Cambridge & District CAMRA
Meetings and Events for 1999-2000
Contact: Anthea Andrews.
Transport is usually organised for branch socials outside Cambridge.
Typical minibus pick-up points in Cambridge are the railway station or Shire Hall.
See also:
General pattern:
- 2nd Tuesday of month: Branch committee meeting
- 4th Tuesday of month: Branch social or other event
2000
January
- Thu 6, 8:00 Winter Ale Festival 2000 meeting, St Radegund, King St.
- Fri 7 - Sun 9, Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival
- Tue 11, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, The Alma, Russell Court
- Thu 13 - Sat 15, Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2000
- Sat 22, 1:30 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Queen's Head, Newton
- Thu 27, 8:00 Local Pub Guide meeting, Castle Inn (upstairs), Castle Hill
- Thu 27 - Sat 29, St Neots Winter Ale Festival
- Fri 28 - Sun 30, Hitchin Winter Ale Festival
February
- Tue 8, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Cambridge Blue, Gwydir St.
- Wed 16, 8:00 Winter Ale Festival debrief, Elm Tree, Elm Street
- Mon 21, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Bird In Hand, Newmarket Road
- Tue 22, 8:00 Branch Good Beer Guide 2001 selection meeting, Uni. Sports & Social Club, Mill Lane
- Sat 26, 12:00 Regional Tasting Panel training session, Portland Arms, Chesterton Road
- Mon 28 - Fri 3, Beer Festival, USSC, Mill Lane (14 beers + 1 cider)
March
- Sat 11, HQ Open Day for branch activists, St Albans
- Tue 14, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Portland Arms, Chesterton Road
- Mon 20, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Red Bull, Barton Road
- Wed 22, 5:00 Lidstones opening party at the Kingston Arms, Kingston Street (rescheduled)
- Fri 24 - Sat 25, Hitchin Beer Festival
- Sat 25, 12:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Portland Arms, Chesterton Road
April
- Tue 4, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Kingson Arms, Kingston Street
- Thu 6 - Sat 8, Bury St Edmunds Beer Festival
- Tue 11, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Kings Head, Fen Ditton
(change of venue)
- Thu 13, 7:30 inaugural meeting of the re-formed Ely sub-branch, the West End House, Ely
- Fri 14 - Sun 16, CAMRA AGM, Derby
- Sat 15 - Sun 16, Branch trip round Norfolk breweries
- deposits to Shaun by 18 March
- Mon 17, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Rose & Crown, Newmarket Road
- Good Fri 21 - Easter Mon 24, beer festival, Live & Let Live, Mawson Road
- Easter Sat 22, 15th anniversary of the Cambridge Blue, Gwydir Street
- Sun 30 - BH Mon 1, Corn and Coal Event, Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum, Wetheringsett
May
- BH Mon 1, "end-of-an-era" party at the Free Press, Prospect Row
- Sat 6, National Mild Day of Action
- Mon 8, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Uni. Sports & Social Club, Mill Lane
- Tue 9, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, The Zebra, Maids Causeway
- Tue 16 - Sat 20, Colchester Beer Festival
- Thu 18, 7:30 Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Prince Albert, Ely
- Mon 22 - Sat 27, 27th Cambridge Beer Festival
June
- Sat 3, Regional meeting, Ipswich
- Mon 5 - Sat 10, Thurrock Beer Festival
- Tue 13, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Blue Ball, Grantchester
July
- Tue 4, 8:00 27th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, USSC
- Tue 11, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, The Kingston Brewhouse, Kingston Street
- Tue 18 - Sat 22, Chelmsford Beer Festival
August
- Tue 1 - Sat 5, Great British Beer Festival, Olympia
- Tue 8, 8:00 Branch committee meeting/Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Prince Albert, Ely
- Tue 15, Beer Festival team social evening, Queen's Head, Newton
- Tue 22 - Sun 27, Peterborough Beer Festival
- Thu 24 - Sun 27, Clacton Beer Festival
- Tue 29, 8:00 28th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Kingston Brewhouse, Kingston Street
September
- Tue 5 - Sat 9, Chappel Beer Festival
- Tue 12, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Unicorn, Trumpington
- Tue 19, 12:30 Regional launch of the Good Beer Guide 2001, Histon Beer festival
- Sat 23 - Sun 24, maintenance weekend on Branch stores (start 10:00ish)
- Tue 26, 8:00 28th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Portland Arms, Mitcham's Corner
October
- Tue 3 - Wed 4, CURAS stall at the Societies' Fair, Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall
- Wed 4 - Sat 7, Bedford Beer Festival
- Sat 7, trip to Oakham Brewery, Peterborough
- Mon 9, 7:00 CURAS Squash, USSC
- Tue 10, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, USSC
- Tue 17, 8:15 Winter Ale Festival meeting, Elm Tree
- [Sat 21, HQ Open Day, St Albans - postponed to 2001]
- Tue 24 - Sat 28, Norwich Beer Festival
- Tue 24, 8:00 28th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Castle Inn, Castle Hill
November
- Tue 14, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Burleigh Arms, Newmarket Road
- Fri 17, Greene King Tutored Tasting Night
- Sat 18, 12:00, Regional meeting, The Billy Bluelight, Hall Road, Norwich
- Tue 21 - Sat 25, Rochford Beer Festival
- Tue 21, 8:00 28th Cambridge Beer Festival meeting, Grapes, Histon Road
- Tue 28, 8:00 Branch AGM, USSC
December
- Tue 5, 8:00 Winter Ale Festival meeting, Chariots of Fire, Mill Road
- Sat 9, 12:00 Pub crawl, starting at the Alma, Russell Court
- Tue 12, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Castle Inn, Castle Hill
- Sat 16, Ely Sub-branch Social, Peterborough
1999
November
- Tue 23, 8:00 Branch AGM, USSC, Mill Lane
- Tue 23 - Sat 27, Rochford Beer Festival
- Fri 26 - Sun 28, 2nd Ipswich Winter Beer Festival
- Sat 27, 11:00 CAMRA Regional Meeting, White Bear, Royston
December
- Thu 2, 8:00 Local Pub Guide planning meeting, USSC, Mill Lane
- Mon 6 - Wed 8, Cask Breather Trial, Rose & Crown, Histon
- Thu 7, 8:00 Winter Ale Festival 2000 meeting, Cambridge Blue, Gwydir St.
- Tue 14, 8:00 Branch committee meeting, Haymakers, Chesterton
Cambridge & District CAMRA