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Events Bulletin from 13 December 2013
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
In the table below you will find a list of event highlights that are worth an early mention.
This is because they are either weekends away, holidays, require prior booking or are important headline events.
If you would like to see the full details of the event, clicking on the individual event titles
will take you straight to the main entry on the website.
MAIN DIARY
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Friday 13 Dec 2013
THEATRE: ORANGE TREE, RICHMOND
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: £20
See Fred & Mary, one of three plays adapted from George Eliot's Middlemarch novel, in the intimate surroundings of the Orange Tree Theatre
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 14 Dec 2013
TENNIS IN FINCHLEY
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Cost: £3.00
Meet up for a friendly game of tennis. Play is between 10am and 1pm,and costs just £3.00 per person. As we share the courts with non members ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 14 Dec 2013
THE CHRISTMAS MEAL
Time: 18:45 to 23:55
Cost: £30
Book By: 07/Dec/2013
(so final numbers can be confirmed to venue)
Please join Ele and Dave for this years Christmas Event. We are heading for a meal at the Boulevard Brasserie in Covent Garden. Set just 50 ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 15 Dec 2013
COUNTRY WALKING - CHRISTMAS WALK FROM OTFORD
Time: 10.46
This year we have a room reserved for our Christmas get together at the Old George Inn in Shoreham (Kent) from 12.30. Food and the usual dri ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 15 Dec 2013
BELSIZE WOOD XMAS BASH
Time: 12-3pm
Cost: Free
This is another north London nature reserve that IVC volunteers have worked on over the years. It is primarily woodland with a nature trail ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 15 Dec 2013
WEST END CINEMA VISIT
Time: 17:30 - 22:45
This evening we shall go to see a film which may not be mainstream, i.e. where the film would not be one where the scriptwriters all went to ...
Organiser: Roland Lees; 8778 9771 (H); 07761 265 390 (M) (roland_lees@zen.co.uk)
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Sunday 15 Dec 2013
NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS FOR GODLESS PEOPLE
Time: 19:30 to 23:00
A sell out every year since it started in 2008, the smash-hit seasonal celebration curated by Robin Ince returns for a sixth year of science ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Monday 16 Dec 2013
CHURCHES & CASTLES
Time: 2pm
Cost: Free
Stanley Spencer`s masterful paintings for the Sandham Memorial Chapel make a rare trip away from their usual Hampshire home. The works depic ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Monday 16 Dec 2013
OPEN MIC LIVE MUSIC IN ISLINGTON
Time: 19:00 to 23:00
Cost: Free
Another great night of free music provided by open mic veterans Virtually Acoustic. Come along to enjoy a succession of talented singer musi ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Tuesday 17 Dec 2013
IVC POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
As a member of IVC you are entitled to attend Committee meetings and join discussion of the club's future and activities. Tonight's meeting ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 18 Dec 2013
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 18 Dec 2013
SWIMMING AT QUEENSWAY
Time: 20:15 to 21:00
Cost: £5 for members
We have the big pool to ourselves. There is no need to book. Just tell the pool staff you are with the club and pay our treasurer afterwards. Beginners are welcome. From 8.30 there is an informal game of water polo for the energetic. Cost £5.00 for members and £6.00 for guests.
Afterwards we meet at the Prince Edward, Prince's Gardens W2
Organiser: Bob Wharton (020 8204 5638) bobwharton@btinternet.com
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Wednesday 18 Dec 2013
to Wednesday 8 Jan 2014
SWIMMING AT QUEENSWAY
Cost: £5 for members
We have the big pool to ourselves. There is no need to book. Just tell the pool staff you are with the club and pay our treasurer afterwards. Beginners are welcome. From 8.30 there is an informal game of water polo for the energetic. Cost £5.00 for members and £6.00 for guests.
Afterwards we meet at the Prince Edward, Prince's Gardens W2
Organiser: Bob Wharton (020 8204 5638) bobwharton@btinternet.com
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Thursday 19 Dec 2013
SOCIAL PUB EVENING
Time: 20:30 - 23:00
Location: Moon And Stars Pub, 164-166 Penge High Street, Penge, London
Postcode/Map Ref: SE20 7QS
Our regular monthly visit to the Moon and Stars in Penge High Street. This is a Wetherspoon establishment so there is a wide choice of reasonably priced food and drinks that can be enjoyed in a muzak-free atmosphere; Thursday night is curry night in this pub so you won't be eating alone. Look for the IVC name on one of the tables.
