Club Journal February 2017 The magazine for all CIU members 75 p

Planning for Blackpool 2017 reaches final stages Norbreck Castle Hotel, INSIDE... Blackpool Editor’s Letter ...... 2

Club News ...... 3

CIU Racing Club ...... 9

Club of the Month . . . 10

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With Blackpool 2017 now just two months show are: Ace Furniture , Aon, BT Sport, 29 away, Union members are being urged to CAMRA, Heineken, Dransfields, Smart Crossword ...... attend what will be a busy weekend of club- Energy Projects and Rijo42. related activities. Alongside the specialist business advice, e centrepiece of the weekend is the there will be free refreshments courtesy of Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 8 at the Heineken and special prizes on offer Norbreck Castle Hotel. throughout the aernoon. Political Correspondent Paul Rounding off the weekend, immediately Routledge has been confirmed as the following the conclusion of the Annual keynote speaker and is sure to give delegates Meeting, will be the Dransfields CIU Quiz a fascinating insight into his many years Final, where the winners and runners-up Nick Byram, Bar Manager of covering the corridors of power at from each of the Regional Heats will Dartford WMC Westminster. compete for the prestigious trophy and cash Delegates also have the opportunity to prize. All attendees are welcome to join in on Club of the Month: attend the 126th CIU Beer & Trades a 'just-for-fun' basis with sport prizes being Exhibition on the aernoon of Friday, April given out. Dartford WMC 7 at the Norbreck Castle Hotel. e Union has negotiated a special is event allows clubs and suppliers to delegate rate with the Norbreck Castle Hotel Dartford Working Men’s Club in Kent has swap notes on the latest legislation affecting for CIU members and have 20 double sea won national recognition from the clubs, as well as learn about the latest view rooms, 20 double standard rooms, 20 Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) for its products and service available, all in an twin sea view rooms, 20 twin standard cask ale offering. informal, friendly atmosphere. rooms and 20 single rooms on hold. e club has reached the last four of Among the suppliers who have already e rate is £42.50 per person per night CAMRA’s ‘Club of the Year’ competition, the confirmed their attendance for the 2017 with dinner and B&B, based on two sharing only CIU club named in the final shortlist a twin/double or £35 per person per night for the award. Keynote speaker Paul Routledge B&B, based on two sharing a twin/double. “Real Ale is at the centre of everything we ere is a £15 per night addition in the do at the club and it’s very pleasing to gain case of sole occupancy and the deal is for recognition from CAMRA,” said Dartford minimum of two nights. WMC Bar Manager Nick Byram. If you would like to take advantage of this “It’s a great testament to the passion and offer, please book direct with the Norbreck hard work that our staff have when it comes Castle Hotel on 01253 352341, quoting the to providing a perfect pint of cask beer.” code: ‘WMCI 17’. For the full article, see page 10. www.wmciu.org.uk EDITOR’S LETTER EDITOR’S LETTER

Welcome to the February edition of Club political figures as Gordon Brown, Peter Journal. Mandelson, Airey Neave and Arthur Scargill. Planning for Blackpool 2017 is in its latter Conference Weekend is rounded off by the stages as the Union looks ahead to another Dransfields CIU Quiz Final and as we went busy programme of events in April. to press, the Regional Heats were taking With the CIU Beer & Trades Exhibition place up and down the country with the taking place on Friday, April 7 and the Union’s finest brains doing battle for a Annual Meeting following the day aer – chance to compete in Blackpool for the ose who have attended this course in the Saturday, April 8 – those intending to attend prestigious title. past have provided extremely positive feedback Conference Weekend have just over two Many thanks to all those clubs who have about the many topics covered and have months to finalise their own plans. supported this year’s competition and spoken about how it helped many of them While of course the Annual Meeting is the congratulations to those teams which have won prepare for their Club Management Diploma centrepiece of the weekend, I would urge through to the final. (And those who'd like to (CMD) exams. you to come along to the Beer & Trades come along to join in the chance to win spot For more information on attending the Exhibition if you can spare the time as it is a prizes, just turn up early on the day and we'll fit Residential Weekend or taking the CMD really enjoyable and highly educative you into ad hoc teams. All great fun!) exams, please contact Cath Fitzpatrick at Head experience for club members, giving you the Meanwhile, applications are now being Office on (0207) 7226 0221 or email her at: opportunity to talk to all manner of accepted for the Club Law and Club Finance [email protected] suppliers of goods and services to clubland. Residential Weekend which will take place in I hope you enjoy the issue. Meanwhile, the keynote speaker for the Coventry from ursday, March 16 to Sunday, Annual Meeting has been confirmed as Paul March 19. Routledge, the Political Correspondent of e cost is £75 per person and covers full the Daily Mirror. board, lectures and students folder, pad and In addition to his many years on Fleet Street, literature but applicants will need to meet the Paul has penned biographies of such key costs of travel to the venue. Stephen Goulding, Editor CLUB JOURNAL

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SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTED AT FARNCOMBE SC NEWS IN BRIEF Top pro darts players take part in the Richmond Place Club (Hereford) Open The Richmond Place Club in Hereford welcomed some big names from the world of professional darts in December when it hosted its winter Charity Open Competition in aid of a local Breast Cancer charity. More than 60 players demonstrated their considerable skills at the club, where the £500 purse eventually went to Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) player Nick Fulwell. “We are getting real pulling power now, we’re getting players who are seen on television,” said tournament organiser Gill Kirby. “The standard is Four members of Farncombe Social Club received their 10-Year Service Awards at a ceremony held so high, we want to carry on.” at the club. Pictured, left to right: Farncombe Social Club Secretary Bob Jolly, Lez Power (10-Year Thanks to a £2,000 sponsorship Service Award), South East Met Branch President Trevor Baker, June Wilson (10-Year Service Award), Phil Penbethy (10-Year Service Award), Maureen E. Ekins (10-Year Service Award) and Andy Way from Hereford Central Roofing, a (South East Met Branch Vice-President) summer darts competition raised funds for the Acorn Children’s Hospice Pop star sees in the New Year at West WMC and then this second event was held in aid of the Breast Cancer Haven at A famous pop star decided to see in the she turned up. We knew we had her dad Hereford which provides support and New Year at West Auckland Workingmen’s singing but we never thought she would be care for those suffering from breast Club in County Durham on December 31. there. cancer and their families. Perrie Edwards, a member of chart- “We had already reserved three tickets Well-known names were competing topping girl group Little Mix, whose hits when we were asked for three more – these in Hereford including British Darts include ‘Shout Out To My Ex’, attended the were for Perrie and her friends – but we Organisation players and PDC player club night where her dad's rock band, didn’t know this at the time. Dave Pallett, who nearly hit two nine- Alexanders Palace, were performing. “She was absolutely brilliant. Nothing was dart finishes during the competition. According to reports in the local media, too much trouble. She was happy to pose for “These are the players we are when news spread on the night that the 23- selfies with everyone and she even went attracting because we put up good year-old star was at the club, many local fans behind the bar to have her picture taken prize money,” said Gill. turned up at the club entrance – some with the staff. The Christmas competition lured dressed in their pyjamas – in order to catch “Many people were still standing outside Welsh No.1 player Mark Layton as well a glimpse of Edwards. well aer midnight. It was a fantastic night as Jim Williams while Mark Blandford Club Treasurer David Bowes told the and we’re going to struggle to beat it for next was runner-up. Northern Echo: “We couldn’t believe it when year’s New Year’s Eve.”

Burnley & Pendle Branch President and Executive Committee members honoured

Michael Barry, Burnley & Pendle Branch Allan Harwood, Burnley & Pendle Branch Gordon Leighton CMD, the Burnley & Pendle Executive Committee Member, receives his Executive Committee Member, receives his Branch President, receives his Certificate and Certificate and badge for 10 years of Branch Certificate and badge for 10 years of Branch Gold Bar for 31 years of Branch service from service from Manchester Branch Secretary and service from Manchester Branch Secretary and Manchester Branch Secretary and NEC NEC member Geoff Blakeley CMD (left) at a NEC member Geoff Blakeley CMD member Geoff Blakeley CMD ceremony held at Paradise WMC

Club Journal • 3 NEWS

NEWS IN BRIEF Service Awards presented at Thomas Wilson WMC

Goring Social Club stewards mark 25 years of service Goring Social Club in Oxfordshire is celebrating a major milestone by its stewards Dave and Jane Dean who have been at the club for 25 years. A Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) special award certificate was presented to the couple at a ceremony held on New Year's Eve who were also given a voucher for a meal for four at a restaurant. A further tribute to the Deans took place at the club on January 28 with local band Spooks providing music.

Study finds that social Four members of Thomas Wilson Working Mens Club, Gateshead, received their 10-year Service drinking is ‘good for health’ andAwards on December 7. Pictured, left to right, with certificates: Club Secretary.Club Secretary Brian A new academic study, published in Nicholson, Chairman Mick Hambling, Vice-Chairman Jeff Humphries and Committee Member Alan the Journal for Adaptive Human Hodgson Behaviour and Physiology has shown that the enjoying a couple of pints Dartford Social Club raises £2,100 for local hospice while socialising is directly linked to better wellbeing. The research looked at the role alcohol plays in social cohesion, discovering in particular that people without a local bar are likely to have a smaller social circle, and to be less trusting of their community. Professor Robin Dunbar, from the University of Oxford’s Experimental Psychology department, said: “This study showed that frequenting a local bar can directly affect people’s social network size and how engaged they are with their local community, which in turn can affect how satisfied they Pictured, left to right: Karen (Demelza Hospice Care), Nicky Middleton (Dartford SC), David Knowler feel in life.” and(Dartford SC), Adrian Penniall (Dartford SC) and Dean Smith (Infinity Fitness, Kings Hill)

CLUB NOTICES Dartford Social Club in Kent recently support for seriously ill children and their presented a cheque for £2,100 to the families. Suspension Demelza Hospice Care For Children charity “Everyone who came along really enjoyed Mr G Hill – Castle Ward WMC & Institute (Lincoln) aer staging a special Jersey Boys Dinner themselves,” said Dartford Social Club Dance at the club. Committee Member Adrian Penniall, one of Clubs Withdrawn Members and guests enjoyed a fantastic the organisers of the event. Aberaman Original Band & Musical Institute (South night dancing to the music of Frankie Valli “Special mention must go to Dean Smith Wales Branch) and the Four Seasons while raising money of Infinity Fitness, Kings Hill, for his The Lonsdale Club (Manchester Branch) for an inspiring local charity which provides generous donation to the charity total.” Zingari Club (Derbyshire Branch) Here’s your chance to have your own personal copy of Club Journal delivered to the address of your choice each month for less than you’d pay for it at the club. Clubs Closed If you would like 12 monthly issues of Club Journal for the special rate of £7.50 (meaning that two Social Club (Cumbria Branch) of the 12 editions will be yours for free), please send a cheque for £7.50 made payable to the Club & Maltravers Social Club Ltd (South East Met Branch) Institute Union, along with your name and address, to: Club Journal, ACP, 59/60 ames Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TX

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Northumberland Branch stages 2016 Leek Show FOR SERVICE

41-Year Branch Award Trevor Baker, South East Metropolitan Malcolm Piper, Derbyshire

21-Year Branch Award Joe Flint, Derbyshire

10-Year Branch Award CIU Open Leek Show. Pictured, left to right: RW Stoker (No.7 Division Executive), G Moscrop Martin Woolford, Western Counties and(Winner), A Hardy (Northumberland Branch President) and D Clough (No.5 Division Executive) 50-Year Combined Service Award Patrick Foley, Kingston-on-Thames WM Club, North West Metropolitan

Certificate of Merit David Chandler, Dartford WMC, Kent Colin Searle, Dartford WMC, Kent Alan Colls, Dartford WMC, Kent Stephen Harper, Hawthorn Recreation & Social Club, Doncaster Edward Masters, Hawthorn Recreation & Social Club, Doncaster John Nadin, Hawthorn Recreation & Social Club, Doncaster

Pictured: J Atherton who won the Heaviest Onion category in the World Leek & Onion Open Stuart Darlington, Locke Park Club & and Institute, South Yorkshire Gary Young, Woodhouse West End Club, South Yorkshire Stephen Todd, Handsworth Social Club, South Yorkshire Richard Reynolds, Woodhouse West End Club, South Yorkshire

