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[View the story “The Best of photos so far at the Mizuno Performance Centre ” on Storify] The Best of photos so far at the Mizuno Performance Centre London Bloggers Meet Up hit the Mizuno Performance Centre at London’s Centre Point Tower this week! Storified by Bernie J Mitchell · Fri, Jul 27 2012 14:05:19 The big bag! #teamGB @ Mizuno National Fitting Centre http://t.co/gbHsYfXvBernieJMitchell It’s all about the shoes….. @ Mizuno National Fitting Centre http://t.co/gqHlM5IuBernieJMitchell @ Centre Point http://t.co/4ZRlEVUKMarie Fraser @mizuno oystercards at http://t.co/P2jPct1jThe Londoneer #handball #mizuno @ Centre Point http://t.co/ygQepnmzInside London 2012 in full flight @ Paramount http://t.co/CCDYJlVBMarie Fraser #mizuno football boots @ Centre Point http://t.co/kgUU8JzwInside London 2012 @mizuno football’s at http://t.co/MdIJU5tbThe Londoneer #Mizuno Performance Centre. http://t.co/0bO89hcWInside London 2012 #Mizuno Centre – Penalty shots @ Centre Point http://t.co/0wvYeuOIInside London 2012 @ Mizuno National Fitting Centre http://t.co/rqXNujK6BernieJMitchell Art work at the Mizuno Centre @ Centre Point http://t.co/dk1E3tQ3Inside London 2012 Inside centrepoint for at @mizuno performance centre – not sure what to expect. Reception area quit http://t.co/Uvj2feVwThe Londoneer Proper Athlete from Kenya blasting down the running track @ Mizuno National Fitting Centre http://t.co/dwpNoMZsBernieJMitchell

Folks, we have a new competition open to members of the London Bloggers meetup. The organisers of the Blog08 conference in Amsterdam have kindly donated a ticket for one lucky punter to attend the conference on the 24th October free of charge. These tickets normally cost 195 Euro, or at todays exchange rate around £154, so this is a fantastic prize for any blogger. Why would you want to go to Blog08 I hear you ask? Well, check out the website for more details but essentially if you want to meet high profile bloggers, network and learn about how to take your blog from good to great, you could do a lot worse than popping over to Amsterdam for the day. What do you have to do to win this ticket then? It’s another prize based on the quality of your comments, whether that is written, video or audio. Simply answer the following question: I am a blogger and I deserve to win the free ticket to Blog08 because…? The comments will be judged based on entertainment, the more entertaining your comment, the more likely you are to win. The deadline for entries is Friday October 3rd. Good luck everyone! […]

No not Stella McCartney, but Stella Artois. That’s right our friends at Stella Artois have decided London’s hard working bloggers deserve some cool, crisp, liquid refreshment and have agreed to sponsor our summer party. They’ve promised to buy everyone a couple of pints of cold Stella, or a glass of wine, or a soft drink as you fancy. Not only is Stella buying the beers, but they also are running a fabulous competition just for members of the London Bloggers Meetup. The prize is a trip in the Stella Artois: Star Over London airship.. to take in London from above. Currently retailing at £185.00, this really is a fantastic opportunity! Thanks Stella! So how do you win such a fantastic prize? It’s simple, in 150 words or less, describe your local pub and what it is that makes you keep going back..?’ Simply post your answer as a comment to this post by close of play on Friday 25th July. The entries will be judged based on entertainment value – the more entertaining the more likely you are to win! There are SIX places up for grabs! Well, what are you waiting for..! We’ll announce the winners at the Summer […]

I was approached recently by a marketing agency interested in the idea of sponsoring the Bloggers meetup for one of their clients. Great I thought, it’s bound to be some company bringing a new web 2.0 product to market, or maybe a social networking site. After all, bloggers are all tech geeks right..? Well, not this time! You can imagine my surprise when the client turned out to be makers of fizzy orange vitamin drink Berocca. Actually it’s fair to say I was pretty delighted, as I for one could certainly do with a few extra vitamins in my life right now. I had to ask why Berocca wanted to sponsor the meetup. It turns out they’re pretty interested in helping us bleary eyed bloggers to stay at the top of our game. Bloggers it seems have a reputation for working late into the night, writing posts, or fixing widgets, or setting adsense up, or the 101 other tasks that go into managing a good blog. The extra dose of goodness should help us to keep going!! I have to admit, I haven’t tried Berocca before, but several friends who work in the City have and it’s supposed to be […]

Well, despite it raining cats and dogs, we had a good turnout at the Spring Bloggers meetup last night. Probably best to call it a social from now on I think. Plenty of new faces and a handful of old which made for an interesting mix. We’ve actually grown to around 160 members now which is nice. The bad news is that I was pretty sick and had to slope off home early doors (which is when the snap above was taken). Still, I had time to have a chat with Peter about a new project he’s working on, Andy Roberts, Matt from Londonist (who has promised to speak about Londonist at one of the next events), the lovely Jaz , Chris, Jurga , Rajesh, fabulous Francine, Tim, Malcolm Eggs and many more. Keep on coming folks. I’m hoping that I’ll be at least healthy next time and possibly with some more of those free beers we’ve had in the past. If anyone got any good photos last night, or a reasonable idea of how many people attended, please drop me a line. Cheers! Andy