REAL ALE CLUB OF THE YEAR
Real Ale Club of the Year – winners announced Club Mirror and CAMRA joined forces four years ago in the quest to find the club most committed to top quality real ale in welcoming surroundings with a great atmosphere. And this year’s winner is a worthy champion.
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lbatross RAFA Club is the proud winner of this year’s CAMRA Real Ale Club of the Year Award in association with Club
Mirror. The club was judged overall winner out of just four Super Round winners, the other three being Cheltenham Motor Club, Kinver Constitutional Club and Orpington Liberal Club. Club Mirror Publisher Sean Ferris said: “It was a very difficult task to select an outright winner from so many exceptional clubs. Albatross RAFA Club is an extremely worthy winner. The standard of ales is exceptionally high, all supported by passionate bar teams and appreciative members. The quality of the beer was equalled only by the quality of the welcome – a very friendly and inclusive club.” Clubs can enter the Awards through Club Mirror
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Albatross RAFA Club, Bexhill on Sea. or can be nominated by readers or by CAMRA branches across the country and judged by panels of volunteer CAMRA members during the year. The resulting 16 Regional Winners then attend Club Mirror’s Club Awards where the four Super
Round winners are announced live on stage. These four clubs are then visited again by CAMRA and Club Mirror for final judging. The Albatross hosts popular beer festivals in April and September in its large function room and has a full diary of regular social events including jazz, folk and quiz nights, keep fit, welcome walks, coffee mornings, table tennis and bingo. It stocks beers from local brewers such as Rother Valley, Weltons and Dark Star. The club, which has an interesting collection of RAF memorabilia, has been a Regional Club of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. John Holland, Chairman of CAMRA’s Clubs Advisory Group said: “The Competition each year goes from strength to strength as more and more clubs show great commitment to quality real ale.”
