A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.
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... of the Song Dynasty, held various social clubs that included a West Lake Poetry Club, the Buddhist Tea Society, the Physical Fitness Club, the Anglers' Club, the Occult Club ...
... The town is home to Premiership rugby union club Northampton Saints, who play at Franklin's Gardens in the St James area ... There are also a number of "Junior" rugby clubs in the area, the most successful of these at producing young players is Northampton Old Scouts RFC who have produced Ben Cohen and Steve Thompson amongst others ... League Two football club Northampton Town, known as "The Cobblers" from the town's shoemaking background, are based at Sixfields Stadium ...
... Xota Fútbol Sala, known as Triman Navarra for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish futsal club based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre ... The club main sponsor is Grupo Triman ... The club was founded in 1978 and her pavilion is Universitario de Navarra with capacity of 3,000 seaters ...
... is home to the biggest junior football club in New Zealand ... The club was formed when Tararua Sports Club Inc and Upper Hutt City Soccer merged to create one club ... The club now carries both of the old clubs names ...
... Clarence Park also plays host to St Albans Cricket Club ... The club currently runs four Saturday sides, playing in the Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League and also two Sunday sides in the Chess Valley Cricket League ... In 2008 the club's 1st XI won the Hertfordshire League Title ...
Famous quotes containing the word club:
“He loved to sit silent in a corner of his club and listen to the loud chattering of politicians, and to think how they all were in his power—how he could smite the loudest of them, were it worth his while to raise his pen for such a purpose.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“Women ... are completely alone, though they were born and bred upon this soil, as if they belonged to another class in creation.”
—“Jennie June” Croly 1829–1901, U.S. founder of the woman’s club movement, journalist, author, editor. F, Demorest’s Illustrated Monthly Mirror of Fashions, pp. 363-4 (December 1870)
“I spoke at a woman’s club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, “Well, that sounds very nice, but don’t you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?” I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)