 In the 1970s Lensbury had active sections in 47 sports and pastimes including tennis, hockey, volleyball, bowls, music, drama (Lensbury Theatre Group, bridge, sailing, swimming, motor cruising, sub-aqua, mountaineering (now the LMC Mountaineering Club), fishing as well as its core rowing, association football, cricket and rugby football teams.At this time membership was restricted to employees of Shell companies in the UK although this restriction was relaxed for some of the team sports participants.The clubhouse was badly damaged by a fire in April 1976; rebuilding was completed in 1977.