Long Service Award Andy Chambers, West Moor & District Social Club, Northumberland David Fish, Northern Social Club, Northumberland aPnicdtu red: A Davison, the World Leek Show Open Winner

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NORTH EAST METROPOLITAN BRANCH HOLD NEWS IN BRIEF THEIR ANNUAL CRIBBAGE COMPETITIONS Great Gonerby Social Club to host e 2016 North East Metropolitan Branch March United Services Club. Derek Allen charity music night for CLIC Sargent Cribbage Competitions took place in and Peter Halls defeated Mick Eagle and Great Gonerby Social Club in October and November of last year at three Dave Wiley from March United Services Lincolnshire is staging a charity music different venues. Club in the final. night in March in order to raise funds for e Singles competition took place at A competition also took place for those CLIC Sargent. Ponders End Working Men’s Club, and was knocked out in the first rounds of the main Organisers Julie Gilbert and Rachel won by Sam Huckle from Ponders End competition where pairs then have to play Pattison are holding a number of events WMC, who beat Mick Eagle from March to lose to progress. for the charity, which supports children United Services Club. is year the winners of the “Nettie Seat” and young people with cancer and their e Team Competition took place at trophy were Kit Carson and Geoff families. Belle Vue Social Club, Colchester, and was Blackburn from Chatteris Working Men’s They completed the Great North Run won by the team from Ponders End Club, who saw off the challenge posed by in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in September Working Men’s Club, captained by John John Baker and Sylvester McKnight from and will be running the London Tabor. Colchester Belle Vue Club in an Marathon in April. e Pairs Competition took place at entertaining final. The music event in Great Gonerby will be held on Friday, March 3, at 7.30pm. It will feature local singers Paula Burrows, Rodeo Jo, Evonne Rivers and Laura Church, with comedienne Ali James as compere. The pair were inspired to raise funds for the charity by the death of a family friend who sadly lost his battle with lymphoma in October 2014. There will also be a raffle with a number of great prizes on offer. Tickets are £7.50 for adults and £5 for under-16s. To book tickets, call Julie on 07752 489153 or Rachel on 07584 031624.

Pictured, above (left to right): Singles winner Sam Huckle and runner-up Mick Eagles with Branch Vice-President John Tabor and Branch Games Secretary Sean Belton. Pictured, left: The winning Ponders End Working Men’s Club team, captained by John Tabor, receive their trophy from Branch Secretary John Baker. Pictured with Branch Vice-President John Tabor (third from left) and Branch Games Secretary Sean Belton (far right). Pictured, right: Kit Carson and Geoff Blackburn of Chatteris WMC receive the ‘Nettie Seat’ trophy from Branch Vice-President John Tabor and Branch Games Secretary Sean Belton

The Pairs Competition took place at March United Services Club and was won by Derek Allen and Peter Halls of Belle Vue Social Club (second and third left, with trophy) who defeated Mick Eagle and Dave Wiley from March United Services Club. They were presented with their trophy by Branch Vice-President John Tabor (far left) and Branch Games Secretary Sean Belton (second from right)

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CONTACT DETAILS Dartford Working Men’s Club Essex Road, Dartford, DA1 2AU Tel: 01322 223646 Kent Branch

Main picture: Dartford WMC has an impressive array of cask ales on tap. Inset: Manager Nick Byram picks up a CAMRA Award from broadcaster Sally Nugent at last year’s Club Mirror Awards DARTFORD WORKING MEN’S CLUB Well-served cask ale is at the heart of the member experience at Dartford Working Men’s Club in Kent with the club reaching the four-strong shortlist for this year’s CAMRA ‘Club of the Year’ Award in association with Club Mirror hen it comes to cask ale, Dartford “We used to have a ceiling of 1,600 members But while the cask ale offering is a key part W WMC is in a very elite band of but we’ve now upped that to 1,800 as there was of the club’s appeal with several beer festivals clubs, having earned national such a demand to join. taking place there throughout the year, there is, recognition from the Campaign For Real Ale “Serving well-kept beers from breweries all of course, an array of other activities and (CAMRA), including an entry in the over the country is a real passion of mine and entertainments going on at the club organisation’s Good Beer Guide – the bible of the skill and dedication on the part of our staff throughout the year. cask ale drinkers. really ensures that the beer we serve is in “We have a very hardworking and forward- And this year the Kent club has made it to absolutely top condition.” thinking Committee,” says Nick. “ey’re the final round for CAMRA’s Club of the Year Indeed, such is Nick’s passion for cask ale always looking to do more for our members Award run in association with Club Mirror , the that he has started up his own brewery – and give them more reasons to come through only CIU club to make the prestigious Caveman Brewery – and many of its products the doors. shortlist, with the winning club to be naturally find their way to the Dartford WMC “We have bands playing live every Saturday announced in February aer a final round of bar where they can be sampled by some very night and Sundays are devoted to single artists, judging (which includes Club Journal appreciative members. discos or karaoke sessions. publisher Sean Ferris as a judge). Much of the appeal of the club’s ale offering “We have also launched a series of ‘Cotton No wonder, given the huge commitment the is that Nick works extremely hard to source Club’ gigs in memory of club member Roger club makes to cask ales with 15 hand pulls on unusual beers from some of the smaller, less Cotton which are proving really popular. the bar and over 500 different beers served well-known microbreweries which are “We’ve booked a number of top live tribute throughout the year. popping up all over the UK. bands and then charge £10-£12 a ticket. e club’s Bar Manager, Nick Byram, who is He says: “Our members love the variety of Recently we’ve had Marc Bolan tribute act the driving force behind Dartford WMC’s rise beers which we serve and we make sure that TooRex, the Rollin’ Stoned and in February as a cask ale venue of major repute, is delighted we’re very active on social media – particularly we have the Bohemians who perform Queen’s with the recognition from CAMRA. Twitter and Instagram – so they know exactly greatest hits.” “Cask ale is at the centre of everything we do what beers we’ve got on any given night. Add in an excellent food offering, a at the club and it’s always very pleasing to gain “We’ve also set up a Whatsapp group so we renowned folk club and a friendly atmosphere recognition from such a respected can send out instant messages to the members and it’s clear that Dartford WMC has a real organisation as CAMRA,” he says. who subscribe to it.” winning hand.

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YOUR LETTERS YOUR LETTERS

Below we publish a letter from Mark Ferguson CMD of Brinsworth Social Club, Rotherham, who puts forward the case for all CIU clubs to embrace the digital era fully. If you would like to send in a letter on this, or any other club-related subject, please email: [email protected]

I am the Treasurer of my club and am When I read the article I cringed with It is of absolutely paramount importance passionate about it being run properly and embarrassment to think that this is a true that clubs embrace the digital age. We need to successfully. From my practical experience, reflection of the movement. be in-step with technology not years behind. education and training, I know how a club Every club must have a computer, the Making Tax Digital, is on its way, and on being well run, with dedicated management, management committee have a duty to train its way for clubs too. will determine if it survives or not. and educate someone to operate it, to install Mark Ferguson CMD I have recently attended a CIU Residential basic soware, even if it’s only a basic Brinsworth Social Club, Rotherham Education weekend in Coventry. is spreadsheets and word documents. A few reiterated the need for clubs to be run as hours spent learning basic skills will save Head Office Manager and Club Journal businesses, keeping control of finances, hours of manual toil on a weekly basis. It Editor Stephen Goulding replies: getting the best deal from breweries, will also eliminate the need to pay someone controlling stock, renegotiating the else for what can easily be done by the club. e article in the December edition of the accountants’ fee and many other basic In the early days of the digital evolution, Club Journal outlined the Union’s response to housekeeping tips. the government paid businesses to process the new HMRC initiative ‘Making Tax I am therefore absolutely astounded by the PAYE on line. e RTI, was a daunting Digital’ in which the Union President stated article regarding the CIU’s response to the process, but once users have got used to it, it that few CIU clubs currently operate their Government’s Making Tax Digital initiative has saved time, in the long run. book keeping records by computer. in December’s Club Journal which appears e auto-enrolment has been a long and e points raised in Mark Ferguson’s letter to give the impression that CIU clubs are full worrying process, but now it’s up and are valid and we must all look to operate our of “Flat earth men” and Luddites, who: running, it’s second nature. It also gives business as efficiently as we can. is may l Cannot operate a computer employees more security and encourages include the use of computers, where l Can only do longhand book keeping then to invest in the future. appropriate, against more traditional methods. and their successors can only be taught this Perhaps the CIU needs to include in its We are currently working to create a new, way education programme IT weekends and modern, education scheme for all our members l Are dependent on external sources to how to make the most of computers. e and will look to include some IT / modular process returns to HMRC and are digitally hours spent doing double entry book training that will be of immense benefit to clubs excluded. keeping could be put to better use. who are eager to embrace the digital age.

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IT’S A ‘SMART’ IDEA TO SLASH BILL’S AND SAVE ENERGY.! Secretary John Lane at Acomb Wmc and his Club Committee have been over the moon with their recent saving’s and given how times are tough these saving’s have been truly valuable to the Club. John goes onto state,” We were spending before Smart Energy’s ! Products were installed a huge £3,000 per Month on our !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Club’s electric spends so our Committee could not Derbyshire Branch Executive continue to ignore this any longer.Smart Energy have John Batchelor and Secretary of installed a number of energy efficient products into our Alvaston and Crewton Wmc is a Club and what we have saved over the past few years great supporter of Smart Energy has been remarkable. Firstly our Club’s Cellar Cooler and states that more Club’s was having to run 24/7 on our club’s electric bill %% % % % % % %%%%% %%% should be thinking smarter to throughout the Autumn and Winter Month’s and Our Approved%%%%%%% Supplier Smart Energy advised %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % % % % % % reduce their overheads within us that our system only had to be running on our electric bill for just 6 Month’s of the Year. We their! Cellar. John like many other installed their FREE AIR CELLAR SYSTEM a few years back and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!have been saving £200 per Month !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Secretaries was still paying to cool on our cellar costs by using the cold air from outside from October!!! through to!!!!!!!!!! April to cool our !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! the Club’s beer throughout the beer. I have to say this has been a complete NO BRAINER with a!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rapid return on our investment !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! colder!! month’s and still didn’t ! of just 12 Month’s. As we could see our electric bills dropping we! ! ! !! !!!!then !!! !!! asked Smart Energy Back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!a !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!! realise that the running of their last year who then installed LED lighting into our Club Concert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room by swapping out our old %%%%%%%%%%%% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! c!!!ellar cooler was costing the club in excess of £3,000 per year inefficient lights and the saving’s were instant and are absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! phenomenal. It is the the best !!! !!!!!!!!!! %%%% when having to use them 24/7 all year round. %%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% thing that has happened to our Club in a long time. We have seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a huge drop in our electric %%% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! %%%%%%%% %%%%%%% !! %%% spend of a further £500 per Month. Myself and our Committee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! didn’t stop there as after 6 John states” Smart Energy%%%%%% advised us that we %%%%%would only need to !!!!!!!! Month’s we then asked Smart Energy back to install LED lighting! throughout!!!!!!! our Club. The use our existing cellar%%%%%% cooler for 6 months% %% % % % % % of the year and that we !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! % Committee and I would strongly encourage other Club’s to take!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! advantage of the fantastic could use the cold air from outside when 10 degrees and below. help and advice available from CIU’s Approved Energy Experts-Smart Energy. Just by taking We were told that this would then save 50% of our existing running on their advice we have reduced our electric spends by £1,300 per Month and saved over costs so our Committee jumped at the chance to have their Free £15,000 per Year by thinking ‘SMARTER’ to cool our beer, swap our old lights out for Low Energy Air Cellar System installed and as stated over the 6 month period LED Lighting and also heat our Club rooms up as and when we need to individually. when their Senior Engineer recorded our saving’s we had ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! saved £1,590 so we are delighted and would not hesitate to John Lane-Club Secretary….. Saving a! ! ! huge £1,300! ! ! ! !per ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Month on their recommend this system to any other Club who are having to run ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! electric spend after thinking ‘Smarter’ with the help of Smart Energy’s their cellar coolers 24/7 in order to keep their beer cool.” advice. GRAND TOTAL SAVING’S OF £15,600 PER YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John Batchelor- Club Secretary.. SAVING

