A YORK legal firm has hailed the success of a local beer festival it supported.

Hethertons Solicitors sponsored a barrel at Poppleton Beer Festival, which attracted hundreds of visitors and raises money for local youth football clubs.

Simon Nellar, Hethertons director, said: “This year’s Poppleton Beer Festival was excellent and really drew in the crowds. We felt very honoured to be sponsoring this year’s event and we were delighted to see our barrel on display.”

In a letter to sponsors, one of the organisers, John Boyle, said: “This year has been spectacularly busy and with record numbers coming through the door we completely sold out of everything, which was just brilliant.

“Your generous support enables us to deliver our unique community festival, which goes a long way to help sustain the facilities here for the benefit of 400 girls and boys every year.”