We meet from 8.30pm, probably somewhere towards the back and possibly in one of the side-booths. New (and gregarious!) members are especially welcome.
Organiser: Host: Roland Lees (07761 265390) (roland_lees@zen.co.uk)
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Saturday 21 Dec 2013
TENNIS IN FINCHLEY
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Cost: £3.00
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 21 Dec 2013
RFH - WINTER FESTIVAL FREE CONCERTS
Time: 18:00 to 21:00
HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND. Brass band music for the 21st century. They play a unique mixture of rock, Afro-beat, hip hop, Balkan beat plus contemporary jazz and soul. This is a must see event, and it is free. We will find a nearby pub to go onto afterwards at about 7.30pm.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 28 Dec 2013
TENNIS IN FINCHLEY
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Cost: £3.00
Meet up for a friendly game of tennis. Play is between 10am and 1pm,and costs just £3.00 per person. As we share the courts with non members ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 28 Dec 2013
POST CHRISTMAS TURKISH MEAL JUST OFF OXFORD STREET
Time: 19:30 to 22:30
Book By: 23/Dec/2013
After all that Christmas gluttony, what could be more agreeable than yet more gluttony.
Grand Bazaar is a bustling and atmospheric Turkis ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 28 Dec 2013
UPSTAIRS STATION PUB CRAWL
Time: 19:30 to 22:30
Flat after Xmas? Not one for overcrowded New Years Eve pubs? Then this is for you. Visit three new station bars with excellent views and arc ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 29 Dec 2013
COUNTRY WALKING - LEATHERHEAD & NORBURY PARK
Time: 10:45 to 23:55
Waterloo depart 10.02, Clapham Junction 10.11, Wimbledon 10.18 for Leatherhead (leader joins). The day return fare is £10.20. This is a circ ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Tuesday 31 Dec 2013
DINNER PARTY IN HAMPSTEAD
Time: 19:30 to 00:15
Cost: £25
News Years Eve dinner in Hampstead
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 1 Jan 2014
NEW YEAR'S DAY CANAL WALK
Time: 11am - 5pm
Cost: Free
A canal walk from Paddington Station to Camden Market
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 3 Jan 2014
to Monday 6 Jan 2014
WEEKEND IN HARROGATE
Inter club weekend in Harrogate
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 3 Jan 2014
FASCINATING AIDA - CHARM OFFENSIVE
Time: 19:30 to 23:55
Cost: £25
Book By: ASAP
Fascinating Aida have been delighting audiences with their wonderful, sometimes outrageous, cabaret act for 30 years now. They are celebrating with a new show. Charm Offensive promises a mixture of old favourites and topical numbers hot off the press. As one reviewer put it "see them before you die otherwise your life will have been meaningless".
I have 6 £25 tickets in the centre front of the rear stalls. Please email me if you would like one. I will arrange a pre-show meal if there is sufficient interest.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 4 Jan 2014
BARRY HUMPHRIES' FAREWELL TOUR: EAT, PRAY, LAUGH!
Time: 14:30 to 18:00
Global star and legendary entertainer Barry Humphries, whose alter egos include iconic Australian housewife Dame Edna Everage and the inebri ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 5 Jan 2014
COUNTRY WALKING - ENFIELD TO OAKWOOD
Time: 11.03
Liverpool Street depart 10.30, Severn Sisters 10.47 (for Victoria line) to Enfield Town arrive 11.03. All within Travelcard Zone 5. The walk ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Monday 6 Jan 2014
THE ARTS GROUP
Time: 18:30
The Arts Group meets every month to swap ideas for theatres, cinemas, concerts, etc., that we can then visit as a group. Last month, for exa ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 8 Jan 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 8 Jan 2014
SWIMMING AT QUEENSWAY
Time: 20:15 to 21:00
Cost: £5
We have the big pool at the Porchester Centre to ourselves. There is no need to book. Just tell the pool staff that you are with the IVC Swimming Club and pay our treasurer afterwards. After swimming we meet at the Prince Edward, Princes Gardens W2.