Secretary Dave Ibbotson and President £1,590 OVER 6 MONTHS ON HIS CELLAR. Frank Hunter of Darlington East End Wmc are yet another Club who have been thinking ‘Smarter’ lately. We Is your Club spending far too much on explained to the Club after performing an energy management survey that your gas and electric bills each Month.??? continuing to heat club rooms with old Just by simple changes with NO outlay required conditioning units over 10 years old is you can dramatically reduce your bills. one of the main reasons as to why their electric spends each Month were so FREE AIR CELLAR SYSTEM high. Secretary Dave Ibbotson goes a ! Save thousands and cool your beer from SEPTEMBER-APRIL 55% using the cold air from outside when 10 degrees and below.

onto state, ‘Phil Towndrow of Smart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! % % % % % % % % % % GUARANTEED SAVINGS Pay Back 12-18 Month's. Our Biggestst CIU Seller.! ! % % % % % % % % % ! % OF £175-£250PER MONTH Energy offered our Club some very sound advice! and was quick to notice that our Club Concert Room upstairs was taking up a big portion of our spend with the area being large and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! % % % % % % % 60% BEER MISER SYSTEM GUARANTEED SAVINGS used regularly for our events and entertainment.%%%%%%%%%%%%% The old air conditioning units were also not Save thousands and reduce your beer wastage to only clean your lines once every 3 weeks with our proven system. OF £300-£800 efficient and just caused drafts amongst our members.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Phil stated that if we were to just look Payback’s in 2-6 month’s PER MONTH at heating this room with Low Watt Panel Heaters! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! we could dramatically start to reduce our ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! bills. We have had the heaters installed over the! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !past ! ! ! ! few years now and we are delighted to ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! SMART GAS OPTIMISER say that we have been making saving’s of £490 per Month on our electric spend just by Save thousands and optimise your old gas boiler without the ! ! ! ! ! 20% need for huge outlay or changing it and slash your gas bills replacing our old units in one room area. The heaters! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! not only are energy efficient but they do GUARANTEED SAVINGS throughout the winter month’s. OF £200-£250 not cause any drafts and our concert room heats! ! ! ! ! !up ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !in ! ! ! ! the space of 15 minutes. We have just PER MONTH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! asked Smart Energy to come back and replace !the ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !rest ! ! ! ! of our old air-conditioning units in three 60% LED LIGHTING GUARANTEED SAVINGS other room areas of our club to save even further! ! ! ! ! ! ! !money ! ! ! ! ! ! ! on our bill’s because we overall have ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Swap out all your old lighting and with fast payback’s reap the OF £250-£500 rewards from your electric bills. been happy with what we have saved and this has helped our club out hugely. We also have PER MONTH their best selling product The Free Air Cellar System in our club too so that we no longer have to pay to cool our beer throughout the Autumn and Winter Month’s which has also delivered 35-50% CELLAR COOLERS/AIR-CONDITIONING GUARANTEED SAVINGS further saving’s to our club. We wouldn’t hesitate in recommending both Phil and Amy’s advice OF £200-£450 LOW WATT SMART HEATING PER MONTH to any Club who are serious about wanting to save for a brighter future.’ WE CAN SERVICE ALL REFRIGERATION PRODUCTS AT CIU RATES For more information please call Amy President Frankie Hunter and Secretary Dave Ibbotson….. Saving £490 within our Smart Energy Team on Per Month on their electric spend after thinking 0800 0730041 ‘Smarter’ with their Approved Suppliers Advice. or email [email protected] GRAND TOTAL SAVING’S OF £5,880 PER YEAR

If you can relate to any of these Club’s and you are looking to really make a difference to slashing your bills then pick up the phone today and call Amy for a FREE Survey and Energy Management Report to see how many thousands of pounds your own Club can save.

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NEWS IN BRIEF SPOTLIGHT ON... BOB RUSSELL CMD We talk to NEC Member Bob Russell CMD, President of Wessex Branch and Treasurer of Contracts and Handbook 2017 Solent Social Club, to get his thoughts on the current state of clubland will be available from Branch Offices How did you first become involved with Bob Russell CMD The CIU Contracts and Handbook are clubs and the CIU? currently being updated and will I was introduced to clubs in the Derby area at a shortly be printed for 2017. very early age as my uncle was a club steward, but at the age of 15 I joined the Navy and being The publications will be available to at sea or in different parts of the country I buy from your local Branch. The stopped using them for a number of years. documents available are: It was only towards the end of my service l Club Staff Handbook when I was stationed at HMS Daedalus that I l Club Steward Contract joined the Solent Social Club (then Lee on l Bar Manager Contract Solent WMC). I then joined the Committee l Bar/Cleaning Staff Contract later becoming Treasurer, then Secretary and l Bar/Cleaning Staff Terms and now back to Treasurer. Conditions of Employment l Bar/Cleaning Temporary Staff Terms If the Prime Minister offered you three and Conditions of Employment wishes on behalf of clubs, what would they l Club Staff Accommodation be? If you could award an OCE (Order of the Contract Stop supermarkets selling ridiculously cheap Club Empire ) who would it be to and why? beer and spirits, allow smoking in properly Following on from my last comment I would The club documents are priced as supervised and ventilated areas, remove MGD award the OCE to South East Midlands follows: £5 for each Handbook; £2.50 and go back to VAT at a reasonable rate on Branch Secretary Carol Goddard who was the for each Contract (except the Club machines and an extra one is to stop that pig first and still the only female member of the Staff Accommodation Contract flying about! NEC. I think she deserves it for putting up which is priced at £1.30 as a special with all of us male NEC members. limited edition) and £1.50 for each Are there any particular areas of modern life Terms and Conditions document. which you see as having a knock-on effect to What clubs do you belong to and which is clubs? your favourite club? These documents – available from One of our older members was complaining I belong to the Croon Club in Hampshire but your branch – take in all the current the other day that the youngsters of today my main club is the Solent Social Club. I have legislative requirements and have didn’t use the club as they didn’t socialise. As been a member there for over 40 years and I been produced to a high, professional he finished saying that a 20ish-year-old was first on the Committee and then became standard. member walked in and I put it to him that he Treasurer. didn’t socialise. I soon moved on to become full-time Please note that orders may be In all seriousness, he was highly offended Secretary/Bar Manager, a position which I held subject to a slight delay as the new and said that he was on Facebook, twitter and for 35 years. Six months ago, I retired and was documents are produced. snapchat every day and commented on his immediately co-opted back on to the mates' pages all the time! Committee as Treasurer. So, that has to be my National Executive favourite club as I have put so much into it. Committee Dates for 2017 What do you say to the doom-mongers out The remaining dates for the there? Who has been your biggest influence in your meetings of the National Executive Just look around you – well-run clubs are club life? Committee in 2017 are as follows: doing very nicely thank you and if you look at e biggest influence in my club life has to pubs in your area you will find that a lot more have been Mr Robin Etheridge: he was the March - 1st/2nd of them have gone than clubs in the same area. Wessex Branch Secretary from 1979 to 2002 April (Blackpool) - 5th/6th/7th/8th and also on the NEC during that time. May - 3rd/4th What are the most positive signs you’ve seen When I had just started as the Secretary of June - 7th/8th in the club sector in the past three years? my club he persuaded me to stand for election July - 5th/6th My Branch, the Wessex Branch, has to the branch executive which I did and I have August - 2nd/3rd campaigned for equality for a number of years now been on the branch for 27 years, the last September - 6th/7th even putting motions at Blackpool when it was 14 as President. October - 4th/5th not a very popular thing to do, so it is nice to If it hadn’t of been for Robin I don’t think I November - 1st/2nd see a growth in the number of women who would have been as involved as I have been December - 6th/7th now use clubs in their own right and without and if not for his encouragement I might even having to be the “guest” of a male member. have given up the Club Committee.

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Law and Finance Residential Weekend 2017 set for Royal Court Hotel in Coventry in March

Apply now for the Union’s Club Law & Club Finance Weekend, which will be held at the Royal Court Hotel, Coventry in March and costs £75 per student. Applications are also being taken for the Club Management Diploma Exams taking place in May 2017

Applications have now opened for the Club Applicants must be a financial member of Law & Club Finance Residential Weekend their club and hold the Union Associate and taking place in March. Pass Cards. An application form can obtained Being held at the Royal Court Hotel in from your Club Secretary or downloaded Coventry from ursday March 16 to Sunday from www.wmciu.org.uk March 19, the course will be excellent For further information on the course, preparation for those taking the Club contact Cath Fitzpatrick at Head Office – Tel: Management Diploma (CMD) Exams in May. (020) 7226 0221; Fax: (020) 7354 1847; email: e weekend aims to give attendees the cfi[email protected] opportunity to learn about running their clubs e closing date for applications to the May 13, 2017. more efficiently as well as getting them up to Residential Weekend is FRIDAY MARCH 17 If you pass both examinations and obtain speed on the latest legislation, including such and the 30 places will be selected on a first- first place in both sections you will be crucial topics as financial control, employment come, first-served basis. presented with your diploma at the Union’s law, health and safety, club rules, food hygiene Meanwhile, applications are also open for Annual Conference in Blackpool. regulations, insurance and suspensions and the two CMD Exams which are being held in e cost for taking the exams is a refundable expulsions. May. deposit of £10 per section (£20 for both A charge of £75 (VAT inclusive) will be e exams are about instilling confidence sections). e closing date for applications is made for the course but applicants will need to and helping students highlight their strengths MONDAY MARCH 6. meet the costs of travel to the venue. in areas of Club Law and Accountancy. Further information and examination forms e course cost covers full board, lectures e Club Law exam will take place on are available from Cath Fitzpatrick in the on Club Law and Club Finance and includes Saturday May 6, 2017 and the Club Leisure Department (see contact details above) students folder, pad and literature. Accountancy exam will be held on Saturday or visit: www.wmciu.org.uk KNIGHTHOOD FOR APPG SECRETARY DAVID CRAUSBY MP David Crausby MP, the Secretary of the All- Aer moving to work in Bolton as an Party Parliamentary Group for Non-Profit engineer he stood for parliamentary election Making Members’ Clubs, received a in Bolton North East in 1992, losing knighthood in the New Year’s honours. narrowly to the Conservatives. e Bolton North East Labour MP will He stood again in 1997 and recorded a become Sir David Crausby in recognition of landslide victory to become the new Member his parliamentary and political services. of Parliament for the area. e 70-year-old, who was born in Bury, He has comfortably held that seat at a began his political career in earnest when he further four general elections since that was elected to Bury Council in 1979. point, most recently in 2015. EXPANDED ONLINE VERSION OF CLUB JOURNAL AVAILABLE As part of the Union’s continuing commitment to offer more to its members, each month we will be publishing an online expanded version of Club Journal which will be available to download from the CIU’s official website. Published a week aer the paper version of the magazine has been delivered, the online version will have an expanded features section with more content designed to give you the information you need to continue to make your club a success. To visit the Union’s official website and download the expanded online version of Club Journal, visit: www.wmciu.org.uk SERVICE AWARD APPLICATION REMINDER Please remember to allow sufficient time when applying for your Service Award Certificates as all applications are approved initially by your local Branch Office then approved at the monthly NEC meeting in London. All certificates take around six to eight weeks to be approved, engraved and signed.

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SUPER LEAGUE

SUPER XXII GETS UNDERWAY IN FEBRUARY XXII begins this month as the 12 teams battle it out for the prestigious title. Warriors were the worthy champions last time out but will face mighty challenges from several quarters over the next 23 rounds of pulsating . Club Journal reports...

