Club History!

1958 The Club Begins

On January 4, 1958 a meeting was held on the beach at Wye to start the club. The initial committee consisted of :

Club Captain - Brian Dann, Vice Captain - Noel Jefferson, Gear Steward - Bruce Hocking, Chief Instructor & Social Secretary - Ian Williams, President - A.K.Jefferson, Vice President - A.Jonas, Assistant Secretary - J.Boyd, Secretary - D.Mitchell, Treasurer - R.Coleman

Early committee meetings were held at the Rising Sun Hotel in Footscray.

Early fundraising activities included a Miss and Mister Wye River contest and music concerts on the back of a truck in the foreshore. These fundraising activities assisted in the purchase of our first reel and the construction of the club house.

The club house was constructed over 10 working weekends and was officially opened on December 26, 1958.

The initial bunkhouse (Mitchell House) was opened on January 1, 1966.