CAMRA Guide   The Club is very pleased to be in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Not many establishments in Huddersfield can boast this. We have been chosen because of the quality and extensive range of real ales which we sell. The Steward will be very pleased to discuss any requests for guest beers. We usually buy these in small barrels of 9 gallons at a time so that we get a regularly changing list of available beers.                 (over 540 in the last 4 years) Beers   All our regular beers and guest beers are listed on the notice board above the bar. We concentrate on providing quality beer. We are not the cheapest in the area but we think we are the best Committee   The Committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting held in March of each year from names proposed during the 4 weeks prior to the meeting. The Club has 3 Trustees, Douglas Haigh, Robert Laidlaw and Keith Forward. The Committee consists of the persons listed in the glass notice board in the hall under the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting and meets about once a month, the minutes of the last meeting being displayed on the same notice board. The date of the next meeting is shown on the ‘Dates of Meetings’ page of this website Membership   Membership may be full (male or female) (for which the annual subscription is £6 per year), associate (female only - £2 per year) or senior (male or female over 65 - £2 per year). Subscriptions are due on 1 January each year and are to be paid to the bar staff who will issue your new membership card. Please try to avoid busy times such as Friday evening when renewing your membership. Rules of the Club   These are displayed in a picture frame in the entrance hall and must be read at your earliest opportunity. Opening Hours The opening hours of the bar are shown on the ‘Bar info’ page. Smoking Policy We have a no-smoking lounge where smoking is not allowed under any circumstances and additionally to protect the health of the bar staff we do not allow smoking whilst standing or sitting at the bar in the main lounge Quiz Evening     Every Tuesday we have a quiz evening starting at 9 pm or just after.It is free to enter and has weekly beer prizes and an escalating jackpot cash prize which starts at £50 and rises by £5 each week if not won up to £100. The questions are not too difficult (usually) and everyone enjoys the evening. Pool Table     There is a pool table in the non-smoking lounge (see snooker page) White Rose Morris Men     The Club is the meeting place for the White Rose Morris Men who meet here every Wednesday evening for practice Television   There is a TV set in the lounge, which may only be used during the day (up to 7 pm weekdays and 8 pm weekends). However a 42” plasma TV in the room opposite is available at all times where sport on BBC, ITV or Sky Sports 1,2 and 3 may be watched. Because of the high charges from Sky we do not provide Premiership Plus. To avoid arguments it has been decided that in the event of members wanting different channels at the same time then a majority decision of members present at the start of the event will prevail, as it is not possible to receive more than one channel at once. Social Functions   Our policy is to NOT normally to have any activities which spoil the atmosphere for all members such as concerts, bingo, etc or anything similar with the exception of the Tuesday evening quiz. You can therefore safely come for a drink knowing what to expect! Occasionally (perhaps every 6 weeks) we organise something special but these are well advertised beforehand so you can either come to the function or avoid it! Function Room  There is a large room upstairs which is available free of charge (once you have been a member for at least 12 months) for a function of a private nature (e.g. wedding anniversary, birthday, etc). We do not allow bookings for 18th birthday parties. Also the room must not be booked for an organisation of which you are a member. However, the room is available for hire to such organisations and the costs are shown on the notice board on the left as you come in the front entrance. Notice Boards   Please get into the habit of looking at the notice boards in the hall as you may find items of interest. Children   Young persons under 17 years of age are not allowed in the main bar at any time but they are welcome in the TV room or in the non-smoking family room until 9 pm as long as they are under strict parental supervision. This means being with them! In addition they are welcome to play snooker up to 9 pm as long as they play with a member Guests   The rules about introducing guests are as stated on the rules of the Club displayed in the entrance hall and guests must be signed in using the book provided for that purpose. Improvements   Over the last 12 years or so we have made many improvements. In 1992 we re-pointed the outside of the building. In 1995 we provided the car park and got rid of the wilderness we used to have. In 1996 we renovated the whole of the ground floor inside. In 1999 we added the toilet facilities for disabled persons and the entrance to Wellfield Road. In the same year we installed an air cleaner in the lounge to remove tobacco smoke from the atmosphere. In 2000 we installed a new fire alarm and smoke detection system for added safety and built extra accommodation for the Steward and his family on top of the snooker room. This gave us an extra room downstairs for use as a family room up to 9 pm and a non-smoking lounge afterwards. In 2001 we decorated the lounge and re-covered all the chairs and finally in 2002 we installed a new emergency lighting system. In the first six months of 2004 we  upgraded the snooker room and it is probably one of the best rooms in the district. Wellfield Road Entrance   Anyone wishing to use this entrance, on a regular basis, can purchase a key from the Steward for £1.50   The door may be used during normal opening hours and at other times by arrangement. Behaviour   Whilst we wish members to enjoy themselves at the Club we do not take kindly to drunkenness and behaviour or comments of a racist or sexist nature. Please remember that in a Club you meet the same members on a regular basis and you should therefore always be polite to each other. We also try to keep foul and/or abusive language to a minimum (although we would prefer to eradicate it completely!)