The three-month long Squash Training Clinic at the Lagos Country Club ended at the weekend with 30 participants who enjoyed every bit of the game. The Squash Section of the Club organized the training clinic for both its new members and junior members. The Squash Clinic, sponsored by West African Lifting Equipment Service (WALES) saw […]
The main dining room and pub of the 130-year-old White Bear Yacht Club, sitting at White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States, have been completely renovated. The award-winning architecture, planning and interior design firm based in Minneapolis, James Dayton Design was chosen for the $2.4million project. Speaking at Minnesota, the general manager and golf director, Chris […]
A newly elected president of the Lagos Polo Club Bode Makanjuola has pledged the sustainability of infrastructural development of the club, and project Lagos Polo Club as the country’s biggest and one of the best in the world. Makanjuola who was elected recently at the Annual General Meeting of the club held at Ikoyi, stated […]
Following the amalgamation of Southern and Northern Protectorates of Nigeria by Governor Lord Lugard, the then Governor of Nigeria, in 1914, the idea of establishing social clubs became apparent. This showed in the 1925 recorded founding date of Ibadan Tennis Club (ITC). Although records showed that ITC was founded in 1925, oral records proved that […]
Family and friends have completed a golf challenge and raised more than £6,000 for charity in memory of a member’s mum Alex, who passed away from cancer in September 2020 at age of 77. Alex Dillion, his son Callum and friends Iain Kennedy and Andrew Docherty all took part in the Macmillan Longest Day Golf […]
The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the World Golf Hall of Fame has announced that the World Golf Hall of Fame will be moved to Pinehurst, North Carolina. The North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper joined the announcement where the two organizations detailed the new visitor experience at the USGA’s Golf House Pinehurst campus set […]
This year’s edition of the American Tennis Tournament held at the Lagos Country Club on Saturday with classical displays that enthralled the audience. Winners of the tournament sponsored by the Republicon Group were: Mr. Ayodeji Oguntoye – 1st place Barr. Adewunmi Adisa -2nd place Mr. Dammy Onarinde – 3rd place Mrs. Martha Okosun also emerged […]
The hand of friendship extended across the seas for President of Abeokuta Sports Club, Mr. Olusola Egbesola (FNIMN FCIA FCICRM FAIMP), recently when some members hosted him in the UK. The hosting of the charismatic and sociable president held in the UK residence of a member of the “Prestigious 61,” Aare (Dr.) Michael Olayiwola Akinbode. […]
The Princess Tola Oladoyin-led Committee of Other Games of Lagos Country Club held their Tournament in a blaze of glory that attracted several enthusiasts of the section’s different games. It was an exciting five-day event which saw winners emerge from the games of Draught, Chess, Whot, Ayo and Ludo. Chairman of the Section, Princess Tola […]
Techies are known for their unusual ways; but most importantly their doggedness and energy. Fortune Okoye fits this bill with his impressive invention, a solution app for clubs called OgaPos Country Club. A petroleum engineer by training, his true passion is problem solving with technology. “This was my main motivation for returning home to Nigeria, […]