Team Queensland is ready to shine at the 2026 Special Olympics Australia National Games, with a delegation of 198 athletes and 56 volunteer team officials representing the state across 11 sports.

Fast Facts:

• 68 athletes will be competing at their first National Games.
• 19 athletes have represented Team Australia at one or more World Games.
• Team QLD athletes range in age from 14 to 66, with Karen Surch (66, Bocce) and Susan Johnson (66, Ten Pin Bowling) the most senior team members, and Mason Topp (14, Basketball), Adelaide Walliss (14, Equestrian) and Amy Messer (14, Gymnastics) among the youngest and competing at their first National Games.

Team Queensland is proud to represent the state at the 2026 National Games and thanks its donors and supporters, including the Brisbane Airport Community Giving Fund. 

Team Management

Debbie
Knust
Head of Delegation

Bec
Carter
Assistant Head of Delegation

Chris 
Knott
Assistant Head of Delegation

Annette
Dundas
Head Medical

Suzie
Lawler
Medical Team

Margaret
Jefferson
Medical Team

Athletics

Debbie
Jukes
Head Coach

James
Costello
Assistant Coach

Kerryn 
Harris
Team Support

Aaron
Martin
SO Gold Coast

Blake
Kummerow
SO Bundaberg

Breanna
Halpin
SO Moreton North

Bruce
Gossner
SO Bundaberg

Caitlin
Gee
SO Morteon North

Jack
Craig-Daly
SO Sunshine Coast

Lorrelle
Nash
SO Gympie

Matthew
Pascoe
SO Moreton North

Matthew
Walk
SO Bundaberg

Peta
Brember
SO Gold Coast

Trent
Porter
SO Moreton North

Zac
Kimber
SO Gold Coast

Basketball

Candice
Redgard
Head Coach

Debra
Alloway
Head Coach

Gerard 
Saunders
Head Coach

Jeff 
McKenner
Assistant Coach

Tony 
O'Brien
Assistant Coach

Kale 
Ross
Assistant Coach

Alexander 
Kennedy
SO Moreton North

Ben
Steinhardt
SO Gold Coast

Braxton 
Weston
SO Sunshine Coast

Carla 
Robb
SO Sunshine Coast

Charley 
Escher
SO Sunshine Coast

Christopher 
Bowman
SO Redlands

Corey 
Burke
SO Sunshine Coast

Ethan 
Napoli
SO Redlands

Harrison 
Wright
SO Redlands

Jackson 
Andreatidis
SO Brisbane

James 
Hook
SO Brisbane

Jessika 
Dunn
SO Moreton North

Joselyn 
Evans
SO Sunshine Coast

Kie Wilson-
McNaught
SO Sunshine Coast

Levi Jnr
Solia
SO Moreton North

Liam
Barry
SO Moreton North

Macauley
Kite
SO Moreton North

Mason
Topp
SO Gympie

Oren
Mazzer
SO Gladstone

Trent
Warner
SO Redlands

Zach
Cloete
SO Sunshine Coast

Zachary
Gallaway
SO Moreton North

Bocce

Jeff
Stewart
Head Coach

Howard
Gorton
Assistant Coach

Melissa
Blackmore
Team Support

Robyn
Heit
Team Support

Alex
Bombolas
SO Redlands

Amanda
Whittle
SO Redlands

Andrea
Dundas
SO Brisbane

Andrea
Meehan
SO Redlands

Ben
Carr
SO Redlands

Ben
Hart
SO Brisbane

David
Stewart
SO Brisbane

Guy
Vincent
SO Redlands

Jamie
Barling
SO Sunshine Coast

Jamie
Grant
SO Redlands

