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| CLUB NIGHTS & EVENTS FOR 2008 |
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| Graham Kerwood & Chris Pinchen - Club Night Organisers |
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| Please Note the Change of Date now 10th January 2008 Club Night |
| Thursady 10th
January : Guest Speaker Graham Stevenson of Maple Koi |
| Graham will be giving a talk about his Japan Buying Trip Part 1 |
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| Please Note *** Change of Date now 14th February 2008 Club Night |
| Thursady 14th
February : Guest Speaker Graham Stevenson of Maple Koi |
| Part 2 of Grahams talk about his Japan Buying Trip |
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| CLUB NIGHTS
& EVENTS FOR 2007 |
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| Club Night Organiser -
Graham Kerwood |
| Club Night |
| 4th
January : Alan Harrington - MSB Past Videos |
| Alan will be giving a talk about some of our
MSB past Video footage from an old member - Peter Turner |
| Club Night *** NOTE
- CLUB NIGHT DATE CHANGE - Now 2nd Thursday 8th February 2007 *** |
| 8th
February : Guest speaker Rupert Bridges |
| Rupert Bridges of TETRA will be talking about
the TETRA Range of Koi Food |
| Club Night |
| 1st March : Mark Gardner of
KoiChat |
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| Club Night |
| April 5th : Graham Stevenson of
Maple Koi |
| Graham will be giving a talk about hie recent trip to Japan - Koi Buying Trip |
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| Club Night |
| May 3rd : Bonsai Demo....Peter Christenson-Lau
TBD |
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| Sunday 20th May : MSB Away Visit to the Dorset Koi Club |
| MSB Members - This is a great day out for our members and a chance to see
some nice ponds Please contact
Hazel for details ASAP |
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| Late
May Bank Holiday Weekend *** Sunday 27th & Monday 28th May :
South Hants Open Show South
Hants Section |
| South Downs College, Waterlooville, Near Portsmouth |
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| Club Night |
| June 7th : Joe the Fish Nethersell & Dick Mills of the FBAS will be giving an informative talk about the FBAS... one not to miss
Click here to link to the FBAS site |
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| Sunday 10th June : MSB Away Visit to the Lee Valley & Harlow Koi Club |
| MSB Members - Please Please, we need your support...
This is a great day out for our members and a chance to see some nice ponds and its always a great Koi Day Out Please contact
Hazel for details ASAP |
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| Club Night |
| July 5th : Our MSB Closed Show Meeting & Social evening
The MSB Closed Shows |
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| Sunday 15th July : MSB Closed Show at the Cattery Shepperton (see Links) |
| MSB Members - This is our annual MSB Closed Show,
as always we need your support... This is a great day out for our members and friends and seeing some wonderful Koi Please contact
Chris for details ASAP |
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| SUNDAY Club DAY |
| SUNDAY August 5th : Meeting at Ray Sawyers 2pm onwards,
MSB Memebers please contact Chris or Hazel for details
Please contact
Chris Pinchen for details Or
Hazel ASAP |
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| Sunday 12th August : Dorset Koi Section visit the MSB |
| MSB Members - Please Please, we need your Help & support
throughout the day and at the All Saints Church Hall...
This is a great day out for our members with a chance to see some of our members ponds... you can follow the group around or just select
a few ponds that you would like to see and as always its always a great 'Koi Day Out'... We would appreciate your help, if you able to
make some food for our vistors when we hve the buffet at the Church Hall, please contact Deborah ASAP... many thanks Please contact
Chris & Deborah Pinchen for details OR contact
Hazel ASAP |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday 6th September : Mark Gardner - Of the Koi Chat fame will be giving us a talk on the Begium & Dutch NVN shows
with video shots from his new NTV
TBD |
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| Sunday 16th Septemebr : The Lee Valley & Harlow Koi Club visit the MSB |
| MSB Members - Please Please, we need your Help & support
throughout the day and at the All Saints Church Hall... This is a great day out for our members with and once again a chance to see some of our members ponds... you can follow the group around or just select
a few ponds that you would like to see and as always its always a great 'Koi Day Out'... We would appreciate your help, if you able to
make some food for our vistors when we hve the buffet at the Church Hall, please contact Deborah ASAP... many thanks Please contact
Chris & Deborah Pinchen for details OR contact
Hazel ASAP |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday 4th October |
| Our very own Terry Hill will be presenting - "Ponds and Construction Techniques"
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The Festival of Fishkeeping
Weekend - October 12-14 2007 |
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Friday (pm) 12th, Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th October : Mill
Rythe Holiday Village - Hayling Island |
| The Festival of Fishkeeping & Water Gardening weekend, last year 3 sections were involved.
