 From 1978 until Peter Yarranton's retirement in 1993 Lensbury continued to build on its tradition as primarily a club for team and individual sports.Yarranton became President of the Rugby Football Union in 1991 and Chairman of the UK Sports Council in 1989 and thus he combined his management of Lensbury with sports representation at the very highest level.It was with some pride that he described the club in 1990 as "… the largest sports, leisure, social and training centre in Europe and certainly one of the largest in the world".