Karen
Surch
SO Sunshine Coast

Kelsey
Walker
SO Relands

Matthew
Jones
SO Sunshine Coast

Meagan
Le Lay
SO Redlands

Ryan
Hight
SO Sunshine Coast

Tara
Heit
SO Brisbane

Equestrian

Irina
Amelina
Head Coach

Sharon
Watene
Team Support

Adelaide 
Walliss
SO Brisbane

Mia 
Feltham
SO Redlands

Football

Kasey
Mossman
Head Coach

Andreas
Giha Carella
Assistant Coach

Cameron 
Brazier
SO Brisbane

Cody 
Kendall
SO Gympie

George 
Button
SO Gladstone

Jack 
Norris
SO Brisbane

Jay 
Nardi
SO Moreton North

Jayce
Helion
SO Brisbane

Liam
Amos
SO Brisbane

Michael
Koren
SO Gympie

Golf

Lee
Harrington
Head Coach

Terry
Price
Assistant Coach

Stacey 
Edwards
Team Support

Rita 
Mitchell
Team Support

Amanda 
Patterson
SO Moreton North

Anthony 
Keenan
SO Brisbane

Brendan 
Borger
SO Redlands

Callan 
Moran
SO Brisbane

Christan 
Hauser
SO Brisbane

Deakin Emblem-
Haynes
SO Brisbane

Dylan
Price
SO Brisbane

Jett Chamberlain-
Clark
SO Redlands

Jiho
Park
SO Brisbane

Rayn
Paton
SO Gold Coast

Tim Callander-
Lewis
SO Redlands

Troy
Campbell
SO Gold Coast

Gymnastics

Leigh
Steflicek
Head Coach

Mallika
Van Pelt
Assistant Coach

Natalie 
Upshall
Assistant Coach

Amy 
Messer
SO Gold Coast

Azalia-Hart 
Rogers
SO Gympie

Elizabeth
Hocart
SO Gold Coast

Flora
Huskisson
SO Gympie

Tylah
Donoghue
SO Brisbane

Holly
Pearson
SO Brisbane

Jasmine
Hunt
SO Gympie

Jordan
Harch
SO Brisbane

Renee
O'Donnell
SO Gold Coast

Sinead Skorka
Brennan
SO Brisbane

Sophia 
Redgen
SO Brisbane

Swimming

Terry
Bourke
Head Coach

Chloe
Connor
Assistant Coach

Craig
Tobin
Assistant Coach

Jacque 
Dorante
Assistant Coach

Rebecca 
Timmings
Assistant Coach

Roxanne 
Campbell
Team Support

Belinda 
Penglis
Team Support

Donna 
Gray
Team Support

Hugh 
Mackay
Team Support

Kim 
Hillier
Team Support

Robyn 
Hollander
Team Support

Sandra 
Mayberry
Team Support

Alison 
Wright
SO Redlands

Anthony 
Williams
SO Moreton North

Aoife 
O'Donoghue
SO Moreton North

Ariana 
Carter
SO Sunshine Coast

Ashley 
Kong
SO Moreton North

Ben
Morrison
SO Gold Coast

Chelsea 
Stebbing
SO Redlands

Chloe 
Maxwell
SO Sunshine Coast

Colin 
Marks
SO Brisbane

Dylan 
Neil
SO Redlands

Ellen Randle- 
O'Sullivan
SO Moreton North

Emily
Taylor
SO Redlands

Eoin
Gibson
SO Redlands

Jack
Abraham
SO Moreton North

Jaya
Tindel
SO Bundaberg

Jayde
Hillier
SO Moreton North

Jeremy
Gawne
SO Moreton North

Julie
Galvin
SO Moreton North

Katrina
Coffey
SO Brisbane

Kerrod
Hamilton
SO Gladstone

Kyle
Henderson
SO Moreton North

Kyle
Richardson
SO Moreton North

Lachlan
Mackay
SO Redlands

Lauren
Bufalino
Sunshine Coast

Leahanna
Dunn
SO Moreton North

Levi
Harris
SO Gladstone

Louis
Box
SO Moreton North

Maddison
Miller-Holmes
SO Gold Coast

Max
Kennedy
SO Gold Coast

Nicole
