2024

Here at The Sportsman Pub, we are making some changes to the way we do things in 2024!

During the last few years, the hospitality sector has seen it’s fair share of challenges, which we feel are still a factor going forward. With this, we have had to adapt to the current economic situation in order to continue trading.

One change is our menu; if you have had a look online, you will notice that it is smaller than usual, however we do believe that we are still offering our classics that people come back and enjoy time after time. Alongside this menu, we will offer a daily ‘plat du jour’, to keep our menu fresh & current, whilst using local produce and suppliers.

Our opening hours are differing slightly, there will be some evenings in the quieter months that we will close earlier than stated so please bear with us as we negotiate this new way of operating and check the website or social media for any updates.

Pods – two of our dining pods have been moved to their new pitch! Don’t worry, it isn’t far from where they were, just the other side of the pub near the car park. This means that our patio area is now back to having a few benches on, so you can come along and enjoy the sunshine (hopefully).

Come the spring & summer months, we will be starting to use other suppliers and out source the food for two evenings a week – Wednesday & Thursday evening. On Wednesday, we have the fantastic SOPI Pizza, SOPI is a mobile pizzeria serving freshly made, delicious wood-fired Neapolitan pizza cooked to order. Thursday evening, we will be joined by the fantastic Cairo Van! serving up delicious flavours of Egypt & North African food. We will be open for drinks service, so you can dine inside (or out weather permitting) and enjoy our drinks and some delicious food. Do follow our social media pages to keep up to date with who is joining us.

Matt & Olivia want to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers who continue to join us and support us. We also want to thank our wonderful staff who over the years have worked so hard and supported us throughout all the ups and downs. Moving forward, we believe that by making these adjustments, it will allow us to sustain trade and continue to provide the standard of service, food & experience that our customers enjoy time and time again. We hope that the changes made are received positively & we want to thank you in advanced for your understanding and patience with us over the next few months.

Events

We are planning on putting on lots of events during the year, alongside the pop ups & food trucks, from music, to quiz’s and more! These will be announced throughout the year on our social media pages; this is what we have booked so far…

Friday 1st March – Mark.A. Wright as ELVIS! We have the fantastic Wild Cow food truck for the evening’s dinner offering

Sunday 17th March – St. Patricks Day! We will have the fantastic Straw Dogs performing live from 5 – 8pm (after Sunday lunch service)

Friday 29th March – Good Friday – Jazz Trio with Marek Homola & musicians – afternoon / evening

Saturday 4th May – Jazz in the afternoon 2 – 6pm. With Marek Homola & musicians

Saturday 25th May – Dustee Du present Soul Casserole in the garden! A fabulous DJ to funk up a bank holiday weekend! Music, drinks & food trucks in the garden – what more could you want?!

Saturday 29th June – Mark. A. Wright singing Country & Western! Following a popular turn out last year and in high demand, we are bringing back the C & W vibes for the summer! Joined by the fabulous Wild Cow food pop up.

Saturday 20th July – Jazz Trio in the garden with Marek Homola and musicians. Foor provided by the fantastic Specs & Bear food pop up

Sunday 25th August – THE SOUTH SOUNDS! Back for its 5th year, do not miss out! Tickets will be released by the spring…

Friday 4th October – Mark. A. Wright presents THE BIG 80S PARTY!