Kissing Point Netball Club is one of the larger clubs playing as part of the Ku-ring-gai Netball Association on Sydney’s upper north shore. Our games and training are mainly based at Canoon Rd courts in South Turramurra, with some also at Lofberg Rd courts in West Pymble.
Our Winter Competition runs from March to September and includes teams of boys and girls aged 5 to 14 years, girls’ teams for 15-18s, and women’s open teams. Games are played on Saturdays at either Canoon Road in South Turramurra, or Lofberg Road in West Pymble.
Spring Competition runs mid-week from September to December and includes both female and mixed teams for all age groups 9 and above.
Our Club is run entirely by volunteers. Thanks to our 2024 committee for giving up their time to help the club & our community.
A new committee for 2025 was elected at the AGM on 30 October 2024. We thank our outgoing committee members, and welcome our new volunteers.
(Bolded names on the list below have email addresses you can contact)
Our parent club, Kissing Point Sports’ Club, was created in 1957 when a group of about six interested people gathered with a view to establishing a soccer competition in the municipality.
Back then, South Turramurra was still in its early days of development … Turramurra Public School had only opened four years earlier with 47 pupils; the land which the oval now occupies was still owned by flower growers and the Comenarra had not been built.
It took three meetings of these enthusiasts to get the Kuringgai District Junior Soccer Association officially established and in that same year, South Turramurra’s first soccer team was formed.
While the local press referred to the club as Kissing Point (after the road leading into the area), Ryde Council objected because it had already received a grant of land of the same name. The club might have officially been called South Turramurra but from 1958 it has always been known as Kissing Point.
By 1968, KPSC was well established with soccer, cricket and rugby for boys and softball for girls but there was a need to provide more opportunities for girls.
Netball (or women’s basketball as it was known back then) was a popular choice but there was no locally run competition in Ku-ring-gai and so the teams played outside the area.
However, the locals tired of travelling long distances to play and so took action to establish the Ku-ring-gai Women’s Basketball Association in 1969, now known as Ku-ring-gai Netball Association or KNA.
In 2003, the Club was awarded the KNA Small Club of the Year award and since then, the number of teams steadily grew to the point that Kissing Point was named as KNA’s Large Club of the Year in 2009. The all-important netball uniforms developed over time.
In 1968, the original navy blue tunic was home-made and worn with a white school shirt and a red cummerbund. This was replaced in 1978 with a royal blue wrap skirt and a white t-shirt with red collar and sleeve edges. This style lasted for 26 seasons until it was replaced in 2004 with a blue skirt with red and white inverted pleats and then again in 2012, when Kissing Point became the first KNA club to move to the current tunic design in our revered red, white and blue. 2024 will mark the next evolution in our uniforms, with the club moving to a more inclusive design. Stay tuned for more details!
As the Kissing Point area rapidly developed, Ku-ring-gai Council acquired the Auluba market gardeners’ land and cottages for community and recreational purposes in 1959.
In the early 1960s, KPSC was granted permission by the Council to use one of the acquired cottages as a clubhouse. Despite several working bees, the cottage fell victim to considerable vandalism and the project was abandoned and the building was destined for demolition.
In mid-1964, an agreement was reached with Council to incorporate a clubroom into a new dressing room building for holding committee meetings. The estimated construction cost in 1965 was £2,500 ($5,000) for the dressing rooms and toilets and £1,500 ($3,000) for the clubroom.
Construction commenced late in 1965 and completed mid-1966 when the first season of softball was played for the Club. KPSC continued to grow, and it was soon evident the original clubhouse would not be large enough for its intended purpose. It took until 1981 to confirm the addition of a clubhouse, kitchen and storeroom so the building could be used as a community facility.
Construction was completed in mid-1983 with KPSC contributing over $20,000 (one third) to the project.
The five sporting codes are managed independently by volunteers from the members, but across the entire sports club, the same philosophy is adhered to – A club for good sports – and teams are fielded across all age groups. Representatives from each code come together to form the committee for the parent body.
We’re so lucky to have our own local clubhouse that provides a safe place for families to gather, overlooking the lit playing fields surrounded by natural bush land with plenty of room for the kids to run around.
Text extracted from “Kissing Point Sports’ Club – A History” by John Orlovich
More information about the history of the Kissing Point Sports’ Club can be found on the Sports’ Club page:
https://kpsc.com.au/about-us/history/