Wigan Warriors won last season’s Super League

he Betfred Super League XXII the tournament organisers. the world. In the past it would have been T gets underway in February and e teams will be playing a second set of played in Europe which has an effect on brings with it the usual promise of fixtures over the Spring Bank Holiday them of one week. finely tuned athleticism and physical following a week’s delay to the start of the “Travelling to Sydney and back is a big power as the 12 teams battle it out for the season. trip to make in what is already a rigorous title over the 23 rounds of the regular ere is also further disruption in May season, along with having training sessions season before the top eight teams enter the due to England’s scheduled game against throughout the season with the national play-offs. Samoa in Sydney. team, on top of what they already do at One of the teams to watch this season is “It’s certainly going to be a challenging club level, so there are some huge demands who won the League Leaders’ season,” said Smith. “I think the structure and some huge juggling. Shield and finished as runners-up in both of the season makes it hard. Having two “I think there’s been some huge sacrifices the Grand Final and final Easters over the season is going to have an being made for the international last year. impact on some teams - hopefully not campaign, let’s hope it’s all worth it. e Coach Tony Smith, however, is not mine - but I think it’s going to take its toll structure of our whole sport has been taking anything for granted this season on many teams. tipped on its head. I hope it’s for the right and is expecting a highly competitive “We’ve also got a mid-season Test which reasons.” battle throughout the rounds, particularly will provide a big ask of our international “We’re very proud of what we did last year given that the season has been rejigged by players, having to travel to the other side of - we weren’t far off all three available

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Live Super League XXII Fixtures

Thursday, February 9, 8pm Friday, February 17, 8pm 1 HD Sky Sports 1 HD St Helens v Rhinos v

Friday, February 10, 8pm Thursday, February 23, 8pm Sky Sports 2 HD Sky Sports 2 HD v Giants Hull FC v

Saturday, February 11, 5pm Friday, February 24, 8pm Sky Sports 3 HD Sky Sports 2 HD Catalans Dragons v v Widnes Vikings

Thursday, February 16, 8pm Thursday, March 2, 8pm Sky Sports 2 HD Sky Sports 2 HD v v Leeds Rhinos

trophies - but we can’t take anything for is likely to be out Sharks on February 19. granted,” he said. “I think we’ve got a better until April as he continues his recovery Week four sees even more marquee team than last year and I think some of the from foot surgery, while dangerous winger matches with a repeat of the 2016 Grand other teams will be better than last year too. Dom Manfredi is set to miss the whole of Final between Warrington Wolves and “ere’s always a few surprises along the the regular season aer undergoing a knee Wigan Warriors while beaten semi- way. Who would have predicted what re-construction and long-serving hooker finalists Hull FC and St Helens also square happened to Leeds last year? at’s the Michael McIlorum, who broke his ankle off under the lights a day later. beauty of our sport, there’s always some against Broncos in the World Other highlights include Leigh twists and turns. Club Series last February, will miss the Centurions' first game in the competition “Catalans are an unknown quantity to start of the new season in order to undergo at the state of the art some degree because they’ve got a lot of an operation. when they play Leeds Rhinos in week two, fresh faces.” Wigan have re-signed omas Leuluai while local rivals, St Helens and Wigan Meanwhile, reigning champions Wigan and aer stints in the NRL, Warriors, will meet on Good Friday. Warriors, who secured their fourth Super replacing departed duo Matty Smith and is season will mark the competition’s League title last season, despite some . 20th Grand Final with the finale on major injury problems, will be without e club also brought in French October 7. some key men for a large portion of the internationals Morgan Escare and Romain Sky Sports Head of Rugby League early season. Navarrete and Wane admits there is plenty Neville Smith said: “We can’t wait to be at of room for improvement on their title- Langtree Park on the opening night of the winning year. season for what should be another Wigan coach said: “Our fantastic year of rugby league on Sky attack wasn’t great last year so there’s a lot Sports. e struggles of last season’s to work on,” the coach said. champions Leeds and semi-finalists ”Eighty per cent of our review was Huddersfield show the unpredictability of negative, there are a lot of things we have the competition and it’s anyone’s guess to do better and the players recognise that. who'll make this year’s Grand Final.” “e fact is that we only won one thing. Sky Sports Rugby League expert Brian Warrington were the best team, the most Carney added: "With the champions consistent team throughout the year.” Wigan promising they can get better and In the , Wigan will now a new club in Leigh to shake up the look to become the first British team to competition, I'm confident Sky Sports will beat Australian opposition since 2012 bring the most fascinating season we could Warrington Wolves finished last season as runners-up when they face NRL winners Cronulla have wished for. Roll on February 9th.”

Club Journal • 19 SIX NATIONS RUGBY

ENGLAND EMBARK ON SIX NATIONS DEFENCE The RBS 6 Nations Championship, which begins in February and concludes in March, will have a bonus points system in place for the 2017 tournament which rewards try scoring, a move which could produce some exciting games

England won the title after victory in all five rounds in 2016

he news that the Six Nations organisers England, is taking in his stride. on the Six Nations stage. T would be introducing a bonus points sys- “Bonus points won’t affect how we do things,” he said For his part, manager Joe Schmidt is convinced that tem for the 2017 tournament (on a trial at the official launch of the 2017 Six Nations in January. Ireland will be there or thereabouts when it comes to basis) was greeted with equal trepidation and applause ‘I have coached rugby for 20 years and it has not had challenging for the title, having come through an in- when it was announced in the latter half of last year. one iota of influence on how I have gone about things. jury-ravaged tournament with credit last time out. Many traditionalists threw up their hands in horror I’ve grown up with bonus points, I coached in Super “The last three years I kind of had to put the pin in at the prospect of such an esteemed and established Rugby when they first came in. It’s always been a factor the wall and make a marker and I think I said in the tournament changing its structure and thereby forever that if you play well, you win. If you play really well, first two years that a top-two finish would be some- altering the ‘product’ on offer. you win with a bonus point - it’s as simple as that.” thing I would be really happy with,” said Schmidt. Others have embraced the notion of promoting at- Certainly, England were lauded for their attacking “Last year, just on the back of losing so much expe- tacking rugby and rewarding teams for scoring tries, a play during the 2016 tournament and Jones will no rience and so much ability through injury, it was a bit formula which is already in operation in the World doubt expect his team to move forward a level from of a rebuilding time for us. I think we built not too Cup, the Rugby Championship, the Aviva Premiership where they were 12 months ago. badly, I think it is going to be more competitive than and the Guinness PRO12. “I want us to set a benchmark in the first game ever but again it would be great if we could get a top- Under the new trial, four match points will be against France,” he said. “The last time England played two finish.” awarded to a winning team, with an extra point if they well in the first round was against Wales in 2006. Before “Nothing protects you from injuries to key players score four tries or more, while losing teams will be that you have to go back to the great side of 2001-03.” though. That could still happen and derail you a bit but awarded no points but can collect a bonus point for England have been installed as title favourites by hopefully we will be as well prepared as we can be.” scoring four tries or more or lose by a margin of seven most bookmakers with Ireland - fresh from their au- Ireland’s first opponents, Scotland, will be hopeful points or less. tumn feat of beating the World Champion All Blacks of causing an upset at Murrayfield as Vern Cotter pre- A draw will result in the teams being awarded two in Chicago - also heavily tipped for glory. pares the team for the last time as coach ahead of his points each with an additional bonus point on offer for The Irish – who also recorded victories over Aus- summer departure. scoring four tries or more. tralia and South Africa in 2016 – have been boosted by The New Zealander believes that Scotland are now a In addition, a team which wins all five matches, thus the news that talisman Johnny Sexton should be fit for competitive force and have come a long way since they achieving the Grand Slam – as England did in the 2016 Six Nations duty after an injury scare. finished the 2015 tournament with the Wooden Spoon tournament – will be awarded a further three points. The fly-half has been widely touted for the Lions after five straight losses. It’s certainly a significant change to the format but No.10 berth for the tour of New Zealand in the summer “Scottish rugby is on the up as both Glasgow and Ed- one that Eddie Jones, coach of reigning champions and he will be desperate to show his abilities once more inburgh have qualified in Europe and we’ve got players

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Ireland are expected to be a leading contender in the 2017 Six Nations

in successful teams like Saracens,” he said. “I think ronment for a period of time have said something to O'Shea admits he can't wait for his first Six Nations coming through a World Cup and reaching a quarter- themselves that they haven't been good enough. And campaign in charge of Italy. The former Harlequins di- final has helped. ultimately we want to set the standards. rector of rugby took over as head coach in the summer “There have been games that have been very disap- “It's a big year as everyone knows, but that standard of 2016 with the team winning Tests against Canada pointing to lose and from those there have been honest has to be set in the Welsh jersey and the last couple and the USA and losing to Argentina. They also reviews that have helped us move forward. (of Six Nations) we've come up short - second and recorded their first-ever win over South Africa, beating “When this team gets more time together in the Six joint second and that hurts.” the Springboks 20-18 in November. Nations it will be a great competition for us because There is a real sense of optimism in Italy with a new “We’re obviously a team that is striving to work in there are opportunities to go on a Lions tour. coaching team in place led by former Ireland interna- the right way, and if we do that then results will look “I think we have player in serious consideration. We tional Conor O'Shea. after themselves.” need a good Six Nations. Then if they get that experi- ence it’s going to filter down through Scottish rugby.” 2017 Six Nations TV schedule Meanwhile, Wales open their 2017 Six Nations ac- count against Italy and have a new captain in the burly ROUND 1 ROUND 3 form of Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones who has re- Saturday 4th February Saturday 25th February placed Blues flanker Sam Warburton, who led Scotland v Ireland 2.25pm (BBC1) Scotland v Wales 2.25pm (BBC1) the team with distinction for six years. England v France 4.50pm (ITV1) Ireland v France 4.50pm (ITV) "There's a new competitive edge about the squad with a new dynamic in the captain," said Wales coach Sunday 5th February Sunday 26th February Rob Howley. “Alun Wyn has certainly put his footprint Italy v Wales 2pm (ITV1) England v Italy 3pm (ITV1) on his captaincy style and will flourish in the role.” ROUND 2 ROUND 4 As well as their victories over South Africa and Ar- Saturday 11th February Friday March 10th gentina in the autumn, Wales narrowly beat Japan, but Italy v Ireland 2.45pm (ITV1) Wales v Italy 8.05pm (BBC1) their series began with defeat by Australia.He said: Wales v England 4.50pm (BBC1) “We've got over the line in the autumn three times so I Saturday March 11th think the players can take pride in that. But we all ac- Sunday 12th February Italy v France 1.30pm (ITV1) cept that we need to go to another level.” France v Scotland 3pm (BBC1) England v Scotland 4pm (ITV1) There are seven uncapped players in the Wales squad and Howley, who has taken charge of Wales ROUND 5 Saturday March 18th while Warren Gatland is on secondment to the Lions, Scotland v Italy 12.30pm (BBC) believes these new faces will help the team to improve. France v Wales 2.45pm (ITV) “There is a different feel," he said. "There was a lot of Ireland v England 5pm (ITV1) energy, but maybe players who have been in our envi-

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MEANS BUSINESS e 26th CIU Beer & Trades Exhibition Friday April 7, 1pm-5pm Norcalympia Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool THE 26 TH CIU BEER & TRADES EXHIBITION

THE 26TH CIU BEER & TRADES EXHIBITION

Union Vice-President John Tobin looks ahead to the CIU Beer & Trades Exhibition in the Norcalympia at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool on Friday, April 7 and promises a fantastic day out for delegates

his April will see the CIU Beer & business, as well as take part in a number T Trades Exhibition being held for the of activities, including bingo sessions, third time at the Norcalympia at the prize draws and pool competitions. Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool. Heineken will be showcasing a range of e event certainly has a lot to live up to aer products with delegates each receiving a the two previous shows at this magnificent set of complimentary drinks tokens. venue but we’re very confident aer many Dransfields – the Preferred Supplier of months of planning that it will do just that. gaming machines to the Union – will also As Union Vice-President, the show comes be a major presence at the show. under my remit and I’ve been delighted at how it As well as demonstrating the latest has progressed over the past two years to gaming technology, they have several become a ‘must-attend’ event during Conference activities planned throughout the Weekend and a worthy curtain-raiser to the aernoon with some fantastic prizes up main event, the Annual Meeting, which takes for grabs. place on the Saturday. Other exhibitors who confirmed their ere will be more exhibitors than ever attendance for the 26th Beer & Trades before, more activities to take part in, with the Show include ACE Furniture, Aon, BT result that we are expecting attendance levels to Sport, the Campaign For Real Ale, be even higher than in 2015 and 2016. Heineken, Dransfields, Just Enrolment While the key purpose of the show is to Plus Ltd and Rijo42. boost your club’s business and get the lowdown It is shaping up to a be a great occasion John Tobin (centre) with Graeme (left) on the latest products from all manner of so I look forward to seeing you there. and Josh Miller (right) of Ace Furniture suppliers in order to help your club flourish financially, there is also a major emphasis on having an enjoyable aernoon. e show is an ideal opportunity to mix and mingle with other club folk in an informal atmosphere and exchange ideas on boosting

