Foundation

(Original club letterhead. Information supplied by John Lord.)

The Club was formed in April 1964 at a meeting held at David Winton’s house at 30 Galway Ave North Plympton.

Present were: D Winton, N Winton, E Fowler, R Sayer, C Angles, J Lord, J Wreford, I Spiller and 2 or 3 others.  David came up with the club name while looking through a dictionary.

The first club meeting place was at Ma’s café in Tavistock Street (now Frome Rd), Adelaide.

The first President was Charles ‘Darwin’ Angeles

The name Phoenix was picked because it means we have risen again from the ashes.


The following 1964 foundation members are listed in the order they appeared in the membership book.

1 Rayleigh Burgess 29 Warren Hall 57 Ivan ‘Snow’ Ardill
2 John Lord 30 Rod McKenna 58 Lincoln Hughes
3 Peter Rose 31 Wolfgang Vogel 59 Nicholas Grivell
4 J Tarbaard 32 Desmond Parr 60 Bowden Hynda
5 Neil Winton 33 Gwenda Hayward 61 Ernest Pobke
6 Robert Sayer 34 John Wreford 62 Lloyd Downes
7 Charles ‘Darwin’ Angles 35 Suzanne Sander 63 Andrew Dabler
8 Clem Richards 36 Jack Wilson 64 Glen Virgin
9 Noeleen Harris 37 Ray Taarnby 65 Glennys Rogers
10 Heather Meyers 38 Barry Elliot 66 Sandra Duncan
11 Terry Rich 39 Cheryl Dale 67 Douglas Thompson
12 Douglas Banks 40 Murray Jenkin 68 Shirley Scroop
13 Ross Owen 41 Wayne Knowles 69 Peter Sheldon
14 David Winton 42 Mark Surkic 70 David Bartlett
15 Russ Hanby 43 Ian Spiller 71 Glen ‘Pebbles’ Rose
16 Carol Bennett 44 Beverly Greet 72 Leonie Ollson
17 Trevor Clements 45 Robert McAvaney 73 Margret Wakefield
18 Trevor Mumford 46 Donald Wakefield 74 Brian Jordan
19 Tony van Gastelde 47 Bob Nelson 75 Allen Flackerty
20 Deane Jesser 48 Janet Moxon 76 Darcy Buttfield
21 Coral Spells 49 Wally Champion 77 Heather Silles
22 Barry Caddle 50 John Leo 78 Malcolm Seal
23 John Taylor 51 Ronald Jenkins 79 Wayne Kearvell
24 Ron Davidson 52 Trevor Henderson 80 Leonie Pitts
25 Corrie Wake 53 Peter Knolder 81 Murray Barber
26 Tony Lee 54 Andrew Kukeste 82 Adrian Biggs
27 Terry Inram 55 Kent Barney
28 Graham Bergstrom 56 Murray Bush