Recreation-Types of Clubs and their Functions

1. Country Clubs

• Offering recreational sports facilities such as tennis court and basketball court; lounges and dining services by its restaurants, and most have banquet facilities and wedding hosting  

• Full membership enables members to use all the facilities all the time

• Social membership only allows members to use the social facilities

• Other forms of membership can include weekday and weekend memberships

Hong Kong Country Club

2. City Clubs

• Predominantly business oriented 

3. Professional Clubs

• A group of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the legitimate practice of the occupationSocial clubs

• A body acting "to safeguard the public interest

• Organizations which "represent the interest of the professional practitioners

• Act to maintain their own privileged and powerful position as a controlling body

• Partly social, partly professional in nature and provide professionals with opportunities for advanced education, presentations on current research, business contacts, public advocacy for the profession and other advantages

Police Officers' Club in HK

4. Athletic Clubs

• Organized for sporting participants and primarily for spectator fans of a team

• Offer one or more recreational sports facilities to their members

• Meet to practice a sport

• Feature indoor sports, such as indoor tennis, squash, basketball, boxing, and exercise facilities

The swimming pool in the HK Football Club

5. Fraternal Clubs

• Social clubs of secondary or higher education students

• Membership in these organizations is generally by invitation only

• Meeting new people 

6. University Clubs

• Represent, support and enhance the campus lives of students

• Get involved in numerous campaigns run

• Offers graduates a range of sporting facilities and social spaces

7. Military Clubs

• Provide dining, banqueting and bar facilities, and even lodging services to armed forces originally

• Provide more family activities and facilities nowadays instead of alcohol

The In & Out Naval and Military Club in UK

8. Yachting Clubs

• A sports club for sailing and rowing

• Unite boat owners and promote boating activities and to provide boating facilities

• Some provides slipping and craning services and boat repair and maintenance facilities

• Some offers dining services

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

Hungarian Wine Dinner Held by the RHLYC

9. Dining Clubs

• Meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis

• Some are able to arrange reciprocity with other private social clubs with more facilities besides dining such as overnight guest rooms and a gym

10. Proprietary Clubs

• A single owner leases units to multiple tenants in it

• Examples of proprietary communities include hotels, marinas, office buildings, industrial parks, entertainment complexes, and ever-larger and more complex combinations of these

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club

https://www.countryclub.hk/index.cfm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/HK_Causeway_Bay_%E8%AD%A6%E5%AE%98%E4%BF%B1%E6%A8%82%E9%83%A8_Police_Officers'_Club_entrance_stairs_Mar-2013.JPG

https://www.hkfc.com.hk/

http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/puo/CityUAdmin/Data/Story/News/20080821112107/images/group2_c.jpg

http://www.navalandmilitaryclub.co.uk/

http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/