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Future Events
A SPRING BREAK IN LIVERPOOL – APRIL 2024
Sun 21 April 2024 - Thu 25 April 2024 
'WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CASS REVIEW?
Thu 25 April 2024 @ 19:00 to 21:00
GERMAN LINGUISTS ONLINE
Thu 25 April 2024 @ 20:00 to 22:00
ZOOM SOCIAL: QUIZ, LIVE PERFORMERS, VIDEOS, CHAT
Fri 26 April 2024 @ 19:30 to 01:00
RYE MEADS BIRD RESERVE
Sun 28 April 2024 @ 09:30 to 17:30 |
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2016 Spotlight on Cambridgeshire IVC
 Cambridge is obviously known worldwide for its university. Although Cambridge itself was not home to the first IVC club, it was actually two Cambridge graduates, Reg Simeone and Michael Wolff who organised several social gatherings in London, over the summer of 1946, which eventually led to the formation of IVC. Back in the day, IVC stood for Intervarsity Vacation Club. Currently, Cambridgeshire IVC is quite a small but very active club, with around 70 members. We host a weekly club night and most weeks we also have a Friday pub night and a Saturday pub music night. We also have weekly bridge and badminton groups. Over the summer months we have a keen walking group and all these regular events are supplemented by many varied activities, from BBQs to gliding and of course the occasional punting party.
Being in Cambridge, we often make use of the colleges as venues for a big summer events and for the last 2 years we have had our Christmas party at Madingley Hall, a beautiful 16th century building in its own grounds, just outside Cambridge. We started a Meetup group last year and it currently has just over 70 members. We're using Meetup as an advertising tool, to try and attract new members and this an ongoing project.  One of the most respected and longest standing members of Cambridgeshire IVC has an unusual claim to fame. One of the most famous student pranks, of all time, happened in Cambridge in June of 1958, when an Austin Seven car mysteriously appeared on the roof of the Senate building. It caused quite a stir and the authorities had great difficulty in getting it removed. A group of 12 students was responsible, but this only came to light 50 years later, when the group reunited in 2008 for an anniversary dinner, revealing their identities and explaining how they had managed to carry out their dangerous stunt.
Do watch out for our events on Activity Exchange and in the National Events Bulletin as we are always happy to welcome members from other clubs to Cambridge. |