His leadership has helped create pathways for new players and ensures the Gold Coast Rollerblaze Wheelchair Basketball Club continues to grow.
Ben Noonan finding community through sport
Members Stories
Kim Abbott playing for inclusion on and off the field
For Kim Abbott, hockey has always been part of life. “My Mum was a state player for Queensland, and from under-10s I just fell in love with it,” she says. While she never chased the elite pathway, she’s played for fun, family connection and community.
Vale Craig Johnstone
I first met Craig at a dance at the Mercy Centre in the late 1980’s. I had a dance with him at a Lifestream Ball. We took a bus trip with Madelyn, we went to the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.
Carmen Jen won the Cornflower Spirit Award.
Carmen Jen, from Gladstone, has been participating as a QDN Emerging Leader this year and recently won the Cornflower Spirit Award.
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