The 'Booze on the Ouse' beer festival opens at the Burgess Hall in St Ives on Thursday 9 October. Organisers the Huntingdonshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have announced the latest nominations in their annual pub awards and will present awards to the winning licensees on the stage at the festival during the trade preview at 4pm on Thursday 9th October.

The nominations are as follows:

Community Pub of the Year

· Barley Mow, Eaton Ford

· Bell, Great Paxton

· King of the Belgians, Hartford

Mild/Dark Ale Pub

· Chequers Little Gransden

· Pig ‘n’ Falcon, St Neots

· Ye Olde Sun, St Neots

Locale Pub

· Addison Arms, Glatton

· Chequers, Little Gransden

· White Horse, Tilbrook

Pub Champion

· Bob Mitchell (Chequers, Little Gransden)

· Oliver Reynalds (White Horse, Eaton Socon and a number of other local pubs)

· Jim Taylor (Swan Old Weston)

Hunts CAMRA gives these annual awards to publicans whom CAMRA sees as ideal role models for their fellow pub operators, in promoting the same values in local pubs as those that are promoted by CAMRA itself – well-presented ranges of real ales of varied styles including dark beers, local-brewed beers that qualify pubs for inclusion in our ‘locale’ scheme, and the provision of a valuable focus for the local community.