A delegate tries out his footballing skills on the Union Vice-President John Tobin (left) with Heineken UK National Account Manager Graeme BT Sport stand Mitchell at the 2016 CIU Beer & Trades Exhibition

John Tobin (right) and former England and Delegates had the chance to ‘play their cards right’ and The Head Office team will be at the show Nottingham Forest player Trevor Francis on win prizes on the Dransfields stand during the 2016 show to answer your questions the BT Sport stand at the 2016 show

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BLACKPOOL & EASTBOURNE WORKING MEN’S CLUB New memberships available. 102/104 Firle Road, Eastbourne BN22 8ET. CIU and RBL affiliated coach parties welcome! KENT Tel: (01323) 723322 Free finger buffet for 49-seater coach visit! Email: [email protected] Upgraded buffet at a discount. BEXLEYHEATH WMC BLACKPOOL ROYAL BRITISH Royal Oak Road, Bexleyheath. DA6 7HG LEGION CLUB www.ewmc.club Contact Secretary on (01255) 674153 Visit the one and only workers’ club in our lovely Telephone (0208) 303 2163 33-38 King Street, Blackpool FY1 3EJ. South Coast town. We have live music, raffles, bingo, Friendly atmosphere, comfortable surroundings and an Enjoy your visit with us at the club. darts, snooker and pool. See our website for coming HAMPSHIRE & excellent range of beers to quench your thirst. Everything Good all-round entertainment. events. A warm welcome to CIU members all year round. ISLE OF WIGHT you require on your visit to Bluewater and Lakeside Bookings for coach parties accepted. ______shopping centres. Refreshments available. Room available for hire. Littlehampton Trades & Labour Club Leigh Park and District TUWMC (Please give advance notice). Sec: Mr D Saint or Treasurer Mrs G Cornwell ______Wick Street, Wick, Littlehampton 439 Dunsbury Way, Havant PO9 5BD Club: (01253) 626 308; Office: (01253) 290 322 BN17 7JH. Telephone (01903) 714 054 The largest club on the South Coast SUNDRIDGE PARK WMC www.blackpoolrbl.co.uk A warm welcome awaits all visitors. Facilities include Situated 2 miles from A3(M) and A27 and within 20 134 BURNT ASH LANE, BROMLEY. email: [email protected] ______darts, crib and Sky TV. Catering for private parties can be minutes’ drive of Goodwood and Fontwell Races. Tel: (020) 8464 3638 (Office); (020) 8460 6348 (Club) arranged (14 days’ notice please). Live entertainment Visiting clubs welcome. Located close to A21 and A20. A warm welcome is You’ve been to the rest Live bands on Saturday nights extended to all visitors. Two bars serving a wide range — now visit the best! every Saturday. Coach parties welcome with prior notice, please contact the Secretary. and food, darts, snooker and pool available all week. of drinks. TV in bar and the lounge. Purpose-built snooker room Voted the best club in the North West on TV’s Please contact the Secretary on with four tables. Live entertainment Saturday and Sunday “The One Show”. (023) 92472624 evenings. Coach parties by prior arrangement with the office. BLOOMFIELD CLUB & INSTITUTE ESSEX & email: [email protected] 128 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool FY1 6JW EAST ANGLIA website: www.workingmensclubleighpark.co.uk. Free entertainment seven nights a ______LEEDS & week along with your favourite games COMRADES SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB, Newport (I.W.) Social Club WEST YORKSHIRE • Bingo • Tote • Supa5 CLACTON 13-14 Lower St James Street, Newport, The club is on one level with disabled toilet facilities. A warm welcome awaits at both our premises. Isle of Wight PO30 5HB. Tel: (01983) 527 291 Belle Isle WMC Coach parties and football fans welcome. 205 Old Road, a short walk from seafront, has live Situated in the centre of town, with a warm friendly Belle Isle Road, Leeds LS10 3PE. Contact Secretary on (01253) 344583 entertainment Saturday evenings, disco Sunday Warm and friendly club with large car park, good value ______atmosphere where you can bring family and friends. afternoons, back garden and car park. 9 Colne Road is Open all day, function room, snooker room, darts, pool beer and large concert room. Live bands Friday, Saturday KNOTT END WORKING MEN’S CLUB one minute from sea front. Live entertainment and jukebox. Kitchen now open 7 days a week for hot and Sunday. Coaches welcome. Offers a great welcome to CIU members and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons and Saturday Contact Secretary on (0113) 2718 768. and cold food. Coach parties always welcome by prior ______parties. Why not try evenings. Pool, darts, raffles and bingo at both. Coach arrangement. • a visit to the seaside • a ferry ride to Fleetwood parties welcome by ringing the Secretary in advance ______Visiting Blackpool or Yorkshire Coast? on (01255) 423 314. • a bowling green competition ______COWES COMBINED SERVICES & SOCIAL CLUB Haydock Park or York Races? or just our good food and entertainment. 85 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7AJ. Then call at: Elland Working Men’s Club SALISBURY AVENUE, KNOTT END-ON-SEA, LANCS. HUNSTANTON (NORFOLK) A warm and friendly welcome is Roseberry Street, Elland, West Yorkshire HX5 0HT Bar telephone (01253) 810362 UNITED SERVICES SOCIAL CLUB extended to all visitors. For your breakfast on the outward journey. And for an evening’s Telephone Secretary Mrs Karen Bradford in the A warm welcome to all visitors. Large enclosed garden Situated on the sea front with panoramic splendid entertainment on your way home. We are only 2 miles office for dates and details – (01253) 812226 and car park with sea views. Three snooker tables, from Junction 24, M62 on the A629. A warm welcome extended ______sea views from the stage dining area, also pool table and darts. Bingo Mondays and the club has one of the best views in the country. to all Associate Members. Live entertainment on Saturday ROSEGROVE UNITY Working Men’s Club Thursdays and one game Saturday evening. Live Ideal for parties and outings. nights. Dancing on Thursdays to our resident organist. Fully Holme Lodge, Rossendale Road, Burnley, weekend entertainment. Catering arranged on Freshly prepared meals available 7 days a week. modernised Concert Room and Lounge. Excellent Games Room. Lancs, BB11 5DL. request. Disabled friendly. Close to Sandringham Royal Disabled facilities. Coach parties very welcome, Floodlit Bowling Green. Large Car Park. Sky Sports,BT Sports and Situated 2 minutes from Junction 9 on M65. Estate, Coaches welcome midweek. please notify Secretary or bar manager free WI FI are available. Coach Parties welcome –please let us Contact Club Steward on (01485) 533360. Large car parking space available. ______in advance. Entertainment Friday have 14 days’ notice in writing to the Secretary Steve Graydon. Entertainment Friday, Saturday and Sunday. and Saturday evenings. Tel: Club (01422) 373 023. www.ellandwmc.web.com. Bookings must give 14 days’ notice. SHERINGHAM TYNESIDE CLUB Tel: (01983) 716482 Telephone pre-bookings to be confirmed contact Secretary on 01282 431 363 or 95 Station Road, Sheringham NR26 8RG in writing to the Secretary. email: [email protected] ______e-mail [email protected] Safe beer garden and parking. Great home-made food at ______great prices seven days a week. Coaches welcome, SWARCLIFFE WORKING MEN’S CLUB contact the Secretary in advance on HEREFORD & Swarcliffe Avenue, Leeds LS14 5DE GOING TO THE RACES? (01263) 822570 ______WORCESTERSHIRE A warm and friendly welcome always assured in the Why not try comfortable surroundings of our recently refurbished BURNLEY MINERS WMSC Naval & Military Club (Southend-on-Sea) Hereford Welsh Social Club club. Live entertainment every Friday, Saturday and As seen on TV 20 Royal Terrace, Southend SS1 1DU. 1 Hinton Road, Hereford, HR2 6BL. Sunday evening. Relax in the quiet of the lounge or try a 2 minutes from the Town Centre Tel: (01702) 347169 Tel: (01432) 269038/265874 game of snooker on one of our three superb tables. and Turf Moor. A warm and friendly welcome awaits you. Large rear Email: [email protected] Big screen Sky Sports TV. Entertainment Friday, Saturday and Sunday. garden and roof terrace with fantastic views overlooking A friendly welcome is extended to all Associate Planning a day at the races? Coach parties by appointment. the seafront and estuary. Live entertainment Saturday Members. Live Entertainment every Saturday evening. York, Wetherby, Ripon. Breakfast and/or evening meal. nights and Wednesday afternoons. Hot and Cold Food Hot and cold food available. We are 2 minutes from the A64 and 5 minutes Tel: Bar (01282) 422 791 or available every day of the week. Local Real Ale Club of Coaches welcome (please contact Secretary from the M1. Breakfast and evening meals for large Office (01282) 835 429 the Year. Coach parties welcome but must contact the prior to your visit). parties available by appointment. Secretary/Chairman prior to the visit. Please visit our website: ______Contact: Glen Doyle (Secretary) –(0113) 2959100 www.herefordwelshsocialclub.co.uk BRIGHTON & FELIXSTOWE TRADES & LABOUR CLUB “Hereford’s most popular social club” SUSSEX 182 High Road West, Felixstowe IP11 9BB ______LEICESTER & Offers a warm welcome to all visitors. We are open 7 RICHMOND PLACE CLUB EAST MIDLANDS EASTBOURNE & DISTRICT TRADE UNION days a week from midday offering a good selection of 69/71 EDGAR STREET, HEREFORD HR4 9JP CLUB & INSTITUTE LTD beers. Entertainment every Saturday night. Live entertainment every Saturday. Monthly Nottingham Oddfellows Club Clapham House, 48 Seaside, Eastbourne, Visit our website for more info: Country & Western night. 89 Humberstone GATE, Leicester. East Sussex BN22 7QL. www.ftalc.co.uk Hot and cold food available. Disabled facilities, TELEPHONE: (0116) 262 0181 ______A warm welcome is guaranteed to all CIU associates real ale, Wrestling nights. 262 5404 (Evenings) – CIU Affiliated and guests. A good selection of reasonably priced WALTON-ON-NAZE RBL CLUB Sunday Jazz Nights (monthly). City Centre Club. Coach park right outside premises 2 beers and spirits available. Temporary membership Vicarage Lane (off High Street) Shoppers and coach parties very welcome. minutes from centre of Leicester. Coach parties and can be arranged at the door for all holiday makers. Visiting the seaside? Parking for coaches. parties always welcome. Food supplied hot or cold – Large groups or coach parties are welcome with prior Our newly refurbished and refitted club extends a warm Contact Secretary, 7 days’ notice or please phone prior to visit. Children arrangements. Situated 5 minutes walk from the beach. welcome and friendly atmosphere. Two minutes from beach Les Walker on (01432) 356 529. welcome. Dances Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Please contact secretary on (01323) 727703. front. Good range of drinks and bar snacks available email:[email protected] Entertainment available. Phone or write to Secretary Eric Johnson

