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This is a list of gentlemen's clubs in Sri Lanka, ... Colombo Gymkhana Club: 1832 Colombo: Western: Colombo Cricket Club: 1863 Colombo: Western: Colombo Rowing Club: 1864
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The Hill Club is situated on a 6.9 ha (17 acres) property, [2] on Grand Hotel Road. The Hill Club is located adjoining the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club on one side and the country home of Sri Lanka’s President on the other. The English colonial architectural features of the two-storey grey stone building, include wooden staircases, high roofs ...
Until 1964, the social club was exclusive to Europeans [4] (the cricket club having had a similar policy until 1962 [5])- the first Sri Lankan Chairman of the Gymkhana Club was P.S.C. Fernando, [4] while the sporting clubs saw their first local captains in the 1970s: Colombo Cricket Club: Travis Fernando (1971) [4] CH&FC, rugby: Bryan Baptist ...
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The club was founded in 1894, by a number of leading Ceylonese, including Walter Pereira. [1] [2] It was formed by the Sinhalese elite in response to the restrictions on Ceylonese membership by the exclusive British Colombo Club, established earlier in 1871, and denied membership to Europeans.
On 15 July 1871 the club received the official seal approval when the Governor Sir Hercules Robinson agreed to become the club's patron and president. [3] The Colombo Club was the most exclusive club in the country, its membership was limited to British and Europeans until Ceylon gained independence in 1948, thereafter membership was extended ...