Cash boost for fire-hit football club from concert and Berrow Brewery

January 23, 2006
Cash boost for fire-hit Berrow football club from concert and local brewery

Fire-hit Berrow Football Club received a much-needed financial boost this week when more than £2,000 was raised at a big fundraising concert and a local brewery started selling a new beer to raise further cash.

Berrow Brewery has created a special beer called Winter S’port to help raise money for the parish council, which lost equipment and stock in the club’s devastating changing rooms fire last November.

Parish councillor Andrea Johnstone, whose husband James (pictured) runs the brewery, told Burnham-On-Sea.com that £5 from every firkin and 30p from every pint sold in the brewery’s off-licence would go towards the fund.

Meanwhile, over 200 people packed into the Farmer’s Tavern in Brean on Saturday night (January 21st) for a successful fundraising concert.

Local band Riverbrew (pictured) headlined the event alongside comedian Buster.

Club secretary Rachel Dyer told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “Saturday’s concert went very well. 200 tickets were sold at £10 each and the auction raised another £500, with a pair of cricketer Marcus Trescothick’s gloves raising £150 alone. It was great to receive such strong support.”

The club’s next fundraising event will be a football match against Yeovil Town Over 40s, which is scheduled for February 12th.

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