Photo & Newspaper Archives

As you can see from our History page, our club has a rich and colourful past which grew out of a desire to promote flatwater kayaking on the Northern Beaches. Our Archives represent an ad hoc collection of photos, documents and stories from members which have all formed the fabric of our Club and which may otherwise have been lost with the passage of time. They are presented in no particular order but saved here for future generations to enjoy and understand where the Club came from. 

Our Club beginnings

FIRST PLANS FOR KAYAK CLUB 31/3/1983
ABOVE: First plans for Kayak Club 31/3/1983

Founding Members building our original club house

MWKC FROM THE BEGINNING…….

ABOVE: FOUNDING MEMBERS BUILDING THE CLUB

ABOVE: MEMBERS BUILDING THE CLUB

ABOVE: MEMBERS BUILDING THE CLUB

ABOVE: MEMBERS BUILDING THE CLUB

ABOVE: FOUNDING MEMBERS 

ABOVE: FIRST RACE

ABOVE: RAPID SUCCESS OF MWKC

ABOVE:FIRST K4 1959

ABOVE: BRETT WORTH/ DAVE SALTER 29/11/1983

ABOVE: OLYMPICS 1988 KAYAK TARGET FOR MWKC

ABOVE: STEVE WOOD

ABOVE:ANNA WOOD & BEN BURGESS

ABOVE: SETBACK IN KAYAKS 3/1986

ABOVE: KINGS OF KAYAKS 10/1/1985

ABOVE: BRETT WORTH/CAM TUNBRIDGE 21/8/1986

ABOVE:PETER SCOTT & SHANE SUSKA

ABOVE: HCC 1989

ABOVE: 8 X MWKC PADDLERS

ABOVE:8/3/1992

ABOVE: TRAGIC NEWS

ABOVE: LEIGH WILSON WINS WOOD TROPHY

ABOVE: BRETT WORTH/ROB CHANT

ABOVE: ROB CHANT & PETER TEDESCO

ABOVE: KAYAK GOLD FROM SURF

ABOVE: REBEL COACH

ABOVE: ANNA WOOD

ABOVE: ANNA 

ABOVE: MWKC OUTRIGGERS

ABOVE: STATE 10000 K2

ABOVE:SCOTT A

ABOVE: SCOTT AUSTIN

ABOVE: MWKC PADDLERS HEAD TO MEXICO 1994

ABOVE: SHELLEY OATES WILDING

ABOVE: DAMN MOTOR BOATS

ABOVE: MANLY DAILY 24 HOUR WINNERS

ABOVE: BARRY KELLY JOINS BRETT WORTH, STEVE WOOD AND GREG BENNETT

ABOVE: MANLY DAILY 24 HOUR WINNERS – BRETT WORTH

ABOVE: GRANT AITCHISON, MARK & GARY BYRNE

ABOVE: CARTOON FROM MANLY DAILY CIRCA 1983

ABOVE: PADDLETHON

ABOVE: MWKC 1983 MARATHON TEAM

ABOVE: KELLIE VERNON & JONO CHALMERS

ABOVE: MWKC ORIGINAL FEARSOME FOURSOME

ABOVE: MWKC DRAGON BOATS

ABOVE: DRAGONBOATS

ABOVE: DRAGON BOATING 

ABOVE: HELEN JACOBSOHN

ABOVE: WATERSKIING BEHIND A K4 ON NARRABEEN LAKE

ABOVE: K4 WATERSKIING AT DARLING HARBOUR

ABOVE: K4 WATERSKIING 

ABOVE: K4 ACCIDENT

ABOVE: K4 – BOB MILES

ABOVE: K4 – BOB MILES HISTORY

ABOVE: OUTRIGGER RACING

ABOVE: MWKC OUTRIGGERS

ABOVE: MWKC WIN CHAMPIONSHIP IN HONG KONG

ABOVE: MWKC 1996 JUNIOR’S OFF TO EUROPE

ABOVE: MWKC CHANTAL MEEK WINS BRONZE IN BEIJING

ABOVE: 8 X MWKC PADDLERS

ABOVE: MWKC BUILDING RENOVATIONS

ABOVE: NEW RENNOVATIONS

ABOVE: FOUNDING MEMBERS 

ABOVE: MWKC KATE BEVAN SLASHES RECORD

ABOVE:COACHES IMPRESSED

ABOVE:KELLIE VERNONS JUNIOR SQUAD WITH CLINT & NATHAN

ABOVE:JUNIOR SQUAD WIN 35 GOLD

 

ABOVE: UNCLE TOBYS KAYAK PROGRAM

ABOVE: CLUB LEGEND

ABOVE: WORLDMASTERS GAMES 94 

LENT, DTREHARNE,JOERG L,D TILLER, P TEDESCO, LAWRIE K, THERESE, M BENSON

ABOVE: OWEN HUGHES

ABOVE: CHANTAL MEEK

ABOVE: STEVE BURNS & TIM JACOBS

ABOVE: BURNS BALANCE DRILL

ABOVE: TIM JACOBS

ABOVE: PAULA HARVEY

ABOVE: SHELLEY OATS-WILDING

ABOVE:NICK HOLT

ABOVE: AMY BOER

ABOVE: AMY BOER & LEWIS INGRAM

ABOVE: LEIGH WILSON & CHAD MEEK

ABOVE: TOP KAYAKERS

ABOVE: ROB BURNS & COL CAMPBELL

ABOVE: WORLDS

ABOVE:SHANE TAGG & MICK WILSON

ABOVE: PETER GRIMES & PETER HATFIELD

ABOVE: CLARE-NAZER,BOER,GRIMES,HATFIELD

ABOVE: WAYNE DUNBAR & JACK HATFIELD

ABOVE: JACQUI & LARISSA

ABOVE: BOONS

ABOVE: HADYN BOON

ABOVE: MWKC TEAM

ABOVE: THE BACKUP CREW

ABOVE: CHANTAL & K4

ABOVE: CHANTAL MEEK K1

ABOVE: JOHN WORTHINGTON & LAWRIE KENYON

ABOVE: DAVE JAMES HAIRY BEANIES CREW

ABOVE: SANDRA & KRISTINA

ABOVE: DREDGE THE LAKE

ABOVE: URGENT DREDGING

ABOVE: RACHEL DUNCAN

ABOVE: ALLISON BRYANT

ABOVE:MATT BLUNDELL

ABOVE: MWKC LIFE MEMBER DAVE ROBERTS

ABOVE: MWKC 80YRS OLD CREW

ABOVE: BILL EDWARDS, DAVE SALTER BILL MARTIN K2

ABOVE:JANE HALL1

ABOVE:JANE HALL CONT