ST HELENS and Districts CAMRA has revealed its 2023 Club of the Year.
Haydock Reading Room has been named Club of the Year by the St Helens branch of the real ale campaign group.
What is the Club of the Year competition?
The club, based on Church Road, Haydock, beat off stiff competition from across the borough to be voted the best club for real ale by St Helens and Districts CAMRA members.
Any club that meets the criteria set out by CAMRA nationally, can be included in the Club of the Year competition.
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Six clubs across the borough were up for the accolade this year and Haydock Reading Room came out top, beating last year’s winner Prescot Reform Club. The others in the competition were Prescot Cables Football Club, Rainford Labour Club, Rainhill Recreation Club and West Park RFC.
The Star reported last week as the Turks Head was named St Helens CAMRA's Pub of the Year.
'Thank you to our staff and members'
Steward at Haydock Reading Room, Nigel Arnold said: “It’s absolutely fantastic news, I’m blown away by it.
"The support I’ve had from St Helens and Districts CAMRA and from the members here drinking the cask ale is brilliant. I'd like to thank all our members and our staff for helping us win this award."
Ian Pye, pubs officer for St Helens and District CAMRA, added: “Well done to Haydock Reading Room for winning the award this year, it was very well deserved.
"They have made great strides in providing their members with quality cask ales and have LocAle status, which means they always source at least one of their ales from local breweries – supporting and promoting other local business.
“Any club that consistently serves cask ale and meets CAMRA’s criteria will be included in the Club of the Year shortlist and I’m proud of all the clubs that were in the competition.”
Haydock Reading Room will now go forward to the Merseyside Club of the Year competition.
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