Gloucestershire Quizmaster Couple in National Pub Awards Final

The finalists in the prestigious pub industry awards, PubAid’s Community Pub Hero Awards, have been announced and a local couple who regularly fundraise through a Tewkesbury pub for a charity that provides sport opportunities and training to those with disabilities have been shortlisted. 

Martin and Carolyn O’Neill were nominated by the management of The Albion Inn, part of Admiral’s Proper Pubs division, in Tewkesbury for the money they raise through ‘Rock n Roll’ bingo at the pub with all funds going to local charity, Goals beyond Grass.

The Community Regular Hero Award recognises an individual or group of customers who help a pub to support its community. This includes those who help the pub’s fundraising efforts or community initiatives.

The couple have been shortlisted for their tireless work raising money. They raise thousands of pounds for the sport organisation which encourages everyone to participate in sporting and social activities. Much of the money is raised via fundraisers held in local pubs.

The winners will be announced at an award ceremony, sponsored by Matthew Clark, at the Houses of Parliament on 4 March and all shortlisted pubs are invited to attend along with industry leaders and MPs.

Des O’Flanagan, co-founder of PubAid, added: “We launched these awards to celebrate the great work that pubs and people do for their community. The awards are in their fifth year and the volume of entries this year was staggering. What clearly came across from reading all the entries is that there are so many people that are doing amazing work nationwide. It was very hard to get to a shortlist so getting to the finals is an amazing accolade for Martin and Carolyn.”

PubAid, which organises the awards in association with Matthew Clark and the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has refreshed the awards and created more categories to congratulate more community pubs throughout the UK. There are 33 finalists in total across five categories.

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