Welcome
Sporting Dreams was started by triple Paralympian Marayke Jonkers to help Queensland athletes with physical disabilities achieve their sporting dreams. We provide funding grants to help purchase equipment like race wheelchairs or hand cycles, even prosthetic limbs for running or cycling. We also help with training and competition costs. Since starting in 2008 we have given over 130 grants to athletes.
SUPPORTER
You can help change a life through sport today when you donate to Sporting Dreams
FUNDRAISING
Achieve your own sporting dream as a fundraising challenge for us: Ever wanted to do a fun run, your first triathlon or marathon? Why not raise funds for Sporting Dreams while you do it. We can help you create your own online fundraising page where you share your dream challenge with friends and family and ask them to donate. We will also cheer you on and support you. Contact Marayke to find out more.
SPONSOR A GRANT
Do you want to promote your company and help athletes in the process? Sponsor a sporting Dreams grant and you will have a grant named after your organisation at the annual Sporting Dreams Awards Ceremony. You will also receive recognition on the Sporting Dreams Website and in our newsletter.
Latest News
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Sporting Dreams grant applications are now open from Sept 5- October 7. Queensland athletes both established or wanting to start out are welcome to apply, and there’s no age limit.
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Triple Paralympian Marayke Jonkers has awarded Sporting Dreams grants to Rio bound Paralympic debutants swimmer Katja Dedekind, and paracnoesist Susan Siepel among 18 winners from the grant program she founded
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Sporting Dreams applications are open once again for the 2015 grant round , and athletes with disabilities are welcome to apply. We welcome applications from all levels of athletes from
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Marayke was honoured to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Sunshine Coast sports star of the year Awards, in addition to presenting the special Olympics athletes award
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Paralympian Marayke Jonkers is calling for Queensland Paralympians, Olympians and Australian representative athletes to register for a special meet and greet event with members of the public at Brisbane’s South
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Because of her work starting Sporting Dreams Universal Studios invited Marayke as one of the select group of ” inspirational Queenslanders” to attend the red carpet launch of Angelina Jolie’s
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What an honour to be invited to attend the 2014 swimmer of the year awards as a guest presenter.On Monday December 22nd members of the Australian Swim Team swapped their
Latest Blogs
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Sporting Dreams grant applications are now open from Sept 5- October 7. Queensland athletes both established or wanting to start out are welcome to apply, and there’s no age limit.
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The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, but is it accessible for wheelchair users? Travel writer Marayke Jonkers discovers that North Queensland is
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In this blog you will find tips for aspiring snow bunnies on: Using a wheelchair in the snow Temperature regulation Where to stay at NSW Snow fields How to get
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Few things in life are more exhilarating than skiing down a mountain writes Marayke Jonkers in Link Magazine, click the image above to read the article online.
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Travel writer and Paralympian Marayke Jonkers visits Brisbane, investigating accessibility features and finding the top free activities for visitors to the River city. Article published April edition of link magazine.
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Sporting Dreams is holding a Public Meeting to discuss forming an Incorporated Association. Interested parties are welcome to attend. Details: Time: Date: 6.30- 7.30 pm 17 Feb 2015 Venue: Maroochydore RSL Board
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Remember to check under your car for penguins when you leave the car park, the ranger instructs us as we commence our tour. Where else could we be but the
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Tonight I had the great honour of being inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame, alongside longboard surfer Josh Constable. Marayke and felow 2014
Meet Our Athletes
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Bernadette Peterse
Bernie is a junior Comets player and although she has not won a competition yet, she loves the experience and will not give up. Bernie’s greatest achievement so far was -
Josh Nicholson 
Josh, 19, was a member of the gold medal-winning Queensland junior wheelchair basketball team, the Rolling Thunder, at the 2014 Kevin Coombes Cup and rates it as his greatest sporting -
Peter Smith
Peter is an extremely busy man; being a qualified Pony Instructor, the treasurer for the Goonanamen Anglican Parish, a member of the Bundaberg Male Voice Choir and an entertainer at nursing homes; -
Ben Tullipan- Golf
Ben, 38, lost both his legs in the 2002 Bali bombings and has been successful in gold, winning 1st in his division in the 2013 Australian Amputee Golf Championships. One
