Kandy Garden Club

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Kandy Garden Club
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Kandy Garden Club
Location within Sri Lanka
Address9 Sangaraja Mawatha
Location Kandy, Sri Lanka
Coordinates 7°17′14″N80°38′49″E / 7.28722°N 80.64694°E / 7.28722; 80.64694
Genre(s)Sporting and Social Club
Field shapeRectangular
Surface Hardcourt
Construction
Built1878
Opened1878;145 years ago (1878) [1]
Website
kandygardenclub.com

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]

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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 Kandy Lake, adjacent to the E. L. Senanayake Children's Park. [6] [7] It has four floodlit hardcourts. [8] Other facilities include Billiards, Snooker, Table Tennis and Bridge. One of the club's billiard tables dates back to 1913, the table was manufactured by John W. Roberts and Company, and has been preserved in its original condition. [9]

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]

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  2. ↑ "Illangakone at the helm of KGC". The Sunday Times . 17 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 Abdeen, S.M. Jiffrey (23 April 2010). "Dilenthi and Naveed overall champions". The Daily News . Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 Wimalasurendre, Cyril (28 January 2019). "Kandy Garden Club 140th AGM". The Island . Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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  6. ↑ Karunaratna, Nihal (1999). Kandy, Past and Present, 1474-1998 A.D. Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Religious and Cultural Affairs. p. 188. ISBN   9789556131215.
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  8. ↑ Van Daalen, Nicholas (1976). The new international tennis guide: a guide to some of the most exciting tennis resorts in the world. Pagurian Press. p. 188. ISBN   9780889320338.
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