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SKEGNESS EX-SERVICE CLUB NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INTAKE SOCIAL CLUB Going to Premiership Swansea City or racing at Ffos Las? 2 Grand Parade, Skegness, PE25 2UN. Craithie Road, Doncaster DN2 5EG. Visit Telephone: (01754) 762113 & CAMBRIDGESHIRE We are the closest club (5 minutes’ walk) to MORRISTON WMC Located on the seafront near the clocktower, 2-3 mins St James Working Mens Club Doncaster Racecourse. We can get racing tickets for you. 11 Slate Street, Swansea SA6 8AA. from town centre. Lounge bar, pool/children’s room, 1st Weedon Road, St James, Northampton. Bar snacks available. Tremendous value for money A friendly club which makes visitors welcome. floor patio area. Reasonably priced beers/lagers and A warm welcome awaits all club members. bar prices. Contact Secretary Tom Forester Liberty Stadium 15 minutes, Ffos Las 45 minutes, house doubles. Selection of chilled baps. Live Lounge, Games Room and large Concert Room. in advance on: Ospreys 15 minutes. 10 minutes from M4 Junction 45. entertainment every Saturday (Sundays main season). Parties welcome, catering if required by prior (01302) 320 036 Coach parties welcome with advance notice. Ring (01792) 771580 Sky and BT Sport shown. Open 11.30- 11.30 most days. arrangement. or email [email protected] ______Pre-booked coaches welcome – come to a completely 5 minutes M1, Junction 15A. refurbished 21st century club. Please contact Secretary Rogerstone and Bassaleg Social Club Mrs P. Webster. SURREY 1 Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone, Newport NP10 9DW. LONDON Tel: (01604) 456 602 A warm friendly welcome assured to all CIU www.stjameswmc.co.uk EGHAM UNITED SERVICES CLUB affiliates and guests, less than 10 minutes from THE HAMMERSMITH CLUB 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey TW20 9PE. junction 27 of the M4. Coach parties welcome by Rutland Grove, London W6 9DH **** 10 mins’ walk from Fulham FC and less than 25 SHEFFIELD & “North Surrey CAMRA Club of the Year 2008 & 2009” prior appointment, live entertainment every mins by local transport to Chelsea and QPR. A “Finalist for CAMRA Club of the Year 2009” Saturday evening. SOUTH YORKSHIRE Telephone: (01633) 893 508. warm and friendly welcome to away fans looking **** for good hospitality and a relaxing drink. ARMTHORPE CORONATION CLUB Located 5 minutes from J13 M25, handy for Windsor Also 20 mins to Westfield, Europe’s largest shopping Tranmoor Lane, Armthorpe, Castle and races, Kempton, Ascot, Epsom and Sandown. WARWICKSHIRE & centre and 30 mins to West End theatres. Doncaster DN3 3BS. 5 mins from Egham Station on the Waterloo to Reading COVENTRY Contact Thomas on 07798 735267 or visit Handy for racecourse and Doncaster Rovers. line. Three real ale and cider festivals a year. www.hammersmithclub.co.uk www.eusc.co.uk ______Close to M18. Big screen TV, entertainment BEDWORTH EX-SERVICEMEN’S every weekend. Tel: (01784) 435120 or (07738) 714572 HARROW ROYAL BRITISH LEGION (Real Ale Festivals and Party Bars also arranged) SOCIAL CLUB & INSTITUTE Ring Club Secretary Alan Jones on ______Rye Piece, Bedworth. Tel: (024) 7631 3236 Northolt Road, South Harrow HA2 0DW. (01302) 831 393. Extends a warm welcome to all Associate ______DAY OUT RACING Extends a warm welcome to all associates members and guests. Arundel Ex-Servicemen’s Club Bar Meals & Restaurant Facilities Tuesday – Sunday Situated 10 minutes from ESHER W.M.C. 5 Minutes from The Home of the WASPS & COVENTRY City Road, Sheffield CITY – The Ricoh Arena. Package deals – the A40 and 20 minutes from Wembley A friendly Club close to Town Centre 142 Esher High Street, Esher, Surrey. Stadium. Coach parties welcome with prior notification Telephone: (01372) 467 758 Free parking/Pre-match meal/Minibus to/ from Facilities include: ground/Post match meal. to Bruce or Elaine on a 500 seat Concert Room, two other lounges and a Sandown Race Course within walking distance. 0208 422 1222 Kempton Park and Epsom also nearby. Real Ales available. Games Room. Great Cabaret every night except Saturday Night Live Entertainment For entertainment details check our website. Tuesday and Wednesday. A warm welcome is extended to all associate members. www.harrow-club.co.uk Saturday/Sunday Bingo. ______Coach parties please contact Contact Secretary for bookings Mr B. Simmonite. ______HAYES WMC Children allowed up to 10 years THAMES VALLEY Willenhall Social Club Pump Lane, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 3NB. Catering for Buffet if required. Robin Hood Road, Coventry CV3 3BB. Telephone: (020) 8573 1721 Telephone: (0114) 239 7151 Banbury Trades & Labour Club ______Secretary: (024) 7630 1222 or 7630 3278. e-mail: [email protected] 32 West Bar Street, Banbury, Oxon OX16 9RR. Welcome to all Associate Members. Why not visit the flagship of clubs in the South? Ascot, BARNBY DUN SOCIAL CLUB Tel: (01295) 254 168. Entertainment every Saturday and Sunday night in Kempton Park & Sandown racecourses all nearby. Live High Street, Barnby Dun, Doncaster DN3 1DS A warm welcome is extended to all Associates. concert room (seats 600). bands every Friday and Saturday night. Late night A warm and friendly welcome awaits you. Coach parties welcome with 14 days prior notice Bar, games room and luxury lounge facilities. cabaret last Saturday of every month, at least 3 acts, The club is just off the High Street and so close to Secretary Joan Conley. Large car park. Hot and cold snacks available. charge for entry, late bar. for the football and racing. Live entertainment on 10 minutes from City Centre. Catering available weekends, orders taken in There is a busy entertainment programme, Saturday night. Food available. Please contact No Children Allowed. advance to your requirements. the chance to hire/use the function room as well as Secretary with your booking. Coach parties apply to Secretary. Visit our website: reasonable prices. www.hayesworkingmensclub.com Please call Steve Fearon WARWICKSHIRE & for our full entertainment programme. 01302 882936 WALES Coaches welcome by prior arrangement with to book your visit in. COVENTRY the secretary. ______CARDIFF WEST END HEN LANE SOCIAL CLUB CARCROFT VILLAGE WMC SOCIAL CLUB Beacon Road, Holbrooks, Coventry CV6 4DS. WILLESDEN Chestnut Avenue Carcroft, COWBRIDGE ROAD WEST, ELY, CARDIFF CF5 5BY. 5 minutes from M6 Junction 3, 10 minutes’ walk WORKING MENS CLUB Doncaster DN6 8AG A very friendly welcome to CIU Associates and their from Ricoh Arena, minibus from families from CARDIFF’S PREMIER SOCIAL CLUB. club on match days. Excellent function room and 202 Villiers Road, London NW2 5PU Extends a warm welcome to all CIU affiliated members. 10 minutes from M4. 15 minutes to city centre. facilities. Hot and cold snacks available at all times. Email: [email protected] Coach Parties welcomed by prior arrangement. , Cardiff International Arena, Prior notice required for coach parties and Tel: 020 8459 5846 1 mile from A1 and close to M1, M18 and M62. St. David’s Hall/ Centre, Cardiff Bay. catering (menu sent on request). Top class entertainment every weekend. Please contact the Secretary. A warm and friendly atmosphere, situated within 2 Live entertainment every Handy for Doncaster Races and trips returning from Tel: (024) 7672 4830; minute walk from Dollis Hill Station, NW2. 2 stops to Saturday night with Bingo/Raffle/Tote/Disco North or South coastal routes. Office: (024) 7672 4832. /Arena. 20 minutes to Central London. FULL SKY SPORTS/RACING UK. Big screen TVs and live football Coach parties welcome by prior appointment. Hot and cold food available. ______All enquiries to COACH PARTIES MOST WELCOME. WEST COUNTRY Jim Hutchinson, Secretary on Telephone: (029) 2059 4004 Visiting London? Going Shopping? (01302) 725497; ______Stop off at the email: [email protected] Bettws Social Club THE ANZAC CLUB The Wood Green Social Club website: www.carcroftvillagewmc.com Lambourne Way, Bettws, Newport, Gwent. Anzac Street, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 9DJ ______(01803) 832661 3 Stuarts Crescent, Wood Green London N22 5NJ A warm friendly welcome assured to all CIU HAWTHORN RECREATIONAL & affiliated members and guests. A warm and friendly welcome awaits all affiliated Tel; 0208 8889917 SOCIAL CLUB members and guests. Coach parties welcome, please Email:[email protected] Less than 10 minutes from junction 26 of the M4. Goodison Boulevard, Cantley, Doncaster. Coach parties welcome by prior appointment. give 14 days’ prior notice. Where? Not far from Brent Cross shopping centre. Tel: (01302) 535 995 Catering for buffets can be arranged. On the way through to Lakeside and Blue Water. Live entertainment every Saturday evening. Easily accessible for the Racecourse. Catering can be provided by arrangement. Situated behind St Saviour’s Church. We offer good food and a warm welcome. Big screen Sky TV. Artistes on Saturdays. Please like us on Facebook. Tel: (01633) 858 780. ______

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WESTON-SUPER-MARE BORO Going to watch Sunderland or Newcastle United? Telephone (0191) 2900474. Contact Derek or Jacky for more information. SOCIAL CLUB Visit NORTHALLERTON & DISTRICT WMC CATTERICK SOCIAL CLUB Elder Road, Northallerton, DL6 1NH. SUNNYSIDE HOUSE, 20 HIGH ST CATTERICK VILLAGE Weston super Mare Boro Social Club Tel: (01609) 772390 NORTH YORKS DL107LJ 2 Locking Road, Weston super Mare BS23 3DF BELMONT CLUB & INSTITUTE Email: [email protected] TEL 01748 811564 2 minutes from railway station and 5 minutes from the Grange Road, Carrville, Durham DH1 1AJ Situated in the picturesque county town of North Located on the Great North Road, town centre Club is situated in the main coach park. Friendly club. Football and other sports Yorkshire, with easy access to A19 and the A1, we and ideally situated for racegoers attending Ripon, A warm welcome is guaranteed to CIU supporters welcome. Large screen TVs. extend a warm welcome to CIU associates. Thirsk, York, Sedgefield and Catterick. members and guests. Usual cheap social club prices. Coach parties by arrangement. Only 15mins from Catterick, Ripon and Thirsk Adjacent to A1(M) North and South. Coach parties by prior arrangement please. Tel: (0191) 386 1487 ______racecourses. Racing and football channels showing on Coaches welcomed with prior notification, Entertainment and bingo every Tuesday from 2 pm. four TVs. Live entertainment and bingo please call the above number, evenings only. Please contact the Bar Manager on CENTRAL WMC Saturdays and Sundays. Live entertainment, large screen TVs, pool table, 01934 622940 7 Beaumont Street, Darlington ______Tel: (01325) 464054 and all usual club facilities. or email [email protected]. Situated near town centre, five minutes from A1(M). North Biddick Social Club CIU members, affiliates and guests Associate members and coach parties are welcome as Bonemill Lane, Fatfield, Washington NE38 8AN. assured of a warm welcome. WEST MIDLANDS & are football and racing followers. Please give prior Excellent riverside location. Five minutes from 120 seat function room available free to A1(M) with excellent car/coach parking club members for private parties, etc. BIRMINGHAM notice. Live entertainment and catering by private ______arrangement. Room available for birthdays, facilities. Games room with 2 snooker tables engagement parties, wakes and weddings. and 2 pool tables. Restaurant facilities and buffets City of York Tramways Employees’ REMEMBRANCE CLUB LTD ______catered for. Why not call on your way Club and Institute to see football games or cricket games in the 1 Mill Street (off Piccadilly), York YO1 1PY. 10 CHESTER ROAD, CASTLE BROMWICH, CHILTON & WINDLESTONE WMC area? Coaches welcome by prior arrangement Entertainments Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. BIRMINGHAM B36 9DD Darlington Road, Chilton, Co. Durham DL17 0EY with Secretary Michael Normile on Prize games. Concert room (seating 275), Extends a warm welcome to all Associate Members. Great facilities in our modern bar, lounge and concert Games Room, Bar and live Sky Sports TV. Live entertainment every Saturday and Sunday evening. hall. Sky Sports - Snooker - Pool - Regular Entertainment (0191) 416 0148 Why not visit our website at Visiting Associates are welcome. Parties by Line Dancing Mondays. Ballroom Dancing Tuesdays. Convenient for M/bro, S/land, N/cle football matches. www.northbiddickclub.co.uk arrangement. Large comfortable lounge. Games Room. Ample parking. Only 3 miles from A1(M), 5 miles From Sedgefield ______Telephone: (01904) 623 953 Close to M6/M42 (nr. Spaghetti Junction). Racecourse For bookings contact the Secretary on POPPLETON ROAD WMC ______Coaches by arrangement. 132 Poppleton Road, York YO26 4UP Contact the Secretary. (0121) 747 5256 / 747 2943 07789 003529 East End WMC Darlington ______or email via our website at www.chiltonwmc.co.uk (01904) 793398 A warm friendly welcome assured to all 6 Neasham Road, GREENLANDS SELECT SOCIAL CLUB Situated on the main road in Chilton — look for the flagpole! CIU affiliates and guests. Wide selection of beers Darlington DL1 4AD A lively and friendly club. ______available, ideal for the races and close to the city centre. A friendly club we provide entertainment on We provide live entertainment Friday and Saturday Bingo and raffle Fridays. Live entertainment and bingo, Saturday & Sundays evenings, evenings, bingo Tuesday pm, Friday pm and GRINDON BROADWAY Saturdays and Sundays. Sunday lunchtime, large TV showing Sky and BT Sport, SOCIAL CLUB C.I.U. ______plus bingo & raffles also Quiz on Mondays Play and Stay playgroup Tuesday Wednesday and Gregory Road, Grindon, Sunderland SR4 9RX VICTORIA SAILORS & WMC and bingo, Wednesday bingo & raffle. Thursday am. 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Thursday February 9, 8pm - Sky Sports 2 HD Wednesday February 15, 7.45pm - BT Sport HD Super League: St Helens v Leeds Rhinos UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich v Arsenal The new Super League season gets underway as St Helens The Gunners face a major challenge as they head to the welcome Leeds Rhinos to Langtree Park. This should be an Allianz Arena for this Champions League Last 16, first leg exciting match, particularly in view of the five law clash against Bayern Munich. The German side finished amendments which have come into force in order to make second in their group, behind Atletico Madrid, but remain the game more attractive and provide more space for a real force in European football and Arsenal will have to enterprising, attacking play. be at the top of their game for this foray in Bavaria. SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS Club Journal looks ahead to some of the key sporting fixtures taking place in February, including the start of the Super League and several big Barclays Premier League fixtures, not least the Manchester derby Sunday February 5 Six Nations Rugby: 1.30pm Wales v England, Saturday, Sky Sports 1 HD February 11, 4.50pm, BBC1 Barclays Premier League: Manchester City v Swansea City

