Team New South Wales is ready to shine at the 2026 Special Olympics Australia National Games, with a delegation of 194 athletes and 66 volunteer team officials representing the state across 9 sports.

Fast Facts:

• 82 athletes will be competing at their first National Games.
• 32 athletes have represented Team Australia at one or more World Games.
• Team NSW athletes range in age from 14 to 64, with Kleo Charnas (64, Bocce) the most senior team member, and Liam Hare (14, Swimming) and Bella Richmond (14, Gymnastics) among the youngest and competing at their first National Games.

Team New South Wales is proud to represent the state at the 2026 National Games and thanks its donors and supporters.

Team Management

Marc
Ferguson
Head of Delegation

Kellie
Henson
Assistant Head of Delegation

Naazmi
Johnston
Assistant Head of Delegation

Elias
Habelrih
Assistant Head of Delegation

Joanne
Kind
Medical Team

Richard 
Kind
Medical Team

Athletics

Gordon
Costello
Head Coach

Anita
Ferguson
Assistant Coach

Robin
Yates
Assistant Coach

Amanda
Stevens
SO Sydney South

Angela
Fowler
SO Macarthur

Beau
Lawson
SO Flinders

Bray
Aquino
SO Macarthur

Cameron
Davidson
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Cooper
Travers
SO Sydney South

Guy
Laurenceson
SO Macarthur

James
Greaves
SO Macarthur

Jerome
Etteridge
SO Sydney South

Jessica
Van der Neut
SO Macarthur

Kristin
Mercer
SO Illawarra

Lisa
Weingartner
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Stuart
Alford
SO Macartur

Zachary
Parker
SO Macartur

Basketball

Mick
Harris
Head Coach

Paul
O'Neill
Assistant Coach

Sarah
Skidmore
Assistant Coach

Lucas
Walker
Assistant Coach

Andrea
Werner
Assistant Coach

Callum
Harley
Assistant Coach

Kathie
Parker
Team Support

Vicki
Liddy
Team Support

Dianne
Davies
Team Support

Steve
Frost
Team Support

Abigail
Causer
SO Central Coast

David
Lusunzi
SO Central Coast

Anthony
Pana
SO Flinders

Mackenzie
Wills
SO Hunter Valley

Samuel
Milton
SO Hunter Valley

Brittany
Anderson
SO Illawarra

Fraser
King
SO Illawarra

Hayden
Richens
SO Illawarra

Luke
Huska
SO Illawarra

Taylor
Andersoon
SO Illawarra

Alonzo
Gollon
SO Macarthur

Lachlan
Parker
SO Macarthur

William
Rice
SO Macarthur

Clay
Perkins
SO Mid North Coast

Charlotte
Moten
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Dominic 
Harper
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Harry 
Jerogin
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

James
Sommerhayes 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Juliet
Liddy 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Michael
Paterson 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Mitchell
Byrne 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Samuel
McDonald 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Cameron
Fyfe 
SO Sydney South

Emma
Glass 
SO Sydney South

Isabella
Conroy 
SO Sydney South

Matthew
Tan 
SO Sydney South

Michael
Sporbet 
SO Sydney South

Nicholas
Gibbs 
SO Sydney South

Ruby
Thomson 
SO Sydney South

Shalana
Russell 
SO Sydney South

Sophie
Kildea 
SO Sydney South

Tae
Shields 
SO Sydney South

Blayne
Silva 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Michael
Karseboom 
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Alipate
McKenzie 
SO Sydney West

Darcy
Rollins 
SO Sydney West

Keelan
Crawford 
SO Sydney West

Sarah
Clarke 
SO Sydney West

Bocce

Helen
Wheatley
Head Coach

Mark
Levers
Assistant Coach

Karyn
Becker
Assistant Coach

Peter
Becker
Team Support

Tracy Ann
Lacovelli
Team Support

Luke
Muttdon
Team Support

Brooke
McGrath
SO Macarthur

Clare
Frize
SO Hunter Valley

Edward
Smith
SO Sydney South

Emma
Nelson
SO Macarthur

Holly
Leavers
SO South Coast

Jason
Nelson
SO Macarthur

Jessica
Storey
SO Hunter Valley

Jodie
Greenwood
SO Sydney South

Joshua
Frost
SO Sydney South

Kevin
Greig
SO Flinders

Kleo
Charnas
SO North West
New England

Lisa
McKerlie
SO Sydney South

Lisa
Vineburg
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Michael
Matthews
SO Hunter Valley

Michael
Neljandi
SO Hunter Valley

Michael
Wheatley
SO Hunter Valley

Ross
Clews
SO Hunter Valley

Sarah
Molesworth
SO Macarthur

Sharon Lee
Taylor
SO Sydney West

Tracie
Sammut
SO Sydney South

Travis
Becker
SO Macarthur

Trent
Brewer
SO Hunter Valley

Vickie
Dougherty
SO Hunter Valley

William
Kemp
SO Sydney West

Football

Peter
Muhlbock
Head Coach

Peter
Lyons
Assistant Coach

Margaret
Muhlbock
Team Support

Bradley
Southwell
SO Sydney South

Craig
Muhlbock
SO Sydney South

David
Evans
SO Sydney South

Jason
Blackadder
SO Sydney South

Michael
Dooley
SO Sydney South

Raquel
White
SO Sydney South

Rocco
Musumeci
SO Sydney South

Takoda
Johnson
SO Macarthur

Golf

Brandan
Barnes
Head Coach

Kate
Pollard
Assistant Coach

Nathan
MacDonald
Assistant Coach

Anders
Kobula
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Lachlan
Pearson
SO Hunter Valley

