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Deep Dish

Deep Dish Crystal Palace is located at the historic National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, London. Built using sand from the London 2012 Olympics, our courts host adult and junior club sessions, national tournaments, and private hire.

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Little Giants Volleyball Club

Little Giants Volleyball Club operate out of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre for both adult and juniors.

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Crystal Palace Basketball Club

Our community club aims to promote the love of basketball and provide a platform for players of all skill levels to come together. Our purpose is to provide basketball sessions for adults and children, fostering a non-competitive environment where individuals can take part in single sessions without the obligation of regular training or games. improve their skills, and enjoy the sport. Our regular players will support and encourage you to improve and develop your skills.

Why We Play: Basketball is our passion, at the very core of everything we do. Crystal Palace Basketball brings together players from all over the world, now residing in and around South East London, who share this enthusiasm. We gather for 5v5, full-court, indoor basketball twice a week at the historic Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

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Crystal Palace Gymnastic Club

Crystal Palace Gymnastics Club offer sessions for beginners through to working with some of our performance and competitive gymnastics.

General girls and boys classes start with one hour for girls aged between 4 and 14 with a progression to move to two through to eight hours a week competitive level training.

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SilverFit

Since Silverfit's founding in 2013 by now 79-year old Eddie Brocklesby, who is the UK’s oldest female Ironman triathlete, we have grown to over 2,000 members at 17 venues across 9 boroughs reaching a large number of people who weren't previously active. Each venue offers a choice of activities from Nordic Walking, Yoga, Walking Football, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Badminton, indoor cycling, gym/ fitness classes, indoor rowing and Bollywood dance which means that everyone should be able to find an activity to enjoy, regardless of ability or experience.

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Brown and Green Cafe

We have created Brown & Green from scratch with a lot of love and eggs. 

We moved to Gipsy Hill more than 20 years ago now and always wanted to create a place to eat good food, drink good coffee and meet good friends.

Over the past 15 years we have gone from opening up our little baby kiosk in Gipsy Hill train station, where it was just us two, 5am starts 6 days a week to now where we have 75 beautiful members of our B&G Dreamteam and we are about to open our 7th cafe. You can still find us working shifts in the cafes though! Laura front of house and Jess in the kitchens!

Come in, say hi and grab a coffee, bacon or halloumi buttie, Vegan Jack, fishfinger sarnie, homemade salad, bowl of soup, beer, scrambled eggs whatever tickles your fancy!

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Junior Adventures Group

Junior Adventures Group is a trusted and vibrant collective that engages, empowers and educates children through leading specialist brands in the Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) sector. Spanning three continents, our team is united by a commitment to bring joy and a sense of belonging to all children.

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Crystal Palace Fun Runners

Crystal Palace Fun Runners meets every Monday at 7pm on the famous Crystal Palace athletics track. Entry is included with membership. Each track session attracts about 20 runners of all standards, led by an England-Athletics-qualified coach.

Crystal Palace Fun Runners have been promoting friendly, sociable running in SE19 since 1982. The club has over 200 members who also do run round local roads every Monday and Wednesday night. They enter teams in the Beckenham and Dulwich summer relays, the Assembly League and East Surrey League.

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Crystal Palace Triathletes

Since 2005 we have run our annual award winning triathlon at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and Crystal Palace Park.  

We have members from 8 to 80 and of all abilities from novices to olympians who participate in a range of swimming, cycling and running events throughout the year. 

As a "Brithsh Triathlon Federation" and "England Regional" Triahtlon Club all our members are eligible to take part in regional and national events, and if they qualifiy, can represent GB on the European and World stage.  

We love to recoginse and showcase our members and their achievements at our annual club Championships and Awards Par

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Traditional Japanese Arts

Iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword) and Jodo (way of the staff) are traditional Japanese Arts which have evolved over the centuries. Although based on the Samurai fighting arts, both are now used to build up core strength, concentration, composure and development of the self.

Introduced in the UK in the early nineteen eighties by the Japanese, the dojo at Crystal Palace, Seishinkan SW,  has it's head dojo in Ealing under the leadership of Chris Mansfield Sensei one of the first practitioners of both arts in the UK.  Hilary Hadley who leads the dojo in Crystal Palace is one of his original students, and one of the few women dojo leaders in the country. The dojo is affiliated to the British Kendo Association.

Both arts are suitable for men and woman, and the club accepts beginners who are looking for something different, and something which will help them develop both physically and mentally. Both can be practiced from childhood until old age, evolving and changing with the practitioner.

 
The class meets on Saturday's at 12.20pm to 2pm at Dance Studio 2. Basic equipment would be provided to get a beginner started.

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Charnwood Boxing Academy

Charnwood Boxing Academy, an England Boxing-affiliated amateur gym based at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced boxer, join us Monday to Friday from 6pm - 8:30pm for top-tier coaching and a supportive community.

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