Cambridge & District CAMRA
Meetings and Events for 2002
General contact: Nick.
Transport is usually organised for branch meetings outside Cambridge.
Typical minibus/large taxi pick-up points in Cambridge are the railway station or Shire Hall.
Please contact Shaun.
See also:
General pattern:
- 1st Thursday of month: Ely Sub-Branch meetings
- 2nd Tuesday of month: Branch committee meetings
- 4th Wednesday of month: Branch social meetings
2002
- Thu 3-Jan-2002 : 8:00, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Kingston Arms, Kingston Street,
Cambridge - including GBG2003 nominations
- Thu 3-Jan-2002 - Sat 5-Jan-2002 : Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2002
- Tue 8-Jan-2002 : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Live & Let Live, Mawson Road
- Sat 12-Jan-2002 : Joint social meeting with Peterborough Branch at the Straw Bear
Festival, Whittlesea; 10:43 Anglia Railways service from Ely; 09:32 WAGN or 10:04 Central from Cambridge
- Wed 23-Jan-2002 : 8:00, Branch GBG2003 selection (voting), University Sports & Social Club, Mill Lane (excluding the Ely
Sub-Branch area)
- Sat 26-Jan-2002 : Ely Sub-Branch trip to the Tudor Rose Hotel, Kings Lynn; 10:32 WAGN service from Cambridge, stopping at Ely
at 10:47
- Thu 7-Feb : 8:00, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Fountain, Ely - including GBG2003 selection (voting)
- Tue 12-Feb : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, The Regal, St Andrew's Street
- Mon 18-Feb - Sat 23-Feb : Beer Festival, University Sports & Social Club, Mill Lane
- Thu 7-Mar : 8:00, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, White Horse, Witcham
- Fri 8-Mar - Sat 9-Mar : Beer Festival, Live & Let Live, Mawson Road
- Tue 12-Mar : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Pike & Eel, Water Street, Chesterton
- Sat 23-Mar : 12:00, Ely Sub-branch pub crawl, starting at the Hogshead, Kings Lynn
- Thu 4-Apr : 8:00, Ely Sub-Branch AGM, Prince Albert, Ely
- Tue 9-Apr : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Alexandra Arms, Gwydir Street
- Fri 19-Apr : evening, Joint social with Peterborough & St Neots Branches at the County Pub of the Year, the Chequers, Gt.
Gransden (contact: Paul Treadaway)
- Sat 20-Apr : Branch trip to Woodfordes Brewery (contact: Ron Buchet)
- Wed 24-Apr - Sat 27-Apr : Bury St Edmunds Beer Festival
- Thu 2-May : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, the Maids Head, Wicken
- Tue 14-May : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Portland Arms, Mitcham's Corner
- Wed 15-May : 12:30-8:00, Waggon & Horses trip to Elgoods Brewery (contact: Nick Winnington)
- Sat 18-May : Ely Sub-Branch social, Ship, Brandon Creek
- Mon 20-May - Sat 25-May : 29th Cambridge Beer Festival (set-up 13th-31st)
- Mon 3-Jun : Live & Let Live Beer Festival (7+ beers, open all day)
- Thu 6-Jun : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, the Anchor, Little Downham
- Mon 10-Jun : 8:00, Presentation of the Branch Pub of the Year 2002 Certificate, Blue Ball, Grantchester
- Tue 11-Jun : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Blue Ball, Grantchester
- Mon 1-Jul - Tue 4-Jun : The Bell, Wendens Ambo, Beer Festival - easily reachable by train from
Cambridge
- Tue 9-Jul : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Greyhound, Sawston
- Thu 11-Jul : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Five Miles From Anywhere, Upware
- Sun 14-Jul : Branch lunchtime family social, Waggon & Horses, Milton
- Tue 16-Jul - Sat 20-Jul : Chelmsford Beer Festival
- Tue 6-Aug - Sat 10-Aug : Great British Beer Festival, Olympia
- Thu 8-Aug : Ely Sub-Branch Social at the GBBF, train from Ely at 8:58am
- Tue 13-Aug : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Spread Eagle, Lensfield Road
- Thu 15-Aug - Sun 18-Aug : West Norfolk Beer Festival, The Angel, Larling, Thetford
- Thu 15-Aug : 7:30, Winter Ale Festival/Summer Beer Festival meeting, USSC, Mill Lane
- Fri 16-Aug : 5.30, Regional launch of Ask If It's Cask Phase 3, West Norfolk Beer Festival
- Tue 20-Aug - Sun 25-Aug : Peterborough Beer Festival
- Thu 22-Aug - Sun 25-Aug : Clacton Beer Festival
- Tue 3-Sep - Sat 7-Sep : Chappel Beer Festival, East Anglia Railway Museum, Chappel, Essex
- Thu 5-Sep : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, the Carpenters, Soham
- Tue 10-Sep : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Three Tuns, Willingham
- Thu 12-Sep : 8:00, Tasting Panel training session, St Ives Beer Festival
- Thu 12-Sep - Sun 15-Sep : Booze on the Ouse Beer Festival, St Ivo Recreation Centre, St Ives
- Tue 17-Sep : 8:00, Winter Ale Festival meeting, Waggon & Horses, Milton
- Tue 24-Sep - Sat 28-Sep : Ipswich Beer Festival
- Mon 30-Sep - Sun 6 Oct: IFBB Real Beer Week
- Wed 2-Oct - Sat 5-Oct : Bedford Beer Festival
- Thu 3-Oct : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, the Chequers, Sutton
- Tue 8-Oct : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Rose & Crown, Teversham
- Sat 12-Oct : 12:00, CAMRA regional Pubs Officers meeting, Portland Arms, Mitchams Corner, Cambridge
- Tue 15-Oct : 8:00, Winter Ale Festival meeting, Waggon & Horses,
Milton
- Mon 28-Oct - Sat 2-Nov : Norwich Beer Festival
- Wed 6-Nov : 6:00, Launch of the new local pub guide, Blue Ball, Grantchester
- Tue 12-Nov : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, the Longbow, Stapleford
- Thu 14-Nov : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, the Townhouse, Ely
- Sat 16-Nov : 12:00, CAMRA Regional meeting, the Hero of Aliwal, 75
Church St., Whittlesey, near Peterborough
- Tue 19-Nov - Sat 23-Nov : Rochford Beer Festival
- Tue 26-Nov : 8:00, Branch AGM, University Sports & Social Club,
Mill Lane, Cambridge
- Wed 27-Nov : 7:45, Ely Sub-Branch meeting, Prince Albert, Ely,
with Pub of the Year presentation
- Wed 27-Nov - Sat 30-Nov : Luton Beer Festival
- Tue 3-Dec - Sat 7-Dec : Pigs Ear Beer Festival,
Stratford, East London
- Thu 5-Dec - Sat 7-Dec : Harwich Beer Festival
- Tue 10-Dec : 8:00, Branch committee meeting, Alexandra Arms,
Gwydir Street
- Sat 14-Dec : 12:00, Branch Christmas pub crawl, starting at the
Oakham Brewery Tap, Peterborough (change of date)
- Sat 21-Dec : 11:00, Ely Sub-Branch Christmas social, Fat Cat,
Norwich (Anglia Railways train from Ely 09:56)
Cambridge & District CAMRA