Brown
SO Brisbane

Oliver
Guthrie
SO Moreton North

Paula
Gavin
SO Moreton North

Rachel
Smith
SO Gladstone

Rhiannon
Sheperd
SO Moreton North

Ronan
Heath-Bourke
SO Moreton North

Ruby
Lawler
SO Gladstone

Sabrina
Sim
SO Moreton North

Samuel
Sturton
SO Redlands

Shai
Mayberry
SO Moreton North

Shannon
Delaney
SO Moreton North

Sharni
Bailey
SO Moreton North

Shaun
Coyte
SO Redlands

Skyla
Wiese
SO Sunshine Coast

Sunny
Karthikeyan
SO Moreton North

Taimani
Chandler
SO Moreton North

Taylor
Anderton
SO Gold Coast

Tiffany
Smith
SO Brisbane

Wroxton
King
SO Moreton North

Table Tennis

Kim
Hammermeister
Head Coach

Robyn
Hayes
Assistant Coach

Renee
Mumford
Team Support

Tom
Cantwell
Team Support

Anthony
Cahill
SO Mackay

Dale
Potter
SO Mackay

Gary 
Handcock
SO Brisbane

Jacob 
Hohl
SO Gold Coast

Justin 
Moran
SO Brisbane

Michael 
Argent
SO Mackay

Michel
Labosse 
SO Brisbane

Nicholas
Jefferson
SO Bundaberg

Oscar
Quarrell
SO Bundaberg

Nicole
Bartley
SO Brisbane

Taylah
Sim
SO Bundaberg

Tim
Robertson
SO Brisbane

Tennis

Glen
Bowe
Head Coach

Daphne
Bale
Assistant Coach

Mitchell 
James
Assistant Coach

Diane 
Allison
Team Support

Alex
Baker
SO Brisbane

Bianca 
Grant
SO Gold Coast

Brian 
Wakefield
SO Brisbane

Chloe 
Dunn
SO Brisbane

James 
Rossiter
SO Brisbane

Jason 
Austin
SO Gold Coast

Jet 
Townend
SO Gold Coast

Joanna 
Moran
SO Brisbane

Lauren 
Chester
SO Brisbane

Nick
Morrison
SO Brisbane

Rahul 
Singh
SO Brisbane

Rebecca 
Allison
SO Brisbane

Sai Aman 
Ramadani
SO Brisbane

Stephanie 
Pellin
SO Gold Coast

William 
Evans
SO Redlands

Ten Pin Bowling

Kathleen
Hanson
Head Coach

Michael
Bridgeland
Assistant Coach

Cheryl
Hawkins
Team Support

Colette 
Ghia Carella
Team Support

Damien
Rowbotham
Team Support

Jaime
Fowler
Team Support

Margaret
Dahl
Team Support

Shirley
Morey
Team Support

Adam
Knust
SO Gladstone

Annie
Steward
SO Mackay

Shelly
Powell
SO Redlands

Blake
Philp
SO Moreton North

Brett
Petersons
SO Redlands

Charmaine
Mullemeister
SO Gladstone

Corey
Hanson
SO Bundaberg

Craig
Mitchell
SO Sunshine Coast

Damon
Driver
SO Gympie

Elliott
Appleton
SO Redlands

Grant
Boldero
SO Moreton North

Isabella
Kay
SO Redlands

James
Fulcher
SO Brisbane

Jason
Dixon
SO Bundaberg

Jenny
Sneddon
SO Gold Coast

Jessica
Martin
SO Gold Coast

Lauryn
Forrest
SO Sunshine Coast

Madison
Wall
SO Brisbane

Mark
Trace
SO Gladstone

Melinda
Knowles
SO Gold Coast

Melissa
Lee
SO Gold Coast

Naomi
Ellis-Coyne
SO Brisbane

Nathan
Coling
SO Gold Coast

Narelle
Ogilvie
SO Brisbane

Nathan
Curd
SO Redlands

Nicole
Corowa
SO Gladstone

Saara
Goodwin
SO Redlands

Susan
Johnson
SO Redlands

Tracey
Stevenson
SO Mackay

Tyler
Allen
SO Moreton North

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