History of club

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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.

Committee and Volunteers

The club has always been run by volunteers and we have a long history of the people who served us well. Within the clubhouse an honor roll collects our history.

Our committee over the years including life members.

400+ Games for the club

In 2022, 2 players were awarded for 1000+ games for the club. Peter Antic and Andrew Grunseit.

The following players appear on the honour role with the club.

M ALFONSO P ANTIC D JONES H KAYE G O’ROURKE D WILSON P RAYMEN B CRAWFORD T DAWE R BARNES
M KAYE N BOGUNOVIC R LOWE M WILSON P RUDGLEY D OLIVARI G SMEE P KOMOLL N CVETICANIN D PUGH
A CRAWFORD C MACEDO J SVENOY S GOSLING L MACEDO J THOMSON M SEKULICH P EMMANOILIDIS C SMITH J KUSTURIN A WEEKS N ROBERTSON R KUSTURN K ROBEERTSON A GRUNSEIT L MacMASTER R WATKINS P REGAN C SNELLING

Playing Shirt

Our original shirt featured quarters and can be seen in the clubhouse, this was used as inspiration for the commemoritive 2014 replicate shirts.

Some older shirts collected through the years.

1990 – 25th Anniversary

2014 – 50th Anniversary

Historical Team Photos

A small sample, if you have any more please send them through to the club.

MPL early 2000s	MPL Late 90s	MPL 2004/05	MPL Late 90s
1976 – U11	1988 – AL1	1993 – U16-1

Our Winning History

Champion of Champions – The best amature team in the state, a knock out competition.

• MPL – 2001, 2011, 2012, 2023
• U14 – 1997
• W12-1 – 2019
• WO30 – 2019
• W151 – 2022

State Cup

• U21 – 2002
• W12 – 2019
• W16 – 2019

Mens Premier League

• MWFA Cup – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2022, 2023
• MWFA League Champions – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
• MWFA KO winners – 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021

Womens Premier League – Coming soon !