There's been political difficulties at EGNF for years; it appears that some of the more recent issues revolved around a competitor setting up and rather cheekily expecting their staff/students to be able to use the other members' club facilities, without providing any facilities of their own.
This has made some "traditional" club members rather "overprotective". I have been told a few times in the last few years that I could not use the clubhouse facilities or order food without being signed in by a club member. On one occasion I produced my own membership card and asked where the signing in book was.
