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Three days of sport, chai and friendly rivalry for the whole community. Ages 9 to 88 have competed. This year, it's your turn.
Curtain raiserThe festival breaks first at RCT Hall from 10am. Frames, banter and bragging rights before the main weekend even begins. £10 to enter.
Register for pool →Stanmore Golf Club. Registration at noon, coffee and a roll included, first tee 1pm. Buggies £35, limited, booked direct with the club on their number, never through our shop. £75 a golfer.
Register for golf →
The big oneHertfordshire Sports Village. Desk opens 8:30am, ceremony 9am, games from 9:15am, trophies from 5pm. Bring everyone.
Plan your day →It takes about five minutes per person, and everyone attending registers, including free spectators. Kids, grandparents, the lot. Open the form
Pop over to shop.lcuk.org.uk and pay for your events. Unpaid entries can't play, so pay right after registering, before the draws are made on 8 September.
Arrive on your day, collect your wristband, warm up and do your mahajan proud. We'll handle the rest, chai included.
Every single entry earns your mahajan 1 point. Winners take 5, runners-up 3, semi-finalists 1. Sixteen mahajans, from Ashton to Southend-on-Sea, all counting every result. The mahajan with the most points lifts the Shield at the closing ceremony. Suddenly your uncle's table tennis entry matters rather a lot.
Leicester think it's theirs already. North London disagree. What does your mahajan say?
Most people at the festival are not serial finalists. There are draws for all ages and levels, pickleball takes ten minutes to learn, and every single entry scores a point for your mahajan, win or lose. Turning up is the achievement.
Teams of five, all ages welcome, dada to dikri on the same team. It doesn't count towards your four-game limit, so singers and sportspeople can do both. £55 per team, captain pays.
Nobody remembers the score by Diwali. They remember dada and dikri on the same team, chai at the net post, and the noise when the last point dropped.
Doubles: one partner pays, both register. Teams: the captain pays, the whole squad registers. Golf buggies are limited and first come, first served, booked direct with Stanmore Golf Club.
The applause
The organiser
The bench
The follow-through
The opener
The huddleFive festivals of finals, family photos and full trophy cabinets. Your picture belongs in next year's wall.
Then the whistle goes on 12 September. Five minutes now, a whole weekend of memories later. Online only, no on-the-day entries.
Register before 5 September