[2] On 12 August 2007, a fire broke out at the club, destroying the members' bar area and billiards rooms and causing damages of up to US$400,000.

[3] Two Bulawayo Athletic Club players were in the gold medal winning Zimbabwe ladies hockey team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Patricia McKillop and Helen Volk.

[4][5] In the summer of 1992, the Zimbabwe national cricket team was granted Test status.

The Test began the following day, but was badly hit by rain and a lack of adequate covering, with ten hours of play lost.

Thus, when international cricket returned to Bulawayo, it was played at the nearby Queens Sports Club.