Tag Archives: paralympian

Have you ever heard the saying by Jim Rohn that ‘You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with’? In my career as an athlete, I have found this to be especially true. I...

Journalist Caitlin Zerafa interviewed me for a story in My Weekly Preview magazine and I shared my story, how I set up the Sporting Dreams charity to help support future athletes with a disability and how I am continuing...

Today I’ve pondered the notion of selecting to label an action a Choice versus sacrifice. As the Qld swimming state championships started, I was shopping 🛍 nearby as a retired athlete. I completed every year since I was five ...

Still pinching myself at the honour of carrying the Queen’s baton on the Sunshine Coast in front of my family. Wonderful to see so many generations from school kids to grandparents out cheering and all sectors of the community...

Olympic champions of the future were created in living rooms across the Sunshine Coast this week, as children sat transfixed front of televisions and mobile devices watching their sporting heroes winning medals and competing for Australia in Rio. As...

Marayke Jonkers was inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sporting Hall of Fame on November 27, 2014 alongside longboard surfer Josh Constable. The Hall of Fame, housed at the University of the Sunshine Coast, contains sporting greats such as Lisa...

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Maroochy RSL has kindly donated $11,000 towards having a vehicle modified to carry an electric wheelchair so Marayke can continue her work with the charity she founded to empower athletes with disabilities  Sporting Dreams: The Marayke Jonkers Sporting Dreams...

  Marayke has won  the sport and recreation award from the Sunshine Coast Council for her  volunteer work founding and running Sporting Dreams: The Marayke Jonkers Sporting Dreams fund, following her illustrious sporting career “Jonkers was surprised and thrilled by the win,...

Light up your life this Christmas   What do twitter, a smart phone and a Christmas tree have in common? They’re all part of the incredibly accessible and interactive Christmas lights experience offered in Sydney during December. In the...