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Kickstart 7 Wraps Up Our 40 Years of the Amiga Celebration

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A huge thank you to everyone who attended Sunday’s Kickstart meet. I hope everyone had a fantastic day. Please do post any pics you have from the meet over in our Facebook group.

Congrats to our three trophy winners and thanks to David Pleasance for attending and for sharing his insights about the new Commodore buisness.

A few pics at the end of this post are from the awards and cake cutting.

Tickets for the 1st February 2026 Kickstart Amiga Group Meet are now on sale, so please grab them while you can (and thanks to everyone who already did on Sunday. Also, if you want to come to our Kickstart Christmas dinner on December 7th, please follow the link and pay your £5 deposit, which will come off your bill on the night.

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Kickstart 7 is THIS SUNDAY!!!!!

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It’s the final week, this Sunday we’ll be heading to Ottershaw for our last all-day meeting of 2025:

All tables are long gone, but we have three non-table spaces left, which will be taken off sale on Thursday 25th September so we can finalise numbers for catering etc.

But that’s not it, as we have confirmed dates for both our Christmas meal and our first meet of 2026! See below!

Kickstart Christmas 2025

We are continuing another Kickstart tradition, the Christmas dinner. There will be a £5 deposit to secure your place, which will come off your final bill on the evening. There’s plenty of free parking at the Miller and Carter too!

Kickstart 8

  • When: Sunday, 1st February 2026
  • Where: Ottershaw Village Hall, Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0HG – https://maps.app.goo.gl/31UwXywBMcwKs7FW9
  • Time: 9am-9pm
  • Tickets: Tickets go on sale on Sunday 28th September

Kickstart 8 takes place on the first Sunday of February in 2026. Doors open at 9am, and close at 9pm (or sooner if everyone decides to wind down a bit early and go to the pub, as can happen). We are looking forward to yet another brilliant day of Amiga fun. We will be kicking off the 41st year of the Amiga in style!

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No Tables Left for Kickstart 7, But Non-Table Places Available

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It’s just three weeks until we all return (and some join us for the first time) to Ottershaw Village Hall in leafy Ottershaw, Surrey for another Kickstart Amiga Group meet. Kickstart 7 is, as the number suggests, our seventh all day meet since we restarted in-person meetings in 2023 – concludes our celebration of 40 years of the Amiga in 2025. Everything is in place for a fantastic day of good fun, good friends and a whole day of Amiga fun.

At the time of writing, we have sold out of tables, but a small number of non-table tickets are still available if you want to join us.

https://kickstartamigagroup.sumupstore.com/product/no-table-ticket-kickstart-amiga-group-september-2025-meet

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Kickstart 6 is Sold Out! Join us at Kickstart 7 in September!

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We are sold out for the Kickstart 6 meet and BBQ on June 21st. Thank you everyone for your support and making this our biggest meet yet since we restarted in-person events.

If you were unable to get a ticket, we are pleased to announce that we have confirmed the date for our next meet:

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Last Few Spaces for Kickstart 6 – Will You Be There?

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We are a little over a week away from Kickstart 6 – the Royal Amiga BBQ – taking place on Saturday 21st June 2025 at our regular venue of Ottershaw Village Hall in Ottershaw, Surrey.

We sold out of table places at the beginning of the year, but have a couple of non-table places still available if you would like to join us. Details on our tickets page.

Doors open at 9am. We have the hall until 9pm, which means we will start breaking down at 8pm at the very latest (but often this happens a bit earlier as many people people decide to wrap up and pop to the Miller and Carter pub and restaurant across the road).

What’s Happening?

This will be an all-day user group meet up. It’s a chance for us to do all things Amiga – fix them, play games, show how to use different pieces of software and hardware, use them, show them off, talk about them – whatever you want to do. 

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Looking Back at Kickstart 5

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As we are getting ready for Kickstart 6, our summer BBQ, it’s about time we did a little recap of our last meet, which took place back during a surprisingly nice sunday in early February 2025. You may have already read the great article in Amiga Addict covering this meet, but here’s an extra look at what went on. A big thank you to Mark White, who’s excellent photography is being used here. You can see all of Mark’s photos from the meet over on our Facebook group.

As always, our home venue of Ottershaw Village Hall was absolutely banged out for our first meet of the year.

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Kickstart 5 is This Sunday – Everything You Need to Know!

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It’s just a couple more days until we all descend on Ottershaw Village Hall once again for Kickstart 5 – Our fifth user group all-day meet of the new era.

Kickstart 5 takes place on Sunday, 2nd February 2025. Doors open at 9am, and close at 9pm (or sooner if everyone decides to wind down a bit early and go to the pub, as can happen). We are looking forward to yet another brilliant day of Amiga fun. 2025 is also the 40th year of the Amiga, so we are starting a year of celebrations with this meet.

Ottershaw Village Hall - Home of Kickstart Amiga Group
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Amiga Addict at Kickstart 5 this Sunday

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Ian Griffiths, editor of Amiga Addict will be joining us at Kickstart 5 on Sunday.

The essential read for all Amiga owners and fans, Amiga Addict is a fantastic magazine and a great supporter of the user group community. Ian will be bringing a range of back issues and Amiga Addict merch with him, but again, do get in touch with him ahead of the meet if there’s anything in particular you are after.

https://www.amiga-addict.com

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Retro Lemon at Kickstart 5 this Sunday

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Jakub Kosiec from Retro Lemon will be joining us once again at Kickstart 5 this Sunday.

Retro Lemon sells a wide range of upgrades and accessories for the Amiga, as well as other systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, various Atari systems and more. If there are products you are interested in, it’s worth contacting Jakub ahead of the meet.

https://retrolemon.co.uk