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Linda Mackenzie OAM.
Olympic Gold medallist Linda Mackenzie was born in Mackay in 1983, starting her swim career as a six-year-old under the guidance of...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Rhonda Thorne-Clayton AM (nee Shapland)
Rhonda Shapland was born in Toowoomba, Rhonda's family moved and she grew up in Redcliffe attending Soubirous College (1970 - 1972) and...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Craig Feuerriegel
At the age of five, Craig Feuerriegel moved to Redcliffe with his family and started his educationat Clontarf Beach State School....
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Feb 22, 20232 min read
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Karin Van Wirdum
Born in 1971, Karin Van Wirdum joined the Redcliffe Leagues Swimming Club as a youngster and subsequently as a freestyle swimmer,...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Martin Kent
Martin Kent was a stylish right handed batsman who played cricket for the Sandgate Redcliffe Club. In the 1974/75 season Martin Kent...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Jodie Bowering
Born in 1982 in Redcliffe, Jodie's mother got her involved with teeball as an eventual gateway to softball as a six-year-old. At the...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Santo Perna
For over 30 years Santo Perna volunteered at Redcliffe Little Athletics officiating, sporting and marking the track lines to ensure the...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Graham Reid
Born in 1964 ,Graham grew up in Redcliffe, and was a junior at Redcliffe Leagues Hockey Club . He won the Brisbane Hockey Association ...
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Feb 20, 20233 min read
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Tarnee White OAM
Olympic Gold medallist, Tarnee White was born in Redcliffe in 1981 and attended Southern Cross Catholic College. From an early age she...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Leanne Francis
1972 Olympic Games swimmer Leanne Francis , grew up in Redcliffe, attending Soubirous Brigidine College (School Captain 1972) and was...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Geoff Huegill
Geoffrey Andrew Huegill (born 4 March 1979) is an Australian swimmer and dual Olympian who won seventy-two international medals,...
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Feb 15, 20236 min read
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Blake Cochrane OAM
Blake John Cochrane born on 25th January 1991 in Charleville, Queensland . Cochrane's parents enrolled him in swimming in an effort to...
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Feb 15, 20233 min read
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Bill Goode
Bill Goode raced Stock Cars in the 1950s and soon progressed to the Mighty Midgets. He placed second to Lew Marshall in the first...
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Jan 12, 20234 min read
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Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller was born in the United States on the Fourth of July, 1962. His parents brought him to Brisbane in 1969 and sent him to De La...
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Jan 11, 20233 min read
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Melissa Gorman
World Champion and Olympian Long Distance swimmer Melissa Gorman was born in Sydney in 1985. Melissa joined the Redcliffe Leagues...
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Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Glenn Patching
Glenn Scott Patching (born 12th April 1958) was an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won the...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Brent Tate
Brent Tate (born 3 March 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre or winger in the 2000s...
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Dec 23, 20226 min read
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Greg Browning
The youngest player to debut for Australia’s national men’s hockey team, Greg Browning went on to be a key figure for the Kookaburras...
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Dec 22, 20223 min read
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