A few enterprising gentlemen of the area were inspired to form an exclusive club with the intention of providing all male residents of that suburb with a host of recreational and sporting facilities. Mr. F. J. Lucas Fernando of Havelock Town most generously lent his “Ardgowan” house in the heart of Bambalapitiya to these resourceful gentlemen, in order to hold their inaugural meeting. Not surprisingly, the ‘Bambalapitiya Recreational Club’ was born…