The Annual General Meeting for the Branch will be held at Ye Olde Mitre Inne, Barnet High Street, EN5 5SJ on 17 June from 19.30 for a 20.00 start.

Your opportunity to ask questions of the Committee or even join and make a difference !

The Enfield & Barnet Branch have held a competition for the Club of the Year within our branch area. We are pleased to announce that the Botany Bay Cricket Club in Enfield has been voted winner. For details of the Club, see the entry on Whatpub here, Botany Bay

THE PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON A DATE TO BE ADVISED IN AUGUST.

The Club will now go forward to the Greater London Club of the Year competition pitting it against other Clubs in the London area.

There are 12 pubs from London and surrounding areas entered into the Camra Greater London Pub of the Year Competition for 2025. The entry from Enfield and Barnet Branch is of course Ye Olde Mitre Inne in High Barnet.

The attachments below are the list of pubs in the competition and the voting form. You do not have to visit all 12 pubs and entries are welcome for any of the pubs you can visit. The deadline for voting is the 18th July.

Email your completed forms to moc.oohay@armacbg or hand them in at any Enfield & Barnet social event. List of pubs in the competition here London POTY 2025 List Judging forms here London POTY Judging Criteria for scoring here GLPOTY Scoring Criteria

Enfield & Barnet Minibus trip to South West Herts and Buckinghamshire pubs on Saturday 17 May

Following on from the popular trip around Hertfordshire pubs last year, the Branch has a trip to the South West Herts and Bucks areas on Saturday 17 May. The 4 pubs selected have been critically assessed, one is in the Good Beer Guide and are in difficult to reach places.

1. The Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty, GBG2025, Heronsgate

2. The Boot, Sarratt (extra time proposed here to allow a visit to The Cricketers, a 300 yard stroll away)

3. The Bricklayers Arms, Flaunden

4. The Red Lion, Chenies

1-3 are in the South West Herts area and the The Red Lion is just into Bucks. The pubs are quite close together, they are shown in the trip link to WhatPub:

https://camra.org.uk/trips/e6e54c3f-2cf8-4860-ac0b-f1085b27cc69

There will be approximately 1 hour at each destination. Pick up and return will be at High Barnet outside the Red Lion pub. Depart at 12.00 and return at approximately18.30. The cost is £37 a head payable in advance at the time of booking. There are 16 places and provided that we sell all 16 places a half pint will be included.

For bookings please email moc.loa@wahsnerjnomis and make payment to:

Account name: Enfield and Barnet Camra

Account Number 83645403

Sort Code 51-61-34

Please include your name in the payment reference field.

ENFIELD and BARNET PUB of the YEAR Competition 2025

Details of how to take part in the final stages of judging the Enfield and Barnet Pub of the Year are as follows:

Following a review of beer scores made by CAMRA members the 3 finalists are:

BOHEMIA, NORTH FINCHLEY, N12

ELEPHANT INN, NORTH FINCHLEY, N12

YE OLDE MITRE, HIGH BARNET, EN5

We need as many members as possible to visit all 3 pubs and using consistent pub of the year judging criteria score each pub. The judging criteria and form can be found on the branch website at E&B Pub of the Year Forms 2025 . Alternatively email moc.oohay@armacbg to request and be emailed the judging form and the criteria. The winner will then go forward to the London Pub of the Year competition where the winner is judged using the same criteria.

The timetable requires participating members to visit for ALL 3 PUBS, complete the judging form and then email the form to moc.oohay@armacbg by WEDNESDAY 12th MARCH. Please remember to include your CAMRA membership number. (Entries after that date may not be accepted).

Nearest bus and train transport options for each pub are shown on WhatPub.com Thank you for taking part.

Camra have announced that the overall National Pub of the Year is the Bailey Head in Oswestry.

In Enfield & Barnet branch The Little Green Dragon in Winchmore Hill made it into the 4 finalists category which in itself is a huge achievement.