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At the CAMRA National AGM and Members Weekend 2014 held in Scarborough, thcamra.org.uk was named CAMRA National Most Improved Branch Website.

The website team in the branch were pleased to receive the award for recognition of their efforts (if a little bemused as the majority of the improvements to the website were made in 2011!).

The website was praised for having a clean look, an easy to use menu system, makes good use of pictures and is bang on up to date.

Dunham Massey Brewery Dunham Porter has been crowned the CAMRA Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain at the National Winter Ales Festival which this year took place in February in Derby. 

 The ale is a classic old-style English porter, creamy full bodied and packed with flavour.

 Dunham Massey owner John Costello, had this to say on the win:

“We’re made up!  We are a relatively new brewery who love making traditional styles like porters, milds and stouts, and I thought our porter would do well but I can’t believe we’ve won overall Champion – I’m over the moon. The CAMRA [Champion Winter Beer of Britain] awards mean everything to us. It’s the highest accolade a dark beer can earn.” 

The following pubs are participating in Mild Magic 2013

ADSWOOD Cross Keys;

ALL SAINTS Sandbar;

ALTRINCHAM Costello's Bar;

BROADHEATH Old Packet House;

CASTLEFIELD Wharf;

CHEADLE Cheshire Line, Crown, Red Lion;

CHEADLE HULME Cheadle Hulme, Church Inn, Kings Hall;

CHORLTON Oddest, Sedge Lynn;

CHORLTON GREEN Horse & Jockey, Beech;

COMPSTALL Northumberland Arms;

DIDSBURY Fletcher Moss, Milson Rhodes, Railway;

DISLEY White Lion;

EDGELEY Olde Woolpack;

FALLOWFIELD Friendship Inn;

FURNESS VALE Crossings, Soldier Dick;

GATLEY Horse & Farrier;

GORTON Vale Cottage, Waggon and Horses;

GREAT MOOR Travellers Call;

HAUGHTON GREEN Chapel House;

HAZEL GROVE Grapes, Three Tunnes, Wilfred Wood;

HEALD GREEN Griffin;

HEATON CHAPEL Hinds Head;

HEATON MERSEY Crown, Griffin;

HEATON MOOR Crown;

HEATON NORRIS Hope, Magnet, Navigation, Nursery Inn, Railway;

HEAVILEY Blossoms;

HIGH LANE Royal Oak;

HYDE Queens, Sportsman, Cheshire Ring, Cotton Bale;

LEVENSHULME Sidings;

MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE Ape and Apple, Bulls Head, City Arms, Crown & Anchor, Grey Horse, Marble Arch, Micro Bar, Moon Under Water, Old Monkey, Paramount, Rain Bar, Rising Sun, Waterhouse;

MARPLE Navigation, Railway, Ring O' Bells;

MARPLE BRIDGE Hare & Hounds, Royal Scot, Windsor Castle;

NEW MILLS Masons Arms;

NEW MILLS NEWTOWN Chalkers Snooker Club;

OFFERTON Finger Post;

OLD TRAFFORD Bishop Blaize;

OTTERSPOOL Hare & Hounds;

PARRS WOOD Gateway;

PORTWOOD Railway; ;

POYNTON Kingfisher;

RUSHOLME Ford Madox Brown;

SALE JP Joule, Plough Hotel, Volunteer,

SALFORD New Oxford, Salford Arms;

SHAW HEATH Armoury;

STALYBRIDGE Society Rooms, Station Buffet Bar;

STOCKPORT TOWN CENTRE Arden Arms, Bakers Vaults, Calverts Court, Crown, George, Pineapple, Red Bull, Swan with Two Necks, Tiviot, Waterloo;

STRINES Royal Oak;

TIMPERLEY Quarry Bank;

WHALEY BRIDGE Shepherds Arms;

WHITEHOUGH Old Hall;

WITHINGTON Victoria;

WOODFORD Davenport Arms.