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The club was first formed in 1964 as part of the Pittwater RSL Youth Club. The driving force and founding members behind it were Alan Wilson and Terry O’Connell.

Kitchener Park
Up until the early 70’s, the clubs home ground was Mona Vale oval, the site where the library is now situated, and they eventually moved over to Kitchener Park when the area was cleared and a sporting field was created. In 1984 the clubhouse was built and the following plaque remains.

Pittwater RSL

The youth club had always been a sub-branch of the RSL and the football club maintains strong links to the RSL club. The RSL club’s history is available online via https://www.pittwaterrsl.com.au/our-story.

A short snippet….Pittwater RSL Club formed in 1958, and for the first few years our members met in a sports pavilion in the centre of Mona Vale – too small to receive a liquor licence, members picked up cases of beer from local hotels. Eventually, the local council dedicated a piece of land on Huxley Street to the RSL Sub-Branch and Club and we created our first permanent premises. A surplus army hut was purchased and transported to Mona Vale, where it was lowered onto brick piers built by volunteers. Decorated with army boots filled with geraniums, this early clubhouse played host to a number of social dances and ANZAC commemorations. There was a dance floor, a small kitchen, a single poker machine and a billiards table which had been donated by a member.

In 1960 the land was redeveloped by the council and our then-president, Bill MacKenzie, negotiated the purchase of a block of land on Mona Vale Road. It was a controversial decision being further out of the centre of Mona Vale, but the purchase went ahead with the help of a generous loan from Harbord Diggers Club. The land was cleared by volunteers, and thanks to a clever deal with Miller’s Brewery a clubhouse was erected. Memberships grew quickly and extensions to the club were frequent – by 1968 we had a new auditorium, dining room and gaming area.