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Thursday February 23, 7pm - Sky Sports 1 HD Sunday February 26, 2.15pm - Sky Sports 1 HD Premier League Darts: Brighton Barclays Premier League: Manchester City v Newly crowned PDC World Champion Michael van Manchester United Gerwen continues the defence of his Premier League title One of the biggest occasions of the season as and will face some mighty challenges along the way from Manchester divides into its blue and red factions for this the likes of Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Raymond van derby encounter. The earlier league fixture between the Barnveld. The Premier League format visits a number of sides ended in a 2-1 win for City at and cities before concluding on May 198 at the O2 in London. United manager Jose Mourinho will be out for revenge.

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HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, Union President George Dawson CMD appeared before the House of Lords Select Committee examining the Licensing Act 2003 alongside two other club representatives

eorge Dawson CMD, the Union areas—now have to do a variation, because to the law. When we deal with people who G President, gave evidence to the six authorities decided to do the late night are all over the country, it is fairly easy for House of Lords Select Committee levy. us to advise them on how things should be examing the Licensing Act 2003, alongside ey get charged a late night levy if the implemented. Peter Adkins, Director of Regulatory club premises certificate says, “until 2 e approach of the legislation, in Services, Emms Gilmore Liberson o’clock”, even though they may not use it combining late-night entertainment and Solicitors and Paul Varney, who represents all the time, and they may use it on only late-night refreshment, is a good one, the Association of London Clubs. two occasions in the whole year. en they although it seems that they are now being e Members of the House of Lords have to apply for a temporary event notice. split again. It brought in those three Committee in atttendance were: Baroness e flexibility seems to be going from regimes. Putting licensing with councils McIntosh of Pickering (e Chairman); the idea of what was originally intended, was also a good idea. Aer all, they were Lord Blair of Boughton; Lord Brooke of but generally it is working well. more used to licensing systems generally, Alverthorpe; Lord Davies of Stamford; e only problem that the union has and it was not a judicial function. Baroness Eaton; Lord Foster of Bath; with different authorities is inconsistency. I also like the default nature of the Baroness Goudie; Baroness Grender; Different authorities interpret the law in application process. If it goes through and Baroness Henig; Lord Smith of Hindhead different ways. We have a difficulty with there are no objections, that is it; there are and Baroness Watkins of Tavistock. advising our clubs in one area about no hearings. at helps to keep the costs Here is the full transcript of the something that we feel is not part of the down for my client base. In general terms, evidence session: Licensing Act, and trying to educate the I like it. It seems to work very well. licensing officer in that respect. In other e Chairman: Gentlemen, thank you for areas, we have no difficulty whatsoever. Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Good your patience. I welcome you most If you have no trouble in your club, they morning, gentlemen. You seem to be warmly. ank you for joining us this just leave you alone to get on with it. e reasonably content with the way it is morning and coming to give evidence to inconsistency is the worst part of the Act. working. Do you think there is an us on the Licensing Act 2003. A list of argument for removing the special members’ interests relevant to the inquiry Paul Varney: I am Paul Varney from the category of club premises certificates has been sent to you. I understand that Association of London Clubs. We have completely and moving members’ clubs copies are available today. adapted to it now. It works very well for into alternative, more flexible categories, Could I commence by asking a general the London clubs. Unlike George, we deal such as CANs—community and ancillary question? Can you give us a general view with just three authorities, with a majority sellers notices—if and when they come of how effectively you think the Licensing in Westminster. along? Have you given any thought to that? Act 2003 has operated over the last 11 Other than costing us all an awful lot years? Has it operated in the way you more money each year than the certificate Paul Varney: We do not change how we believe it was intended to operate, or that we used to have, it works well. We use the licensing very much at all. e otherwise? would prefer the least amount of change, clubs are very traditional and do the same or no change at all. As not-for-profit clubs, things each year. We would prefer to stay George Dawson: I am George Dawson, we would not like to be lumped together on our own and not be subject to all sorts president of the Working Men’s Club and with the commercial elements. We have of chopping and changing that is likely to Institute Union. Generally it has worked the hours that we need. Temporary event come. ere would be no advantage at all very well. ere has been a bit of row-back notices are regularly applied for and to us in moving. In fact, it would be a on the flexibility that was originally granted. We do not have many of those. disadvantage. intended—the 24-hour opening— Normally they are for celebrations or especially with the late-night levies, et regular club events. e licensing works George Dawson: I agree with Paul. It is a cetera. When we applied for our licences very well for us. system that is working. When the new in 2005, all eventualities were covered by system came in, I had quite a number of having licences until 2 o’clock. Most of my Peter Adkins: In general, it seems to work long-standing secretaries of clubs pack up, clubs claim for 8 in the morning until 2 in very well. It is certainly an improvement because they found it too difficult. at the morning, every day of the week. on the old system. Although you get some lost a lot of experience in the clubs. Some ey do not use it all the time, but they strange licensing officers and police who of them came back aer we had shown do it to have flexibility over periods of interpret the law in different ways, them how to fill in the forms, et cetera. celebration—100 years of the club, et generally across the country we have a e system is working at the moment. cetera. A lot of clubs—it is only in some fairly pragmatic and consistent approach ere are problems that I have pointed out,

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with extra things such as the late-night levy and things that been tried before like alcohol disturbance zones and EMROs—I cannot remember what the acronym stands for. I have always thought that those extra things were quite unnecessary. ey have an impact, but the system should be le as it is, instead of chopping and changing again and moving to a different system.

Peter Adkins: When this question came up, I started to do a little research into community and ancillary sellers notices. Of course, there are no regulations out, but the main drive seems to be for bed and breakfast people, community events and do exactly the same to extend into the not already used the advantages of the so on. early hours. Licensing Act to apply to operate until 2 or It does not seem to fit very nicely with at has a significant cost for local 3 o’clock in the morning in their normal what clubs do. Clubs have always had a authorities, whereas the temporary event premises licence. separate licensing regime. One of the best notices that you use are rare and are things at the moment is that we do not predominantly for community events. Baroness Grender: e evidence is that need a DPS—a personal licence holder. I Do you think that there is any merit in they do not. ey use TENs in a highly am not certain that this regime would fit feeling a bit sorry for local authorities— commercial environment. well with clubs. I am with my colleagues according to the LGA, temporary event here; there is no need to change the notices are run at a significant loss—and George Dawson: at was not the system. It seems to work reasonably well. separating them and having some kind of function of TENs when they came in. We are used to it. We have been using it change? Talking from the mutual side, the for 11 years. To change it all around will Should there be a different system for temporary event notices were brought in just cause more problems. that kind of high-end, commercial use of so that we could have a wider audience Earlier, Mr Varney commented on the temporary event notices, rather than the coming to our clubs on odd occasions. annual costs. at may well be a high £21 local event notice system? Commercial properties should have taken factor for the London clubs, but for most advantage of the 24-hour opening that the clubs out in the regions we are talking George Dawson: In my experience, when Government wanted in the first place. I do £190 a year. It is not a huge factor that this a temporary event notice is used by a not think it is a correct use of them. would be a cheaper route. private members’ club that has a club If they were separated, a mutual would premises certificate, it is usually when the have the 15 temporary event notices for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: It is, of club would like to advertise and invite the special functions that you have in a private course, a self-certificating system, if it general public to a charity function or members’ club. It should be treated comes. something like that, so that it can raise differently from a commercial exercise more money for whatever charity it is where a pop group is on until 4 o’clock in Peter Adkins: Absolutely. supporting. It may be an event that is put the morning. on to celebrate a local person who has just en the council would have to decide Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: You would got an OBE. which one was which. Given the not have to go through the process of In that context, it is used only to allow ignorance of the law that some licensing being examined by others, unless you got us to supply the public with sale by retail, officers have, I hope they would not make into trouble. as opposed to mutual supply to a member. the wrong decision and that a private In my experience, that is what most of members’ club would not end up paying Peter Adkins: Yes. We would probably them are used for. £100, instead of £21, and getting the need the same system for the club We have been given the flexibility to wrong type of temporary event notice. I premises certificate to fall back on, so we operate until midnight or 1 o’clock in the agree with you. e commercial premises would be introducing a third level. morning, which we originally applied for should have put it into their licence in the 10 years ago, although I know that six first place. Baroness Grender: Your use of temporary authorities have the late-night levy. event notices is very different from that of Most clubs took that up, so they do not e Chairman: Mr Varney, do you agree? a commercial operation right in the heart need a temporary event notice for of Camden market, for example, that uses extensions. I do not understand why a Paul Varney: Yes, exactly that. We would a regular temporary event notice system. premises licence individual—a public not want to be lumped together with the en different clubs next to one another house or a commercial enterprise—has commercial market, if there was a

