(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 |