Ourselves, Worthing and South Hants. We require helpers, if you can give
a hand to help set up over the weekend of 6th/7th Oct Please contact Terry Hill.
The event is FREE ENTRY so why not have a great day out or make a long weekend of it.....
we look forward to seeing you there #
Please follow this link for more info
link to the Federation of British Aquatic Societies
Mill Rythe Holiday Village, 16 Havant Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0PB
Please follow this link for Map
Location Map |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday 1st November |
| Our Guest Speaker this month is once again our Terry Hill with a superb Pond Build Video Titled 'A KINGS DREAM' he will be chatting through his wealth of knowledge and experience, one not to miss"
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| Club Night |
| Thursday 6th December : AGM & Social Evening |
| *** PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ATTEND - This is your opportunity and chance
to say how you want or would like YOUR CLUB to run ..... and of course who runs it.
This can be considered as one of the most important meetings of the year, of course it's also the last for 2007.......
well at least for 2007
So please make sure you attend and enjoy the MSB end of year social ...
we lay on a Buffet spread to entice you .... We look forward to your support and of course Please do not forget the Dinner Dance.... |
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| Times running short, please support your MSB
Dinner Dance - Only £12 for adults and £5 for children, please speak to any committe member or Hazel Emery....Now |
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This year we are holding our Annual Dinner Dance at the Rhodrons Club Meeting Hall on the Friday 14th December 2007 -
MSB Dinner Dance - This is to allow our members to bring along their children to the event and round off the MSB Koi Club year |
| Please contact Hazel Emery ...Tickets are priced at about £12.00 per Adult and £5 children over 10 years old, (upto 18 years old...)
- more information will be posted here, so please watch this space... |
| This is a real fun & great way to let your hair down and enjoy a
fantastic event in our Koi social calendar.... so why not give Hazel a call or see
one of the committee... |
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| CLUB NIGHTS
& EVENTS FOR 2006 |
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| Hazel
Emery - Club Night Organiser |
| Club Night |
| 5th
January : Guest Rod & Gerry Isted |
| Rod & Gerry will be giving a talk about Fish
Health |
| Club Night |
| 2nd
February : Guest speaker Glen & Annette Adaway |
| Glen and Annette from Kennett Valley Koi Section
will be talking about Japan |
| Club Night |
| 2nd
March : Smiths Microscopes L.J.
Smith & Son |
| Microscope sales, service and repair specialists.
Bring in your samples so we can view them on the big screen! |
| Club Night |
| 6th
April : Guest speaker Gary Hillier fishEbusiness |
| Gary Hillier & Christine Woolger will be
talking about Unique koi |
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Thursday
4th May's Meeting will be held at:
Chessington
& Hook Football Club,
Chalky
Lane,
Chessington
Click
here for a MAP
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| Club Night |
| 4th
May : Guest speaker Mike Snaden of
Yumekoi |
| Mike will be talking about Momotaro Koi and Bakki
Filtration Showers |
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| Late
May Bank Holiday Weekend *** Sunday 28th & Monday 29th May :
South Hants Open Show South
Hants Section |
| South Downs College, Waterlooville, Near Portsmouth |
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| Club Night |
| 1st
June : Guest Speaker; 'Peter Robbins - BKKS Chairman' |
| Bill will be holding a Questions & Answer session
on anything koi related... he specializes in providing "Service
to Koi Keepers - Health - Maintenance - Installation - Emergency Call Out
- Fish Transportation" |
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| 4th June : Away visit
to South East Section South
East Section |
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| 10th
June : Worthing Section Open Show
Worthing &
District Section |
| 'The South Coast Classic' Clapham & Patching
Village Hall & Green. A280 Long Furlong (off the A27 West of Worthing)
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| 24th
- 25th June : 31st BKKS National BKKS |
| The BKKS National Show - Held at Newark Showground,
Newark ---- this one just shouldn't be missed.... |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday
6th July : Guest speaker Mike Shaw of Evolution
Aqua |
| Mike will be giving us an update on EA's new products |
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| STOP
PRESS - SHOW CANCELLED - Sunday 16th
July : The MSB Annual Closed Show
- CANCELLED ***Due to the
Water Shortage Problems and the problems of Water Quality, the 'MSB Closed
Show' has been Cancelled*** |
| Tickets
£(TBC) This really is a Great day out for all based in Chertsey. BBQ,
our Annual MSB Koi Competition featuring some mighty fine Koi. (More details
to come - watch this space for details)
We will be making new
announcements .... as you would have been told at the last meeting, due
to the water shortage problems, we are looking to host the event at Syon
Park... Where Brit Koi used to be.... watch this space for more details.... |
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| Sat
/ Sun 29th - 30th July : International Koi Show |
Kellmarsh Hall, Kellmarsh, Northampton,
NN6 9LY
Click here for Map |
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| Sunday 30th July : Home
