50th Anniversary Challenge

This was a challenge for members to celebrate 50 years of CAMRA in Scotland by visiting 50 pubs. It took the form of a 4-tier award, i.e. bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels.

This challenge started on 1 January 2024 and ended on 31 December 2024.

TierTask
BronzeVisit any 50 real ale pubs during 2024
SiverVisit 50 Good Beer Guide (GBG) 2024 pubs from any of the Scottish GBG Counties*.
GoldVisit 50 GBG 2024 pubs from 10 of the Scottish GBG Counties* with a minimum of one pub in each county.
PlatinumVisit 50 GBG 2024 pubs from 10 of the Scottish GBG Counties* with a minimum of five pubs in each county. 

* A GBG county is a section of the GBG. So, for example, Ayrshire & Arran is a GBG county.

Award Winners

Bronze
Administered by individual branches and presentations made locally.

Silver
Ian Middleditch (Ayr), H Bloomfield (Edinburgh), Graham Cundall (Edinburgh), Rog Harrison (Glasgow) and Mark Nesbitt (Fife)

Gold
Eric Johns (Ayr), Andrew Gardiner (Inverness) and Jim McMahon (Tayside)

Platinum
George Bryden (Ayr), Lindsay Grant (Ayr), Stuart McMahon (Ayr), Graeme Perry (Ayr), Ray Turpie (Ayr), Mark Bethell (Dumfries), Howard Jolley (Dumfries), Pauline Paterson (Dumfries), Ron Elder (Edinburgh), Charlie Hughes (Edinburgh), Maggie Hughes (Edinburgh), Chris Miller (Edinburgh), David Myles (Edinburgh), Colin Valentine (Edinburgh), Martin Bundy (Fife), David Jackson (Fife), Jonathan Harris (Forth Valley), Bill Purnell (Forth Valley), Ian Davidson (Glasgow) and James Walker (Glasgow).

Some winners were able to attend a presentation ceremony held in Glasgow on Saturday, 1 February.