Organiser: Bob Wharton Phone 020 8204 5638 bobwharton@btinternet.com
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Sunday 12 Jan 2014
COUNTRY WALKING - CHIPSTEAD TO TADWORTH
Time: 11:15 to 23:55
London Bridge depart 10.24 for all stations to Chipstead arr 11.15. A connecting train runs: Victoria depart 10.23, Clapham Junction 10.29 t ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Monday 13 Jan 2014
OPEN MIC LIVE MUSIC IN ISLINGTON
Time: 19:00 to 23:00
Cost: Free
We visit a cosy Open Mic in Islington.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 15 Jan 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 17 Jan 2014
THEATRE: ORANGE TREE, RICHMOND
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: £20
See Dorothea's Story, one of three plays adapted from George Eliot's Middlemarch novel, at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 18 Jan 2014
EAST EUROPEAN WINE TASTING
Time: 7.30 - 11pm
Cost: £15
A tasting of East European wines in Greenwich.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 19 Jan 2014
COUNTRY WALKING - HAYES (KENT) TO SELSDON
Time: 10.49
Cannon Street dep 10.09, London Bridge 10.12, Lewisham 10.23 arrive Hayes (Kent) at 10.49. All within Travelcard Zone 5. For a linear walk o ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 22 Jan 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 25 Jan 2014
PERUVIAN MEAL NEAR LONDON BRIDGE
Time: 19:30 to 21:30
Tito's is a genuine and authentic Peruvian restaurant that has been there some years, situated just yards from London Bridge station.
Per ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Sunday 26 Jan 2014
COUNTRY WALKING - CHESHAM TO GREAT MISSENDEN
Time: 11.16
Join us for a walk of eight miles or so in some of the best parts of the Chilterns, lunching late at the Cock & Rabbit in the pretty village ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Tuesday 28 Jan 2014
OPEN MIC AT THE GREEN NOTE CAFE
Time: 18:20 to 23:00
Cost: £2
We visit a cosy Open Mic venue in Camden Town that features good amateur musicians.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 29 Jan 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Thursday 30 Jan 2014
SOCIAL PUB EVENING - EALING
Time: 7.30pm
Curry night at this popular Wetherspoons pub.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 31 Jan 2014
THEATRE: ORANGE TREE, RICHMOND
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: £20
See The Doctor's Story, one of three plays adapted from George Eliot's Middlemarch novel, at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 5 Feb 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 12 Feb 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Monday 17 Feb 2014
OPEN MIC LIVE MUSIC IN ISLINGTON
Time: 19:00 to 23:00
Cost: Free
We visit a cosy Open Mic in Islington.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 19 Feb 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Thursday 20 Feb 2014
SOCIAL PUB EVENING - EALING
Time: 7.30pm
Curry night at this popular Wetherspoons pub.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 26 Feb 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 5 Mar 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 12 Mar 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 19 Mar 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 21 Mar 2014
to Sunday 23 Mar 2014
NEW AGE WEEKEND
SHARED WITH: Active Hampshire, West Surrey IVC
A weekend exploring Stonehenge, Glastonbury & Avebury.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Wednesday 26 Mar 2014
BADMINTON IN BECKENHAM
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Badminton for everyone. We usually play mixed doubles, and our average attendance is 24. We have 4 courts. No experience necessary. We can lend you a racquet. For clothing, any combination of T-shirts, shorts, tracksuits etc., plus indoor shoes is acceptable. Free parking is available adjacent to the Sports Hall; please follow the signs to the Sports Centre reception. The cost, payable to the Organiser, is £4.00. No prior booking is required. Afterwards some refreshment at a nearby pub.
Rail: Eden Park
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Friday 4 Apr 2014
to Sunday 6 Apr 2014
MANCHESTER WEEKEND AND AIVC CONFERENCE
Cost: tba
Book By: tba
Inter club weekend away in Manchester.
This weekend away coincides with the AIVC annual conference. You do not need to be attending confe ...
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Tuesday 24 Jun 2014
to Monday 30 Jun 2014
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2014 - FREE TICKETS
IVC members work as volunteers every year - free ticket, free food, parties etc. Great camaraderie, great fun.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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Saturday 9 Aug 2014
to Saturday 16 Aug 2014
A WEEK AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Cost: Deposit of £20 due now.
We will spend a week at the Edinburgh Festival in cheap self catering student accommodation.
Organiser: Private to members of London IVC
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