Reciprocal Clubs
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Dear Members and Reciprocal Members,
The Eccentric Club is presently going through a re-organisation, and, while our functions will go ahead, as planned, for this and next year, all reciprocal visits and some other activities are suspended until further notice.
We are working hard on securing a better arrangement for the club operations in the future.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Nil Nisi Bonum
Chairman of the Eccentric Club
Reciprocal Clubs
Prior to our current re-organisation, the Eccentric Club had reciprocal agreements with the following establishments:
GREAT BRITAIN:
Phyllis Court Club, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
The Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Devonshire Club, Eastbourne, E.Sussex (old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
The Bath & County Club, Bath.
The Ipswich & Suffolk Club, Ipswich.
The Norfolk Club, Norwich.
The Strangers Club, Norwich (Gentlemen Only, old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
The United Club, St Helier, Jersey.
The Royal Perth Golfing Society and County & City Club, Perth, Scotland.
The Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow, Scotland.
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, Scotland.
EUROPE:
IRELAND:
The Stephen's Green Hibernian Club, Dublin, Eire - formerly The Stephen's Green Club, merged in 2002 with the Hibernian United Service Club (old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
GERMANY:
International Club Berlin, Berlin.
Club zu Bremen, Bremen
THE NETHERLANDS:
Sociëteit De Witte, Hague
BELGIUM:
Cercle Royal Concorde-Philotaxe, Antwerp.
PORTUGAL:
Círculo Eça de Queiroz, Lisbon.
SPAIN:
Sociedad Bilbaina, Bilbao.
LUXEMBOURG:
Cercle Munster, Luxembourg.
SWEDEN:
Hansaklubben / Hansa Club, Malmö.
MALTA:
The Malta Union Club, Sliema.
Casino Maltese, Valletta.
THE AMERICAS:
CANADA:
The Forest and Stream Club, Dorval, Quebec.
The Windsor Club, Windsor, Ontario.
The London Club, London, Ontario.
The Belleville Club, Belleville, Ontario.
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
The Eccentric Club, Gloversville, N.Y. (old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
The Coffee House Club, New York, N.Y.
The Saturn Club, Buffalo, N.Y.
The Buffalo Club, Buffalo, N.Y.
The Morristown Club, Morristown, N.J.
The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
The Quadrangle Club, Chicago, IL.
Farmington Country Club, Virginia (informal agreement).
The Miscowaubik Club, Keweenaw National Historic Park, Michigan.
The Des Moines Embassy Club, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Outing Club, Davenport, Iowa.
The Walden Club, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Washington.
Squantum Association, Rhode Island.
The Bellevue Club, Oakland, California.
The University Club of Palo Alto, California.
The University & Whist Club of Wilmington, Delaware.
The River Club, Jacksonville, Florida.
The University Club of St Paul, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Neighborhood Club of Quincy, Massachusetts
The University Club of Phoenix, Arizona
The Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
The Milwaukee Club, Milwaukee, WI. (informal agreement)
The Corpus Christi Town Club, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Cactus Club, Denver, Colorado (informal agreement)
The Players Club of Detroit, Detroit.
The Pendennis Club of Louisville.
Thames Club, New London, CT.
The Franklin Inn Club, Philadelphia, PA.
ARGENTINA:
Club Europeo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Club del Progreso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CHILE:
Club Naval, Valparaiso, Chile
Club de Viña del Mar, Viña del Mar, Chile
BOLIVIA:
Circulo de la Unión, La Paz, Bolivia
URUGUAY:
Club Uruguay de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
AFRICA:
KENYA:
Muthaiga Country Club, Nairobi.
SOUTH AFRICA:
The Durban Club, Durban.
The Rand Club, Johannesburg (old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
The Owl Club, Cape Town.
ASIA:
BRUNEI:
Royal Brunei Yacht Club
PHILIPPINES:
The Manila Club, Makati City, Manila.
SINGAPORE:
The Singapore Polo Club
CHINA:
Shanghai Racquet Club, Shanghai.
JAPAN:
Kobe Club, Kobe
AUSTRALIA:
The Kelvin Club, Melbourne (old reciprocal of the Eccentric Club).
The Public Schools Club, Adelaide.
Historical Reciprocal Clubs
Prior to its closure in 1984, The Eccentric Club in Ryder Street had numerous reciprocal arrangements with many well established clubs worldwide. Below is a list of 'historical reciprocal clubs' illustrating our international network of friends in 1980s. Sadly, many of these clubs became defunct and closed since.
UNITED KINGDOM:
ATHENAEUM, Liverpool
THE BRADFORD CLUB, Piece Hall Yard, Bradford, Yorks.
BRISTOL CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, Marsh Street, Bristol.
DEVONSHIRE CLUB, Westdown House, Hartington Place, Eastbourne, BN21 3RN.
LYCEUM CLUB, Paradise Street, Liverpool L1 3EU.
MANCHESTER CLUB, 50 Spring Gardens, Manchester M2 1EN.
PORTSMOUTH COUNTRY CLUB, Kent Road, Southsea, Hants.
ROYAL SCOTTISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB, 11 Blytheswood Square, Glasgow G2 4AG.
ROYAL SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB, 10 Northlands Road, Southampton.
ROYAL TEMPLE YACHT CLUB, Ramsgate, Kent.
ST. JAMES'S CLUB, Charlotte Street, Manchester M1 4DZ.
SUSSEX MOTOR YACHT CLUB, 7 Ship Street, Brighton, Sussex.
WORTHING SAILING CLUB, 40 Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex.
IRELAND:
HIBERNIAN UNITED SERVICE CLUB, 8 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.
GALWAY COUNTRY CLUB, Weir House, Galway, Co. Galway.
AUSTRALIA:
BENTLEIGH CLUB, Yawla Street, Bentleigh, Melbourne - 3204.
CITY & OVERSEAS CLUB OF MELBOURNE, 291 Dandenong Road, Windsor 3181, Melbourne.
CITY TATTERSALL'S CLUB, 198 Pitt Street, Sydney.
CORIO CLUB, 16-24 Villamanta Street, Geelong West, Victoria 3218.
KELVIN CLUB, Melbourne Place, Melbourne.
NEW SOUTH WALES SPORTS CLUB, 10-14 Hunter Street, Sydney.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TATTERSALL’S CLUB, 1st Floor, 14 Grenfel Street, Adelaide 5000.
SOUTH YARRA CLUB, 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Melbourne.
MELBOURNE SAVAGE CLUB, 12 Bank Place, Melbourne.
CANADA:
MOUNT STEPHEN CLUB, 1440 Drummond Street, Montreal, H3G 1V9
UNIVERSITY CLUB OF TORONTO, 380 University Avenue, Toronto.
NEW ZEALAND:
CENTRAL CLUB, 26d Brandon Street, P.O. Box 1063, Wellington.
PERU:
THE PHOENIX CLUB, Apartado 1387, Lima.
SOUTH AFRICA:
NEW CLUB, 12 Loveday Street, Johannesburg.
ROYAL NATAL YACHT CLUB, 136 Victoria Embankment, Durban.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB, 241, Madison, Detroit, Michigan.
ECCENTRIC CLUB, Gloversville, New York.
NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB, 180 Central Park South, New York N.Y. 10019.
PRINCETON CLUB OF NEW YORK, 14 West 43rd Street, New York N.Y. 10036.
WILLIAMS CLUB, 24 East 39th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016.
ZIMBABWE:
THE NEW CLUB, 54 Fife Avenue, Salisbury.
UMTALI CLUB, Umtali.