Three years later, on July 9th, 1960, UKRC was officially opened by then Health and Social Welfare Minister, YB Datuk Ong Yoke Lin and among then national warriors that have graced UKRC includes the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, his successor Tun Abdul Razak Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam and the Chief Minister of Selangor, YB Bakar Baginda.

No doubt, the founders of UKRC did get to sit in the shades of the club house but they would never have realised how cooling a shade they had provided for the generations after them.

In fact, the UKRC today, has grown, many folds, many phases and had become an integral part of the lives of those who grew in the area.

When it started, the UKRC was a new village, roads unsurfaced, dusty on dry days and muddy when it rains.

Residents in the area were mostly resettled squatters and interaction within the neighbourhood was minimal.

It was against these backdrop that the pioneers felt the need of a centre where the residents can get to interact with their neighbours.

It was then idealised that a recreational centre would help to achieve the objective and from then, the seeds of the UKRC was sown and it had grown to be what it is today.

As the Irish proverb goes “you’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was” – the successors of the club, continued to pursue what was hoped by the predecessors.

If the pioneers laid the foundation, their successors continue to build and build they did.

What makes it quite poignant is that the present day UKRC guardians included those who were children when the club was idealised and formed. As children they watched the elders relentlessly put in their efforts to build the club.

The children had grown, and in many ways than not, are far more successful, than their elders and the pioneer members in all aspects of the word.

Despite their success, they do not seem that keen to leave the UKRC for the more illustrious clubs available in the city.

They stayed on. Some never stopped talking about their childhood days, when they spend hours after hours of reckless abandon at the club’s ground. And it is obvious, they take pride in being able to today, continue to take care of a legacy.

And as adults, or the present day guardians, they continue to build, if not in the physical sense, definitely in the aesthetic values.

For those familiar with the UKRC, they will find that its humble settings and unpretentious existence, had not stopped members from making it a one-stop recreation centre for the whole family.

Those who had played on the UKRC field, or were guests to its function, would vouch for the club’s hospitality.

The eye, it is said, never forgets what the hearts had seen. The UKRC does just that, and it has over the years, been able to built on it.

And for as long as UKRC continues to touch the heart, it will not perish.