Daniel
Horwood
SO Sydney South

Daniel
Blissett
SO Sydney South

Joshua
Ives
SO North Coast

Nathanael
Young
SO North West
New England

Steven
Robson
SO Central Coast

David
Currie
SO Central Coast

Duncan
Bond
SO Central Coast

Gregory
Blanch
SO North West
New England

James
Robertson
SO North Coast

Jason
Russo
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Michael
Walker
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Peter
Secomb
SO Central Coast

William
Brundson
SO North West
New England

Gymnastics

Matthew
Wotton
Head Coach

Marie
Child
Coach (WAG)

Elka
Lucas
Coach (WAG)

Lyn
Legge
Team Support

Chris
Bunton
SO Flinders

Kaylen
McDonald
SO Flinders

Raymond
Xing
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Akira
Daly
SO Flinders

Ashley
Kuhle
SO Flinders

Bella
Richmond
SO North Coast

Ellen
Maher
SO Flinders

Jennifer
Klein
SO North Coast

Annie
Child
SO North Coast

Tasharna
Butcher
SO North Coast

Tiana
Legge
SO North Coast

Swimming

Ellena
Morris OAM
Head Coach

Peter
Hedges
Coach

Rob
Fry
Assistant Coach

May
Robertson
Team Support

Lyndal
Bridge
Team Support

Kylie
Heggie
Team Support

Michelle
Fry
Team Support

Annabel
Smith
SO Sydney South

Benjamin
Green
SO Mid North Coast

Claire
Pearson
SO Sydney South

Danielle
Slade
SO Sydney South

Gemma
Casey
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Heidi
Jay
SO South Coast

Indigo
Driscoll
SO Northern Beaches

Jason
Tang
SO Upper
North Shore

Keiran
Corry
SO Hunter Valley

Lachlan
Hanratty
SO Sydney South

Lauren
Heggie
SO Sydney Hills

Laurie
Masteron
SO South Coast

Liam
Hare
SO Hunter Valley

Matthew
Swinbourne
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Maximilian
Pazderski
SO Sydney Inner West

Nathan
Whitty
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Patrick
Cusack
SO Sydney Hills

Pheobe
Jensson
SO Hunter Valley

Simone
Robertson
SO Sydney South

Sophia
Law
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Tanikah
Barber-Wallis
SO Hunter Valley

Tiana
Fina
SO Illawarra

Troy
Puttergill
SO Hunter Valley

Zac
Fry
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Tennis

Ian
Chappel
Head Coach

Lisa
Catto
Assistant Coach

Toby
Bristow
Team Support

Cameron
Pellizzon
SO Sydney West

Emma
Mangan
SO Sydney
Inner West

Gareth
Donohue
SO Flinders

Harrison
Werner
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

James
Pollard
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Jemima
Heberden
SO Sydney Upper
North Shore

Lalie
Conway
SO Central Coast

Michael 
Wren
SO Sydney South

Timothy 
Walsh
SO Illawarra

Ten Pin Bowling

Karen
Hawke
Head Coach

Kathy
Godwin
Assistant Coach

Kurtis
Becker
Team Support

Georgia
McGrath
Team Support

Mia Cluff-
Freemantle
Team Support

Zoe
Karatzovalis
Team Support

Joanna
Wilson
Team Support

Adam
Polley
SO Mid North Coast

Andrew
Golding
SO Central Coast

Beau
Polley
SO Mid North Coast

Brooke
Crossingham
SO Sydney
Northern Beaches

Christina
Jones
SO Flinders

Christopher
Cook
SO Flinders

Claire
Heine
SO Macarthur

Clancy
Riley
SO Hunter Valley

Clayton
Maddern
SO Macarthur

Elizabeth
Godwin
SO South Coast

Ellie
Mugiven
SO Mid North Coast

Fiona
Rixon
SO Macarthur

Gaye
Yeomans
SO North West
New England

Haley
Grey
SO North West
New England

Jason
Holley
SO Mid North Coast

Jason
Russell
SO South Coast

Jason
Timperley
SO North West
New England

Jessica
Duncan
SO Illawarra

Jock
Jarman
SO North West
New England

Joshua
Munson
SO Macarthur

Kyle
Farrell
SO Central Coast

Laura
Hughes
SO North West 
New England

Lorraine
Archer
SO Hunter Valley

Michael
Borg
SO Illawarra

Michael
Googh
SO Mid North Coast

Michelle
Weidner
SO Illawarra

Natalie
Gartshore
SO Illawarra

Nathan
Doggett
SO Macarthur

Rebecca
Lloyd
SO Mid North Coast

Renae
Reilly
SO Mid North Coast

Renee
Armstrong
SO Mid North Coast

Sarah
Williams
SO North West
New England

Sarah-Jane
Schulze
SO North West
New England

Scott
Duncan
SO Sydney West

Sean
King
SO Illawarra

Simon
Armstrong
SO Mid North Coast

Sophie
Powick
SO Mid North Coast

Stacey
Smith
SO Hunter Valley

Stephen
McBain
SO Mid North Coast

Steven
Holland
SO Mid North Coast

Tammie
Dengate-Tasker
SO Sydney South

Taylor
Doyle
SO Macarthur

Timothy
Boyce
SO Macarthur

Wayne
Hurley
SO Hunter Valley

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