We are pleased to acknowledge our Club History
“Our club was founded in 1969 by Mrs Edna Smith, and her daughter Mrs Linley Campbell. They are the foundation members of the Riverton Calisthenics Club of Western Australia”
In the Beginning:
Mrs Edna Smith and her daughter Linley started the club together. It was a joint partnership with Linley doing the ‘in class’ teaching and her mum taking care of the non-teaching side of things.
In the beginning it was very much a family affair with Mr Smith designing the club badge. It is the same badge that we know and still love to this day. The Smith Family always referred to their beloved Riverton Badge as “The Big R”. The Riverton Club badge is a well recognised symbol of this proud and successful club.
On the first day of enrolments for the new Riverton Calisthenics Club, 120 girls turned up at the Church of England church in Tribute Street Riverton. The launch was a wonderful success with so many new members turning up that Linley’s eldest brother was quickly engaged to record all the names of first members of the new Riverton Calisthenics Club. A new club was born.