Visit from the South East Section |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday
3rd August : Guest Speaker - Mark Davis of
Cuttlebrook Koi
Farm |
| Mark
will again be giving us one of his very informative talks on Koi Once
again Mark is back to speak about harvesting and selection. He has a huge
UK Koi farm and his talks are always very interesting. It will be great
to see and hear from him again. |
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| Sunday
6th August : MSB members Away Pond Visit to the Kennet Valley Section |
| Please contact
Hazel for details ASAP - these
are great days out seeing some wonderful ponds... Please book now |
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| Sunday
13th August : MSB Home Pond Visit & BBQ |
| MSB
Members - This is a great day out for our members and a chance to see
some of the members ponds with a great social at the last pond with a
BBQ - Please contact Hazel
for details ASAP |
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| 27th
- 28th August : South East Open Show - South
East Section |
| Parkwood Hall School, Beechenlea Lane, Swanley,
Kent |
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| Club Night |
| Thursday
7th September : Guest Speaker - Peter Christiansen - Bonsai - |
| He's an exhibitor (and winner) at
Chelsea Flower show - He specializes in miniature scaled down scenes |
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| Club Night |
| 5th
October : Guest speaker - Rod & Gerry Isted
Koi Health Specialists |
| Again, Rod & Gerry are back to give the part
2 of their Koi Health talk |
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Laguna Festival of Fishkeeping
Weekend |
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Friday (pm) 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October : Mill
Rythe Holiday Village - Hayling Island |
| The Laguna Koi Festival, last year 3 sections were involved.
Ourselves, Worthing and South Hants. We require helpers, if you can give
a hand contact Terry Hill. The event is FREE to get in so why not have a
great day out or make a long weekend of it.....look forward to seeing you
there #
Please follow this link for more info
South Hants link to the Federation of British Aquatic Societies
Mill Rythe Holiday Village, 16 Havant Roa, Hayling Island, Hampshire,
PO11 0PB
Please follow this link for Map
Location Map |
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| Club Night |
| 2nd
November : Guest Speaker : Cliff Neal - BKKS National Champion 2003 &
05 |
| Once again, Cliff will be giving one of his very informative
talks on Koi... this is one not to miss |
| Times running short, please support your MSB
Dinner Dance - Only £25 per person, speak to Sue Ravenhill....Now |
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| Saturday
18th November 2006 - MSB Dinner Dance - Shepperton Moat House Hotel |
| Please contact Sue
Ravenhill ...Tickets are priced at about £25.00 per person
- more information will be posted here, so please watch this space... |
| This is a real great way to let your hair down and enjoy a
fantastic event in our Koi calendar.... so why not give Sue a call or see
one of the committee... |
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| Club Night |
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DATE CHANGE *** Thursday 14th December : AGM & Social Evening |
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to circumstances beyound our controll, we have now changed the date to
the SECOND Thusday of the Month - Now 14th December 2006 ****
PLEASE PLEASE ATTEND - This is your opportunity and chance
to say how you want or would like the club to run ..... and of course
who runs it. This can be considered as one of the most important meetings
of the year, of course it's also the last....... well at least for 2007
So please make sure you attend and enjoy the MSB year end social ...
we lay on a Buffet spread to entice you ....We look forward to your support.... |
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| Hazel
Emery - Club Night Organiser |
| Please contact Hazel
if you have any suggestions for club nights |
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| CLUB
NIGHTS FOR 2005 |
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| 6th
January : Guest speaker Bernie Woollands BKKS PRO British
Koi Keepers Society |
| Bernie will be giving a talk about the earthquake
which struck Yamakoshi in Japan last October. The evening will also have
a Q & A session |
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| 3rd
February : Guest speaker Sarah Anson of Aquahydrotech
Ltd |
Sarah will be giving a presentation on the dreaded
Blanketweed algae.
Please bring samples of your algae / blanketweed
for testing |
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| 3rd
March : Bring & Buy Sale |
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| 7th
April : Guest speaker Gary Hillier fishEbusiness |
Gary will be talking about the Holland show and
also YOSHIDA Dream
This will be a late one and Gary would like to start at 8.15PM |
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| 5th
May : Smiths Microscopes L.J.
Smith & Son |
| Microscope sales, service and repair specialists.
Bring in your samples so we can view them on the big screen! |
STOP
PRESS - CHANGE OF VENUE
Mays Meeting will be held at:
The Hotel Antoinette
Beaufort Road
Kingston-upon-Thames
Surrey
KT1 2TQ
Click
here for a MAP |
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| 2nd
June : Guest speaker Mark Davis of
Cuttlebrook Koi Farm |
| Once again Mark is back to speak. He has a huge
UK Koi farm and his last talk a couple of years ago was very interesting.
