Kandy Garden Club
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  Kandy Garden Club Location within Sri Lanka | |
| Address | 9 Sangaraja Mawatha |
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| Location | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 7°17′14″N 80°38′49″E / 7.28722°N 80.64694°E |
| Genre(s) | Sporting and Social Club |
| Field shape | Rectangular |
| Surface | Hardcourt |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1878 |
| Opened | 1878[1] |
| Website | |
| kandygardenclub | |
The Kandy Garden Club is a social and sports club in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which was established in 1878 for the exclusive use by British coffee planters to play tennis. It is one of the oldest operating sports clubs in the country[2] and the second oldest in Kandy.[3]
History
The club was opened in 1878 for the exclusive use by the British, particularly planters wanting to play tennis.[3][4][5] The nature of the club changed when an elite class of Sri Lankans (then Ceylonese) were permitted to join the club. In 1950 the club was opened to the Sri Lankans. The first Sri Lankan elected as president of the club was Col. S. D. Ratwatte with S. Wijenayake as the secretary.[4][when?]
Features
The club is located at the south-eastern end of
Billiards champions Paul Mifsudy, Norman Dangley, were among others invited to play exhibition matches at the Club table. In 1989 the second match of the first snooker test series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was played at the club.[10]
See also
- List of Sri Lankan gentlemen's clubs
- Sri Lanka Tennis Association
References
- ^ "Ferguson's Ceylon Directory". 109. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 1967: 1194.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Illangakone at the helm of KGC". The Sunday Times. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ The Daily News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b Wimalasurendre, Cyril (28 January 2019). "Kandy Garden Club 140th AGM". The Island. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ISBN 9780743246538.
- ISBN 9789556131215.
- ISBN 9789556131260.
- ISBN 9780889320338.
- ^ "Snooker at historic Kandy Club". Kit Sports. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- The Daily News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.