How to recreate Featured Clubs as block?

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How can I create a block that mimics the style/function of the Our Featured Clubs section on the clubs directory?  There seems to be only one built-in block for clubs and it's just a forum-style list of club names, and you can't sort it by featured only.  I've copied the code from the template, but it doesn't work for probably obvious reasons that go beyond my scope.