It will be great to see and hear from him again. |
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| 7th
July : Guest speaker Cliff Neale |
| Cliff Neale who won BKKS Grand Champion 2003
will be giving a talk on growing on your Koi |
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| 17th
July : MSB Annual Closed Show |
| Tickets £6.50 in advance, £8 on the day. Great
day out for all based in Chertsey. BBQ, Bouncy Castle, Kusuri, Japanese
Ornaments, Koi Dealer (TBC) and of course some mighty fine Koi. Contact
Sue or Dene for more info - Details can be found on the Home Page |
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| 4th
August : Guest Speaker Mike Shaw of Evolution
Aqua |
| Mike will be talking on his companies Filtration
solutions |
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| 1st
September : Guest speaker Sarah Anson of Aquahydrotech
Ltd |
| Following February's excellent talk Sarah will
be back again, this time she's talking about filter bacteria |
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| 6th
October : Terry 'Chippy' Hill |
| Tonight Terry will be instructing us on Carpentry
around the Koi Pond |
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| 15 -
16 October : Festival of Fishkeeping Weekend |
| Includes the Laguna 5 Section Koi Festival, of which there
are now 3 sections involved. Ourselves, Worthing and South Hants. We require
helpers, if you can give a hand contact Terry Hill. The event is free to
get in so why not have a great day out. Please following this link for more
info Federation
of British Aquatic Societies |
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| 3rd
November : Guest Speaker Keiron Burns |
| Keiron Burns tonight will be talking about Judging |
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| 1st
December : AGM |
| PLEASE ATTEND - This is your opportunity
to say how the club is run and who runs it. This is the most important meeting
of the year, its also the last....... well for 2005 so make sure you attend! |
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| Chris
Reilly - Club Night Organiser |
| Contact Chris if you have any suggestions for
club nights |
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| CLUB NIGHTS FOR 2004 |
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| 8 January
: Guest speaker Mark Gardner of Just
Koi |
| Mark will be giving us a talk and pictures on
his stay at Momotaro Koi farm last year. I have heard through the grapevine
that this is an excellent talk and not to be missed |
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| 6 February
: Terry Hill - General |
| Terry will be talking on plumbing, carpentry,
electrics |
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| 4 March
: Guest Speakers Rod and Gerry Instead S/Hants Section |
| Rod and his wife will be giving us a talk on
preparing your ponds for summer and the importance of the correct oxygen
levels. They will highlight the oxygen requirements for good health and
growth. I have heard that these two know their subject and should not be
missed |
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| 1 April
: Guest speaker Peter Saul |
| Peter our HLO and ex Chairman will talk about
Koi Health. So if you want to have your questions answered about Koi health,
this is the man to ask |
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| 6 May :
Judging Koi from Photographs |
| Steve Roberts took pictures last year of member's
fish and also collated your photos. Tonight you will be able to judge the
fish. (Postponed from last year) |
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| 3rd June
: Guest speaker Mike Snaden of Yumekoi |
| In 2003 Mike sourced and supplied the two Koi
that won "Grand Champion" and "Baby Champion" at the BKKS National Koi Show. |
STOP
PRESS - CHANGE OF VENUE
The Meeting on Thursday 3rd June will be held at:
The Hotel Antoinette
Beaufort Road
Kingston-upon-Thames
Surrey
KT1 2TQ |
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| 1st July
: Bernie Woollands |
| Koi Varieties - covering benching classification
with some tasty pictures (that's his words not mine!) |
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| 18th July
: MSB Annual Closed Show |
| For more details see Show
News |
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| 5th August
: Evening at Terry Hill's Pond & Garden |
| If you've never been before you really must go
- Terry's pond & garden are really something special! |
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| 2nd September
: Hikari Tonight |
| Hikari Representatives will be talking about
their products tonight |
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| 7th October
: Alan Harrington - Quiz Night & Bracklesham Bay Update |
| Once again Alan has put his brain into gear and
come up with another entertaining evening! |
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| 15th -17th
October : Laguna 5 Section Koi Show |
| For more details Click
Here |
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| 4th November
: David Brown - Simply Koi |
| David has already done a talk for us, which was
very entertaining - sure this one will be the same! He will be telling us
about his trips to Japan in 2004 |
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| 9 December
: AGM and Social |
| Here's your chance to elect next years committee
and to stand for election yourself! |
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| 17th December
: MSB Christmas Party |
Friday 17th December at the Hotel Antoinette
from 19:00 - Dinner at 20:00
Tickets are £27.50 and are available from Sue Ravenhill. Order
Online |
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