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differential. What we do is social—it is for our needs are perhaps slightly different, in personal licence holder, so no premises members and their guests—so it would be that we enjoy a degree of success and licence. wrong to lump us in with a commercial increasing memberships. We are very ere have been changes in the enterprise. If it was split, there would need fortunate. Licensing Act to exclude the need for some to be very clear guidance that the clubs premises to have a DPS. If that could were in the lower category. We have very Baroness Goudie: You are fashionable. happen for clubs with a premises licence, it few of them, anyway. would be a positive move. Paul Varney: We are going to have to be. Peter Adkins: Generally I would agree, Paul Varney: I agree. particularly with Mr Varney. e main Baroness Goudie: New ones are starting problem is in the definition of what is up as well. George Dawson: I have experience of this, commercial and what is not. A social club because my own club has a CPC and a may well run a major event on New Year’s e Chairman: at seems very well premises licence. e steward is the Eve, for instance, which will bring money informed. designated licence holder, which you need into the club and raise the club’s coffers. Is for a premises licence. that commercial or not? ey are not-for- Peter Adkins: We do not have the We use it mainly for the function room, profit clubs, obviously, but there is money advantages of Mr Varney’s membership, which holds 350. We cannot always fill it, coming in. because clubs are decreasing in number but because it is near the town centre, I can see various other premises licence rapidly. I think that there are now 5,500 quite a lot of people want to use it for holders thinking, “ey are holding that fewer clubs than there were five years ago. functions. Our club would not survive if event and paying £21. We are paying £150. we did not have that. What is the difference?” ere may have to Lord Smith of Hindhead: It is 3,500. Out of the 1,600 clubs in the union, be a blanket exemption for CPC holders, getting on for 600 have both a CPC and a for instance. It will be in the interpretation, Peter Adkins: Sorry—3,500. Most clubs premises licence, for the same reasons that more than anything else. I am for anything like to hire out rooms as a way of bringing have been indicated. A lot of them built up that will reduce the costs for clubs. in income, so I would always advise them large concert rooms in the 1960s and that they must have a premises licence. e 1970s when, if you did not get there at 7 e Chairman: For “social”, you would difficulty is that sometimes the o’clock, you would not get a seat. read “community”. neighbours, who have put up with the club With the change in social life, people are being there for ages, use it as an excuse to sitting at home and watching telly, instead Peter Adkins: Yes. have an argument about it and we end up of going out, and buying cheap booze from in hearings. supermarkets. e Chairman: You would differentiate at drives up the costs, of course, even Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Well said. them in that way. though they are looking for exactly the same hours. e police tend to jump on George Dawson: People do not have the Peter Adkins: Yes. the bandwagon as well and to want more went wrong. George Dawson: People do security—CCTV. ose are all good not have the social life that they used to e Chairman: at is very helpful. reasons, but they tend to drive up costs. have and that we all wish they still had, so Most clubs have an arrangement a lot of clubs have had to survive in that Baroness Goudie: Some private members’ whereby they keep their club premises way. clubs have faced declining numbers and certificate and have a premises licence only Personally, I have found no difficulty have opened their doors to the public, for for particular rooms, such as a function with the idea of treating us differently on a which a standard premises licence is room, so that they can keep the club premises licence. We put ours in quite required. separate. early, so we got it for between 8 and 2 Have those clubs experienced any ey may use it two or three times a o’clock in the morning, with no objections. problems with the wider licensing system? week or two or three times a month, but Most of the clubs that I advised on it have If so, are there amendments that you because they use it more oen than the had premises licences for six or seven would like to see that would help to rectify TENs limit, they need that premises years, so there has not been the them? licence. at leads to their paying two lots opportunity to object. of fees. ey keep their CPC and their As Peter said, there are a lot of vexatious Paul Varney: For our clubs, that is not premises licence, so annually they pay two people about these days. One individual quite the case. Our memberships are lots of fees. It also causes a problem as to can stop something going on, even though increasing, rather than declining. who will be the designated premises the 120 who live round about are quite supervisor—the personal licence holder. happy with it. Baroness Goudie: at is a London I always advise clubs that they need at I cannot see that much of a change needs syndrome—a City syndrome. least two, because in clubland it is to happen. e system changed so that the normally the steward, and stewards have a personal licence holder does not have to Paul Varney: It is a fortunate position. habit of leaving. You have events get their licence renewed every three years; Very few have a full licence. Some do, but organised, but suddenly you have no they have it for life. at has been a very

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good improvement. I cannot see a a tie-in, as surely that would be a tied Peter Adkins: I do not see any problem problem with it. house. ere are laws against that, under with this. It is still the case, unfortunately, We might get more advantages from the 1989 beer orders. that some clubs are desperate for money, being treated differently, but I do not and that brewery loans are available. I do know how it would work if you treated Lord Foster of Bath: I want to be not like it, but they still do it. If you one premises licence differently from absolutely clear. In Section 63, it says that remove certain arrangements with another. You might as well keep it all the one of the matters that will be taken into brewers, those loans do not become same. en it will not confuse people. account is “any arrangements restricting available. the club’s freedom of purchase of alcohol”. Again, it is a question of interpretation. I Lord Foster of Bath: Incidentally, Mr You are saying that your members will was speaking to one of my clients, at the Dawson, I know that until 2004 your enter a deal with a brewery for it to Austin Sports and Social Club, which used members had their own brewery and got provide you with the vast majority of the to have 10,000 members. Obviously that their beer from that. I want to move on to beer, but there is always a clause that went wrong. He was saying, “What if I get the current situation, but you might want allows the club to get beer from in four brewers, make them tender for the to reflect on that and the ties you have. somewhere else. job and we do the best deal with them, I am interested in the whole business of through a proper tendering process? Will the rules of the game that say that, to meet George Dawson: Yes. that cause problems with good faith?” It is the requirements, a club has to be acting the same thing, but a different way in good faith. In one sense, that is clearly Lord Davies of Stamford: Does it allow around. about the provisions in relation to the you or require you? I do not really see it as a problem. My buying of alcohol. clubs do not really see it as a problem It is quite clear that exclusivity Lord Foster of Bath: e beer order either. I am with Mr Dawson. I have never agreements, whereby a club is tied to a allows them to. heard of any club being challenged on the brewery, could be considered by many to basis of good faith. at is the least of their be an example of not acting in good faith, George Dawson: It allows you to. It would problems at the moment. based on the rules. What are your defeat the object of the agreement if you thoughts on that? were not hitting the barrelage. Baroness Watkins of Tavistock: Under Section 62(2), an interval of at least two George Dawson: We had a special Lord Smith of Hindhead: If you do not days must lapse between nomination or exception with the Federation Brewery hit the barrelage, you get a penalty. application for membership and and the Crown Brewery. ey did not admission to membership. come into it because both of them were George Dawson: You get a £50 penalty. at two-day requirement is no longer co-operative or mutual societies. at is how they try to get around its applied to establishments such as casinos. is has been in subsequent Licensing being a tie. Do you think it should still apply to clubs Acts, since the 1896 or the 1906 Act. e operating under club premises certificates? issue is interpreting whether or not it is a Lord Foster of Bath: Yes. With respect, it tie. is also you, as the club, trying to get Paul Varney: It should remain very much If your barrelage is going down and you around its being a tie and therefore losing in force. It is what differentiates us from have gone from 500 to 300 barrels, to get your licence. casinos and profit-making clubs. the best deal from a brewery, instead of having two breweries in and getting an George Dawson: Yes. I have known only Baroness Watkins of Tavistock: It is a £80 a barrel discount, you might have to one club—a club in Barrow-in-Furness— quality standard. go to one brewery to get a £100 a barrel where that section has been used, but that discount. club had 20 other offences as well. It was Paul Varney: Yes. It gives other members at would not be exclusivity, unless one of 20 offences. at is the only club, to a chance to see who is being elected. ere you started to borrow money from it. my knowledge. is then a process either to admit or not to ere is not much funding available. admit members. It is very important that Banks have not wanted to lend money to Lord Foster of Bath: I would be interested that stays and differentiates us. clubs for 20 years. In fact, a lot of to hear the views of the other two panel breweries do not want to lend money any members on this issue. Do you think there Peter Adkins: In reality, it is quite unusual more. is a need to change? for a club to have as a rule that you can To me, that is a tie-in. e breweries become a member within two days. Most write the agreements in such a way as to Paul Varney: I have heard what Mr club rulebooks would require 14, approval set you a barrelage target, but they also Dawson has just said. We do not have any by the committee and so on. at is have clauses that allow you to purchase such arrangements in our clubs. We have a because clubs are social entities. It is the from outside, rather from them wine committee, which is responsible for old Groucho Marx comment; you want exclusively. the selection of wines and beers. We are people there who you know will fit in. You can have a guest beer, for example. not tied at all. We would not have only one e other problem with having almost ey are quite canny about not taking it as supplier; we would have a number. instantaneous membership is that a lot of

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clubs still own their premises. You may e Chairman: Excellent. How is your attached to them and have cut them loose. have someone turn up and become a average current membership of clubs ey may still be there, but industries do member. looking? Do you believe that the closure of not support them any more. Earlier, I If two years down the line the club clubs is due to a change in drinking mentioned the Austin Club. It used to closes and you have someone who came behaviour, if more people are drinking at have a regular payment from everybody one night, became a member and has home? who worked at Austin. Of course, that has never been seen since, what happens? just evaporated. Tracking those people would be almost George Dawson: I became a treasurer at Socioeconomic changes have meant that impossible. 18—a week before my 19th birthday—so I people are not going to those kinds of have been involved in clubs for 34 years. clubs any more. ere is an ageing George Dawson: I am pretty sanguine ere has been a decline in the on-trade membership. ey find it harder and about it, because all club rulebooks usually generally over 34 years. It has been a harder to get younger people through and, say seven, 10 or 14 days. From the point of steady decline. sadly, they are declining. We can debate view of equality or standardisation, if e biggest decline—you will know the figures, but it is bad. casinos have the two-day requirement from this that I am a smoker—was when removed, why can we not have it the smoking ban came in. at was the Lord Smith of Hindhead: I apologise for removed? most massive decline that every club has the earlier comment. I am not giving e two-day provision appears in had. evidence today. rulebooks, when you have temporary at is why we are looking more to members. You can have temporary TENs for commercial reasons, to keep a Peter Adkins: I currently act for five or six members and temporary affiliates who club open. Previously we would not have clubs that are in the process of dissolution. have moved into the area for a holiday for needed to do that, because we had enough at is a sad thing, but I am not certain one or two weeks. people coming in. that there is anything that we can do here I have one club in a walking area that ere is also cheap beer from to help. It is a different environment we uses it quite a lot—if anybody knows supermarkets. However, I point out that, have to look at. Hebden Bridge—because it has people 25 years ago, we had a discussion with who come around walking, are there for a John Smith’s Brewery at which quite a George Dawson: Peter is a solicitor. He is week and are made members for two days. number of us derided one of the directors painting a very grim picture of private who was there because somebody could members’ clubs. We have had a Lord Davies of Stamford: Are they go down the road and get four cans of considerable amount of difficulty, but we members of corresponding clubs already? John Smith’s at the supermarket or the off- are still a significant part of the on-trade. Is that how they come in? licence more cheaply than the club could ere is £21 billion in the on-trade in beer. buy in the beer. CIU probably accounts for 5% of that by George Dawson: Not necessarily. If they It is not a new problem with itself, but the ACC has 900 clubs. were a member of an associate club, they supermarkets. It has always been the case ere are also British Legion clubs. We would just sign in as an associate. It would that they have been cheaper, but more are still a significant player in the on-trade. not bother me if the provision was people are now staying at home watching e on-trade has shrunk tremendously, removed and it would not bother me if it “e X Factor” and other such but it is not all depression and everybody was le in. programmes. closing down.

e Chairman: You are ambivalent. You e Chairman: Mr Varney, do you agree? Paul Varney: Far from it. are not bothered. Paul Varney: It is probably not so relevant George Dawson: We are looking at George Dawson: As with the example I to us. Members come to the clubs for a different avenues to keep our clubs open. gave to Lord Foster regarding the beer tie, number of reasons. e smoking ban has Do not think that we are all going to close I have had only one licensing officer where certainly affected us. down tomorrow. it was an issue—it was either in Coventry or on the south coast. e licensing officer Peter Adkins: ere is no doubt e Chairman: I thank you most warmly sent a letter saying, “We are not accepting whatsoever that club membership is on behalf of the Committee for your rulebook because it does not say ‘two declining in working men’s clubs generally participating, being so generous with your days’ and the law says ‘two days’”. e across the country. time and giving evidence today. union wrote a letter pointing out that 10 ose that are doing reasonably well are We are very grateful to you. ank you days had to elapse before someone was normally sports and social clubs or have very much. In releasing you, I ask the made a member. good sporting teams associated with them, Committee to stay back for a few We said, “ey are well within the law, rather than the old-style clubs. Miners’ moments of private business. so why are you asking them to move it clubs, for instance, have effectively down to two days?” e licensing officer evaporated. George Dawson: ank you for inviting got the message and stopped bothering the A lot of the major manufacturing me to come and represent my clubs’ club. industries used to have social clubs interests at the Select Committee.

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