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The Willingdon Sports Club is a sports club in South Mumbai.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Mumbai Multiplex: Welcome to the club )〕 Membership has been closed since 1985, and only the children of current members can attain membership. Corporate membership is granted for 10 years for two members at a cost of about over Rs. 30 crores. A disproportionately high number of members are Parsis. It was one of the first clubs to admit indigenous Indians prior to Partition.〔 ==History== It was founded in 1918 by Lord Willingdon, the then Governor of Bombay. Willingdon was refused permission to take an Indian Maharaja with him to the Bombay Gymkhana, Byculla Club and Royal Bombay Yacht Club,〔 which then allowed only Europeans and hence, decided to start a club that both Indians and Europeans could go to. Permanent membership is closed except for members sons〔〔〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=New clubs on the block ) 〕 though temporary corporate memberships are open (mostly taken by expatriates). In the 1980s membership was temporarily opened but then later closed due to overwhelming demand. In 2007, membership was opened to members' daughters as well, much to the consternation of some members, though a majority of Balloting and Disciplinary Committee members saw it fit to admit them as "younger people spend more money."〔 Membership applications for "ordinary members" (members' sons), corporate members and "services" (civil servants and armed forces) are decided by the Balloting and Disciplinary Committee. ''Mid-Day'' wrote that the WSC has an unspoken rule that does not allow film actors and racing professionals, including jockeys, trainers and their spouses to be individuals as "actors might create a nuisance, with their followers lingering around, and ruin the ambience and peace at the club... What is important is not the profession but the applicant's background. If the jockey is a syce's son who cannot speak seven words of English, he may be rejected."〔 However, Akshay Khanna and his brother Rahul are members as of 2010 onwards. In the 21st century, there was controversy and infighting over the destruction of the badminton courts and club election process. After the original bar was burned in a fire, the former bakery was turned into the "Pub" that functions as a mini-nightclub on weekends and "Bar Nite" once a month. The former bar is a formal, outside-catered restaurant called the "Golf View Bar" right next the library on the upper level. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Willingdon Sports Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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