WORTLEY Men's Club has beaten off competition from more than 28,000 venues to be crowned the best in the country.

The Reading Room Lane club has named the 2015 national club of the year by the Campaign for Real Ale.

Steward Nigel Pickering, who runs the club with his wife Teresa, was delighted by the news.

The multi-award-winning club, which introduced real ale in 2007, has more than 600 members and is also celebrating its 70th anniversary this year after opening in 1945.