The wider family
41 Club International is the Association of (currently) twenty 41 Clubs throughout the world. It is an organisation which further develops the friendship and comradeship the members enjoyed when they were members of Round Table. Members of Round Table are obliged to end their membership when they reach the age of 40 or 45, according to the country in which they reside. 41 Clubs, which are clubs for former members of Round Table ("Ex-Tablers" or "Old Tablers"), started to be formed in the early 1940s. The Association of Ex-Tablers' Club, 41 Club of Great Britain and Ireland, was formed in 1945. 41 Club International was formed in 1975. Today, the Associations of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indian Ocean, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and Zambia are full members, but there are 41 Clubs in many other countries throughout the world.
Agora Club International is a service club for women from the age of 42 and older with different professions, hobbies and interests. It is a platform where all Past Circles (Agora and Tangent member countries) and interested ladies can meet, represented in many countries all over the world, working together in respect with Ladies' Circle, Round Table and 41 Club International. The spoken language in international meetings and in all correspondence is English.
Ladies' Circle (LC) sets its roots in England, where the first Circle was founded in Bournemouth by wives of Round Table members. By 1936 the first English Clubs formed the English National Ladies' Circle Association (GB&I). In 1947 and 1949, LC Sweden and Denmark, respectively, were founded. 29 May 1959 is an important date in the history of LCI, since it is on this day, at the RTI AGM in Leiden, Holland, that the three countries established Ladies' Circle International (LCI).