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Tuesday 29 March 2022
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Events for 2025
The MagnaMasters
11th Annual Dinner
Tuesday 27 January 2026
at Tallow Chandlers' Hall
Members and their partners are invited to the 11th annual dinner of the Magna Masters Association which will be held at Tallow Chandlers Hall, 4 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2SH on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
Members are advised that Tallow Chandlers' Hall, the Company hall of our Chairman, Ian McIntyre, has capacity for just 100 guests and tickets will be issued on a first come basis. The fully inclusive price for dinner is £120.00 per person.
As always this will be the leading event of the MagnaMasters' year and we do hope members and their Consorts will want to be present.
Doors open 6.00pm
6.15pm: Reception
6.45pm Call for Dinner
10.15pm Stirrup Cup
10.30pm Carriage
Dress: Black Tie or White Tie optional; decorations and badges may be worn.
MMA Lunch Club, Founders' Hall
Wednesday 11 March 12.15 -3.00pm
All MagnaMasters very welcome
Following two successful ad hoc lunchtime gatherings the decision has been taken to meet more regularly (every 3-4 months) at one of the several Livery Halls which now offer lunch to visiting liverymen. Following the last highly successful visit to Founders' Hall we will be making a return visit on Wednesday 11 March. Although the term "club" has been adopted, lunches will be open to all Past Masters of the 2015 cohort, the Magna Masters, subject of course to the availability of spaces offered by the hall.
The restriction on numbers: we have been allowed 10 places which are offered on a first-come basis. Just click below in the usual way to book and pay the £47.50 cost of the three course meal excluding wine, the cost of which will be shared on the day among those choosing to have wine.
Join us to visit Royal Hospital, Chelsea plus lunch - Thursday 1 May
Dear MagnaMaster,
Following our very popular wine trips to the Loire in June 2022 and Porto & Douro in 2024, we are very pleased to announce that our next wine trip will be to Burgundy, known as 'the King of Wines’, in June 2026.
Attached is the draft programme from our specialist wine tour operator, Grape Escapes, which we used successfully on our two previous trips, but we may fine tune some of the vineyard visits and restaurant details and dates slightly, but we don't expect the overall price or dates to change much, if at all.
However, the hotel in Beaune we have chosen is very popular, so we need to confirm our reservation there with a deposit in the next week, so if you want to join us and all your committee are keen to come, please send me an email nbirtles@yahoo.com to state this with the names AND transfer £350 per person as a deposit to the MMA Bank Account (details below) with the reference of your surname & Beaune 26. We expect this trip to be very popular and sell out for the up to 30 places we have available very quickly.
Note: If driving from Calais attractive places to stay include the medieval City of Troyes "offering a unique blend of history and modern life making a great choice for a stopover" or Val Moret in the Aube countryside, offering a budget friendly and convenient option.
Waiting list only
Currently (May 2025) this event in June 2026 is fully subscribed with deposits paid for all 30 places: to put your name(s) on the waiting list in the event of cancellations please email nbirtles@yahoo.com.
When booking
please pay to
Lloyds Bank Plc
SORT CODE: 30 64 57
ACCOUNT NUMBER 67105568
Account Name: Magna Masters Association
REF: Your surname+Beaune 26
Best Regards,
Nic
Nicholas Birtles
Mobile 07900 226668
MMA Burgundy Wine Trip June 2026
- waiting list only
Upcoming events
2026
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Tuesday 27 January
Eleventh annual dinner at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall -
Wednesday 11 March
MMA Lunch Club, Founders' Hall -
Tuesday-Friday 2-5 June
MMA Burgundy Wine Tour (Waiting list only) -
Monday 2 November
AGM, wine tasting and supper
2025
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Monday 1 September Visit to Tokefield Centre at Stationers' Hall
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Tuesday 16 September Visit to the Magna Carta (1225) Exhibition and Burlington House
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Monday 22 September Open Committee Meeting
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Monday 20 October AGM, WineTasting and Supper
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Wednesday 12 November Dining Club lunch at Founders' Hall