late 1940’s. Most impressive of all, however, has been the pub’s involvement in the provision of regular ‘pay as you can’ meals for local people delivered by volunteers; a service started during the dark days of the Covid pandemic and now continuing as people try to deal with cost-of-living issues. All involved in this array of community activity can be extremely proud of these achievements and the local CAMRA branch is delighted to present the pub with this award.”
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In year when there were many changes the Branch was please to present the "Most Improved Club of the Year" to the Carlton Club.
Mark, Branch Vice Chair, presenting the certificate for T&H CAMRA Branch Most Improved Pub of the Year 2022 to Jack (Manager) and Nick (Supervisor) at the Carlton Club, Carlton Road, Whalley Range.
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On Thursday 28th August the Longford Tap was presented with the branch Locale Pub of the Year 2022 award. The Tap opened in 2019 and was the Branch "Best Newcomer" in 2020. It offers a great selection of changing cask ales from the local breweries incluiding Blackjack and Marble making it a worthy winner of this award.
Here we see Bob the Branch Secretary flanked by Dave and Paul Burgess the bar owners, together with some of the staff.
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Congratulations to Mark and the team at The Barking Dog in Urmston our Best Newcomer 2018. Well deserved. Award presented this evening by our Social Secretary George.
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Congratulations to Dave and Paul Burgess of the Longford Tap, Stretford our Best Newcomer 2020. Well deserved. Award presented this evening by our Chairman George.
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Trafford and Hulmes Community Pub of The Year 2016 is the Lord Nelson, Urmston. Known locally as The Nellie, this pub is everything you expect from a community pub.
Always busy, it gets particularly crowded for sports events and on quiz night (Tuesdays) and 'Colin's famous disco' on Saturday nights.
Sky Sports is shown, often with separate matches in separate rooms.
Here we see John the branch chairman presenting the award presented to Julie and Ian the management team who have run " the Nellie " for the last 17 years.
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On Tuesday the 13th of December the Prairie Schooner Taphouse was presented with the "Best LocAle Pub" award. Their dedication to local and mainly independant breweries such as Blackjack, Brewsmith, Brightside, Dunham Massey, Seven Bro7hers, Ticketybrew or Tweed, has deservedly earned them the 2016 LocAle award.
Just in case you fancy something from distant lands they also have over 100 bottled beers (British, Continental and American) from the likes of Anchor, Cantillon, Founders, Firestone Walker and Mikkeller amongst others.
Here we see John O'Donnell the branchy chair presenting the award to the Prairie Schooner Taphouse team Rob, Clare and Josh.
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The Cheshire Tap was voted the Most Improved pub having transformed the former Classroom on Railway Street into a cool bar which has been a popular addition to the town's beer scene since opening in December 2015. While the site's previous incarnation was popular, it offered little to attract fans of quality beers whereas The Cheshire Tap features four real ales and a range of "craft" keg and bottles.
In keeping with its name, the bar regularly features Cheshire based breweries - on presentation evening two beers from Poynton Brewery were on offer - the flagship Vulcan Best Bitter and the newly launch Kiwi - a New Zealand hopped pale ale. The other two pumps featured Black Shire Stout from Tweed and Robinson's Dizzy Blonde. Pictured are general manager Martin, bar manager James with branch chair John O'Donnell
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The 2016 Best Newcomer award went to the Craftsman in Altrincham.
The Best Newcomer award went to The Craftsman which opened in December 2015 in a vacant unit on Stamford New Road (although the site had hosted a bar many years ago). Here six handpumps have plain pumpclips which just feature a number which refers to the large blackboard above the bar. On the presentation night there were beers from across the county - Brightside's Odin topped the list with the rest of the board featuring UBU from Warwick's Purity Brewery, IPA from XT brewery in Berkshire, Yeovil Ale's Yeo Ho Ho, Cross Bay's Sunshine and Kits Coty from London's Caveman brewery. Although the bar took a few months to find its feet, it has built a steady following in the town and was busy when CAMRA came to present their certificate. Pictured is bar manager Ian Peel with branch chair John.
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