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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Sports venue in Jorhat, Assam, India}}<br />
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| location = Club Road, [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]] 785008<br />
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| establishment = {{start date and age|1876}}<br />
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'''Jorhat Gymkhana Club''' is a sports venue located in [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]]. Club built in 1876 by D. Slimmons. The club has been a venue for horse races, lawn tennis grass courts, swimming pool, billiards, polo, golf, cricket etc. ever since its inauguration. The Governor's Cup is played here every year with a lush green 9-hole golf course circuit.<ref>[http://jorhat.gov.in/jorhat-gymkhana-club-in-jorhat.html Jorhat District]</ref><br />
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The club's golf course is list into the World Heritage list as the oldest golf course in Asia and the third oldest in the world.<ref>[http://jorhatgymkhanagolf.golfgaga.com/ Jorhat Gymkhana Club Golf]</ref> The club offers facilities in lawn tennis grass courts, swimming pool, billiards, polo, gentleman's bar and cinema theatre. The cricket ground here is known as Jorhat Gymkhana Ground and has a capacity of 8,000 as well as has a turf wicket. The ground hosted the matches of CK Nayudu Trophy which is Under-23 Indian Cricket tournament as well as the Senior Women's National Cricket Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58192.html |title = Jorhat Gymkhana Ground |publisher = [[Cricinfo.com]] |accessdate = 2008-11-13}}</ref> The club is home of Khelmati sports club uses this ground for practising cricket and The Club road was the first asphalt road laid which connect the City Centre with the Jorhat Gymkhana Club.<ref>[http://www.bharatonline.com/assam/jorhat/jorhat-gymkhana.html Bharatonline]</ref><br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074252/http://stats.wisdenindia.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1068.html Cricketarchive]<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58192.html Cricinfo]<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/13706872/Jorhat-Gymkhana-golf-course-cum-Horse-Race-circuit Wikimapia]<br />
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