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19th June - Friday Nights are Barbie Nights!
Summer's here, so just ust ask Steve about his Sizzling Summer Specials! Bet he won't bat an eye lid when asked the first time, (though may look at you quizically), but when he's been asked for the umpteenth time....? Ah! The power of the internet!!! Bar-B-Qs from 6pm - 9 pm.

Mon, 16th June - Friday Nights are Barbie Nights!
It's a sure sign that Summer's here when Steve wheels out his Barbie to enable hungry customers to eat al fresco. This will be a regular Friday night treat (weather permitting). Curry nights are suspended whilst the sun shines. All you can eat for £5? That's top tucker!

13th June - Next Sea Fishing Trip - Is being planned for July out of Portsmouth again. The following dates are available, Thurs 10th July; Wed 16th July; Thusday 17th July and Thurs 31st July. Steve is taking names - please look at the fishing board in the bar! For those who'd like to check out the boat we're chartering, follow this link:
www.fish-uk.co.uk

12th June - Steve has given the green light to beer texting service. Things will move quickly. Be excited!

29th May 2003 - The Maltshovel's beers are now on line, so if you look at www.maltshovel.com at about 5.00 pm you will see what beers we are offering. Of course we can't guarantee one of the listed beers won't run out shortly after publication, but it should be accurate about 95% of the time. By degrees we are coming to our customers....

21st May 2003 - The Maltshovel is set to become the fist pub in the Country to come to its customers....

A few customers thought that it might be a useful service it they could receive a text message on their mobile phones to let them know when a barrel of their favourite beer has gone on sale.

A pilot scheme is planned which will be limited to 50 customers who will be able to nominate three favourite beers. The pilot will be an interesting exercise to test customer demand for such a service and to assess the amount of admin work involved in the scheme.

Final deatils are now being worked out and Steve will need to give his approval to the final plan.

Exciting times. More news soon.

May 2003 - Our erstwhile Webmaster, Graham Hirst has passed control of our web site to Rob Pine. Graham has done a great job in setting up this site and for all his work thus far. Top Man indeed!

Rob says he has no plans to radically change Graham's excellent site, but to build upon the work he has done. More news in due course....

Apr 2003 - Fishing trip
The 3rd expedition of the Maltshovel Deep Sea Angling Club spent a pleasant day fishing out of Portsmouth.

Our eight intrepid mariners confounded expectations by managing to catch lots of fish, incuding some interesting specimens - Thornback Ray, a couple of good sized Smooth Hounds and a Spotted Ray. Many dog fish, too. And we have the pictures to prove it.

Sean Williams (son of our illustrious Captain), was, as the only professional fisherman in the group, getting increasingly annoyed by his lack of success....

"Your all so lucky", said Sean. To which Graham suggested, (quietly), "There's a difference between being unlucky and downright incompetent"!

!Sean eventually landed a 'puppy' of a dog fish to avoid complete embarrassment.

Colin Clarke, licensee of the Shelley was an honoured guest on what was for him his first fishing trip. He was delighted to have caught two fish.

Yes folks, even we can catch fish and a grand day out was had by all.

Thanks to Chef Maurice for filleting our catch. Our fish and chips were the best ever!

Watch the notice board for details of the next trip....

Mar 2002 - Quiz Update Jackpot is getting bigger, but you can only win if you play!

01 Jan 2002 - Happy New Year to one and all.

19 Dec 2001 - Week 4 Quiz updates. Hotting up nicely!

9 Dec 2001 - Week 3 Quiz updates. Christmas menu added to site (bit late I know).

19 Nov 2001 - Congratulations to Ding Dong for crowning their unassailable league position with a third place performance today in the Sunday night quiz. Further details on the quiz page. Next week sees the start of a shorter six week quiz which will take us up to Christmas. In order to be counted as a League team, each team must be present for each of the quizzes.

Congratulations to the landlord's Quiz Team, Penfold's Penfriends for scooping a £30 quarter jackpot prize at this weeks Sunday night quiz, and that's on top of their joint first prize winnings of a tenner! To join the, sometimes quite lucrative Sunday night fun, check out details on our Quiz page.

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