Another great afternoon of celebrations in Batemans Windmill for the presentation of the 2025 Rewarding Success Awards to our Business Owners, including Long Service Awards for Batemans’ longest serving Business Owners. By complete coincidence, it being Batemans 152nd anniversary, the 10 Business Owners who received awards have been in Batemans’ pubs for 152 years, two having been in their pubs for 50 years.
Awards categories included, Cellar Management, Floral, Social Media, amongst others, culminating in Pub of the Year, which went for the second year running to The Woolpack in Louth, with Runners-Up being the Red Lion at Mumby,
The meal and awards were followed by singing and dancing and one or two beers!
PUB OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Woolpack Louth – Billy O’Flynn
Receiving the most votes from directors and members of staff.
Runner up ( and best newcomer) – Red Lion Mumby
CELLAR OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Molson Coors
WINNER
Ship Inn, Chapel St Leonard – Mr Martin Savage & Miss Kayleigh Johnson
2nd – Sanctuary Inn, Bolsover
3rd – Queen in the West, Lincoln
Highly commended – Carpenters Arms, Boston
URBAN FLORAL DISPLAYS
Sponsored by Heineken
WINNER
The Mill, Boston – Ms Tiffany Towle-Ablard
2nd – Champion, Norwich
3rd – Kings Arms, Norwich
Highly Commended – Kings Head, Horncastle
RURAL FLORAL DISPLAYS
Sponsored by Heineken
WINNER
Plough, Nettleham – Joanne MacPhee & Christos Papadopoulos
2nd – Bricklayers Arms, Old Leake
3rd – Crown, Trunch
Highly Commended – White Hart, Great Staughton
DIGITAL MARKETING
Sponsored by Coca Cola
WINNER
Red Lion, Mumby – Stephen & Jane Brown
2nd – Fighting Cocks Corby Glen
3rd – Woolpack Wainfleet
Highly Commended – Woolpack, Louth
MYSTERY VISITOR AWARD
WINNER
Ship Inn, Chapel St Leonard – Mr Martin Savage & Miss Kayleigh Johnson
LONG SERVICE AWARDS
For service 10 years & above
Mal & Dianne – Carpenters Arms, Fiskerton
25 years across several Batemans Pubs.
Reg Dowell – Londesborough Arms, Metheringham
22 years
Stephen Cross & Kerry Fussey – Red Lion, Revesby
16 years
Hugh & Mary Cocker – White Hart, Great Staughton
13 years
Jacqueline Danks – Champion, Norwich
12 years
Richard Mumford & Paddy Melaugh – Bricklayers Arms, Old Leake
12 years
Steve & Karen Perllman – Kings Arms, Norwich
11 years
Sandra Farman – Lord Nelson, Gorleston
11 years
Mark & Hayley Williams – White Hart, Old Leake
10 years
Joanne MacPhee & Christos Papadopoulos – Plough, Nettleham
10 years
Paddy Melaugh & Richard Mumford – Kings Arms, Boston
10 years
