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Welcome to the September Newsletter ...
Congratulations and Thanks
First off a few congratulations ... Rob Fletcher & Kat Bussey [BELOW] on their engagement, and Andrew Brown & Becky Mills (Brown) [LEFT] on their wedding. And to Tim Ingram for having the best 40th Birthday I have ever been to!
Big thanks to Wye Valley for dropping in and showing us a great 'Meet the Brewer' night.
Although the weather was not the best in the world you still came out on your masses for the Frocester Chill Out again. Thank you all for attending and helping us all to have such an enjoyable day - a fitting end to an amazing beer festival. It was really well organised - well done Neil Baldwin and team - you are loved by so many!
Big thanks to Chas for bringing the lobster and crab etc. back from France for the recent Celebrity Chef night, and big thanks must go to Jacques for supplying them. We love you - and you have the best crabs I've ever tasted!
A Sad Farewell - Irish Paul (Paul MacNeaney).
We'll all miss you Paulie.
Paul was a gentleman whose sense of humour, cheeky grin, courage and attitude to life are an inspiration to us all. Always positive, he had an uncanny knack of making you feel good about yourself. Our thoughts are with his family at this very sad time.
Luv ya Mate. Goodnight and sleep well. It has been a pleasure and an honour knowing you.
Missing You Already ...
With a heavy heart we have to say goodbye to: Jordan, Lorna, Lawrence and Robbie - all of which will be back behind the bar when they return from Uni at Christmas.
CAMRA South West Pub of the Year
We a hope you can join us for our join us on the 18th October for our party to celebrate winning the CAMRA South West Pub of the Year. We are now through to the final 16 so fingers crossed. A few of you have asked what this really means, so Chris Arrowsmith has put together the following:
The Route to CAMRA National Pub of the Year
Background
CAMRA divides the UK into 16 regions.
The Gloucestershire Branch is part of the South West Region, which is divided into 14 Branches. These cover the area between Cornwall to Gloucestershire and North West Wiltshire.
The Dursley & District Sub-branch sits within the Gloucestershire Branch which has 6 other sub-branches: Cheltenham, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury.
Process
In October the Dursley Sub-branch decides which is the best 5/6 pubs in the area and the active members who attend sub-branch meetings visit all the pubs selected. They assess the pubs on the following criteria:
- Most important, beer quality.
- Welcome and atmosphere.
- Knowledge of the beers offered, by the bar.
- Enthusiasm to promote the aims of CAMRA and the display of CAMRA campaigning leaflets and posters.
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At the Dursley Christmas meal the members who have assessed all the pubs, submit their order of choice and the best pub is the winner - to become - Dursley Pub of the Year. The presentation of Pub of the Year 2009 to the Old Spot took place in January this year.
In January the Gloucestershire branch meets and each of the 7 Sub-branch pubs of the year are declared. Representatives from each Sub-branch assess all the pubs, other than their own and the best pub wins. This year it was the Old Spot and the presentation took place in March.
This pub the goes forward to the regional competition (in our case the South West) and the same process takes place with a pub from all 14 branches. The best pub (in our South West region) is the S/W Pub of the Year 2009. This will be awarded to the Old Spot on Sunday 18th October.
The 16 regional pubs of the year are assessed by the same criteria; by the national committee to decide which deserving pub is the CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2009. The presentation takes place in February 2010. A long and drawn out process.
Chris Arrowsmith
- Chairman of Dursley and District CAMRA.
For more information, go to:
www.oldspotinn.co.uk/CAMRA_Regions.htm.
Join CAMRA - it's great!
www.camra.org.uk
The Church Roof Fund - Update
The final figure for money raised for the church when our beloved Rev. Janet Bromley worked behind the bar in July 2009, is now £1,020. Very many thanks once again for your support, guys.
The Old Spot Pig
As you may know we bought a suckling pig about 6 months ago which will be reaching maturity at the same time as our party (was it fate?), so it seems only fitting that we have ourselves a spit roast to celebrate.
Ric Fest
We are once again going to have a go at organising a Ric-Fest . The old bugger is being just as awkward to pin down in death as he was alive! The provisional date is Fri Oct 30 - Sun Nov 1. This is tentative as the previous two attempts ended up going nowhere, so earthquake, typhoon or any man made disaster permitting, watch this space!
Touch Rugby
We will be organising a touch rugby match in October, so keep an eye on the boards in the pub for more details. This will be closely followed by an 80s games night so dig out your tin can alleys, buckaroos and kerplunks.
What's On at the Spot
- Forthcoming Events . . .
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| October | |||
| :: Tue 13th | 7.30pm | Jane Roberts - Celeb Chef - Mexican Night | £7.50 |
| :: Sun 18th | 3.30pm | South West PofY Celebrations Party - with 'Old Spot' Hog Roast | Invitation |
| :: Tue 20th | 8.30pm | Batemans - Meet the Brewer | £5.00 |
| :: Sun 25th | (T.B.C.) | Touch Rugby | - - - |
| :: Fri 30th - Sun 1st Nov | Ric Fest | - - - | |
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| November | |||
| :: Sun 8th | (T.B.C.) | 80s Games Night | - - - |
| :: Thur 26th | 8.30pm | Everards - Meet the Brewer | £5.00 |
| :: (T.B.C.) | 7.30pm | Celebrity Chef - Bob Parkinson - Lancashire Night | £7.50 |
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| December | |||
| :: Tue 1st - Mon 21st | Old Spot Christmas Lunch being served - Book early to avoid disappointment | £22.50 | |
| :: Sun 20th | 3.30pm | Old Git's Christmas Lunch | £22.50 |
More dates for celebrity chef night to follow.
Cheers!
Steve Herbert
September 2009THE OLD SPOT INN
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