After an inspection of the site, Ford & McLeod left for an extended trip across the country to inspect and tour other metropolitan athletic clubs and gather ideas for the new design.

The idea of the college was generated by the constant requests to metropolitan Rotary clubs for accommodation for high school students wanting to study special courses only provided at city based high schools.

In 1880 they also became the first metropolitan club to visit Geelong and in 1883 the team played four matches in Adelaide.

An annual competition was initiated, restricted to metropolitan clubs of Junior status or below.

The Spring Carnival is made up of meetings held by the metropolitan clubs, where Group One races take place, and also at Geelong.

The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs.

Under the guidance of Cusack, Maryborough Swimming Club challenged the metropolitan clubs in Brisbane for statewide supremacy.

It was a decisive moment for certain amateur oarsmen, mainly those from the universities and the more important metropolitan clubs, who subsequently tried to distance themselves from the professionals and any oarsmen of working-class origin.

WASA has in excess of 100 member clubs including approximately 40 metropolitan clubs and 30 country affiliates spanning the vast areas of WA.

Roehampton, before the great war, was one of eight metropolitan clubs and the third largest, with over 300 playing members and 550 non-playing members.