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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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
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 22, 20232 min read
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 20, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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
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 15, 20236 min read
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, 20233 min read
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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Jan 12, 20234 min read
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 11, 20233 min read
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 10, 20232 min read
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 6, 20231 min read
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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Dec 23, 20226 min read
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 22, 20223 min read
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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