In reply to Castleman:
Only manchester club i have experience of is the MMU club, but thats probably not that helpful as you'd have to be a student to join.
I think the biggest non-student one round here is the Karabina club mentioned by someone else - i know they meet on a Thursday at a pub in town but other than that i don't know much about them.
There's also a few of us non-club Manc based folks online hre. Assuming i'm about the grade/experience you're looking for then drop me an email if you need a partner when you get here. :0)