Pulling pints raised £2,000 for charities in Wellesbourne

Published: 15:00, 25 May 2024

CHEERS! The pints were pulled until the 15 guest beers on tap ran out, which meant that the seventh Wellesbourne Beer Festival was the most successful so far.

Wellesbourne Beer Festival organsier David Johnston, pictured right, raised a pint along with helpers Steve Ridgeway, Gary Davies, Jo Woods, Dave Sibert and Andy Woods as they served visitors to the two-day evetn held at the village bowls club. The festival, in aid of funds for the Friends of Hastings House and Wellesbourne Community Cares featured 15 guest beers and five ciders. Photo: Mark Williamson

Beer glasses were raised throughout the two-day event and so was money for charity – grand total of £2,000 will be donated to Hastings House Medical Centre and Wellesbourne Community Cares, which provides sport facilities in the village.

David Johnston, one of the festival organisers, said: “There was a big turnout and we had beers from North Cotswold Brewery in Stretton-on-Fosse. The organising team will meet in a couple of weeks to donate the money and then we’ll start planning next year’s festival which will be before the bank holiday weekend.”

Charity Stratford-upon-Avon Simon Woodings