The question has been asked:
The 'Beer Race', 'latterly the 'Pub Race', is part of Whitchurch folklore, having first been arranged – um – long before anyone can remember. Historically, teams of around six, attired in fancy dress and linked together with a rope, would race from pub to pub enjoying a beer at each.
Crowds came out to support those running – or staggering – and filled the buckets, raising funds for local good causes. The fun was massive and continued into the evenings with music in the local pubs.
In more recent years it has been organised more intermittently and as more than half the original pubs have closed different strategies and routes have had to be developed, often using pop-up drinking stops. Covid also put the event on hold but is it now to make a return?
Posting on a local Facebook page, a local Whitchurch resident, asked
"...who wants the Pub Race next year?"
The strength of support for the event was soon apparent with several offers of help, and early ideas of provisional teams started to appear.
So ... is it time to start planning those costumes?
For now its a case of watch this space, but with the question asked there is a growing hope for a 2024 return.
Wouldn't it be amazing to have this event back on the calendar.
