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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Peckham Rye parkrun

Jun

2014

Peckham Rye is the latest local park to host parkrun, the free weekly Saturday morning 5000m run. The inaugural event took place on Saturday 21 June with 200 runners setting off from the start by the Colyton Road entrance, and doing three laps of a circuit taking in the flatter area of the park that ...

Hilly Fields bowls club vandalised

May

2014

No local sports club works harder in the service of the community than the Francis Drake Bowls Club in Hilly Fields. In terms of local engagement and access, they are exemplary. So it is especially galling that they have been targeted again by vandals. The News Shopper reports:Overnight on May 21, vandals climbed over a ...

Kent AC / BC

Apr

2014

Richard wants you all to know about the magnificent Kent Athletics Club that sits on your doorsteps. He writes:Kent AC, based at the Ladywell Arena, had a fantastic performance in this year's London Marathon.John Gilbert was 16th overall, running an amazing 2hrs 16mins. John has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships ...

Ladywell tennis lessons

Feb

2014

Starting tomorrow and running until early April, South East London Tennis will be running low-cost tennis lessons for children and adults at venues across Ladywell. Details below:Tuesday 25th February to Tuesday 1st April Ladywell FieldsAdult cardio 9.30 - 10.30amAdult social 10.30 - 12pmLadywell Day CentreMini Tots 4 to 6 year olds 4 - 4.45pm6 to ...

The Yard Peckham

Feb

2014

No sooner has The Guardian (taking a break from its war on pornography) declared CrossFit the death rattle of Late Western Capitalism(TM) than a CrossFit centre opens in Peckham.Given BCers vocal demands for local gyms, we thought this one might be of interest - it's called The Yard Peckham and founder Zade says:"We're opening The Yard ...

Fordham Park Three Sided Football on BBC

Jan

2014

Deptford Three Sided Football Club has been covered here before, starting off in Deptford Park and now playing on the first Sunday of every month in Fordham Park, New Cross (all welcome). Also have recalled the earlier 1990s Association of Autonomous Astronauts games on One Tree Hill and elsewhere.Last week the game was featured on ...

The big push

Jan

2014

The Lewisham Octopush club's first session was so successful they are doing it again. Of the 15 people who took part last week, 6 women and 5 men were fully paid up members of the BC army. This video is them in action. The Club is running more sessions tonight and next Friday. Visit their site ...

Octopushy

Jan

2014

James writes:We have just launched an new underwater hockey club at Forest Hill Pools and I would like to offer BC readers the chance to have a free have-a-go session at 7.15pm, Friday 10th January 2014. Meet in the lobby of Forest Hill Pools. You can just come along but if possible please email me ...

Lewisham and Forest Hill pools to open earlier

Nov

2013

The Glassmill pool in Lewisham is a joy. Eight-lanes, flooded with natural light, clean, underfloor-heated changing rooms and a short walk from the northern end of Brockley.However, if you're an adult with a 9-5 job, who can swim, then getting in there can be tricky, given the number of competing demands for the main pool.Last ...

Deptford Dolphins Thames Swim

Oct

2013

I was slightly sceptical about whether the self-proclaimed Deptford Dolphins were actually going to manage to swim out from Watergate stairs to the nearby crane derrick in the Thames (as previewed here). But two of them made it on 22 September, and there's a film to prove it. They are already thinking of doing it ...