VOTE NOW: Bundaberg’s best sports coach | 2023

The search for Bundaberg’s best sports coach has begun. Vote now from the list of 30 finalists, as nominated by readers.

The search for Bundaberg’s best sports coach has begun. Vote now from the list of 30 finalists, as nominated by readers.

From football and netball to boxing and BMX, Bundaberg is home to many inspiring coaches from all different sports that motivate and inspire people young and old to reach their full potential and achieve their goals and dreams.

With more than 300 comments and 80+ nominations for the region’s best sports coach, it’s clear that Bundaberg’s coaches have made a lasting impact on the community.

Let’s face it, where would we be without them?

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We’ve narrowed the tsunami of nominations down to the top 30 coaches, and now it’s time to choose this year’s winner, so make your nomination count!

Good luck to:

Madelyn McCracken: Bargara Football Club (Director of Coaching)

Candice Redgard: Special Olympics Bundaberg Basketball coach

Martin Downey: U10 & U12 Bargara Football Club coach, Wildcats Futsal and Aspire program coach

Paul Barlow: Diggers Football Club coach

Corey Tanner: U14 & A Grade coach for West Panthers junior rugby league team, Bundaberg A Grade 47th Battalion Representative coach, Indigenous coach/Mentor as well as coaching the Central Coast Cockatoos/Hunters

Glen Smith: U8 & Spartans coach (S.C Corinthians Football Club)

Kirstyn Abbott: U12‘s coach for the Waves AFL Club Bundaberg

Shaun Stone: Senior coach for the Waves AFL Club Bundaberg

Nic Lindsay: Indoor beach volleyball coach for Beach 365

Sean Mullaney: Bundaberg Basketball club coach and U18’s representative

Michael Johnston: Spartans Academy Coordinator and U12’s coach (S.C Corinthians Football Club)

Sandy Baker: Coach for Across the Waves netball team and Bundaberg netball

Brooke Lunnon: Coach for S.C Corinthians Football Club

Sid Blair: Coach for Bundaberg Boxing Club

Mitch Barlow: U11 Orcas coach for Bargara Football club

Chris Cook: U9 & Spartans coach (S.C Corinthians Football Club)

Simon Kelly: Coach for Bingera soccer and Brothers cricket

Blake Hornbrook: Coach for Bundaberg Junior Touch U12 Girls & U17 Boys, Q Youth Academy U14 Boys Cowboys and a Qld Maori Open Mixed Player/Coach.

Cale Driver: U13 & U11 coach for Coach for Across the Waves Football club

Kayne Aslett: Coach for Across the Waves soccer, the FQWB (Football Queensland Wide Bay) Academy soccer and U12 Futsal.

Shelley Naumann: Netball coach for Brothers snowflakes & Brothers Storm (Brothers Netball Club Bundaberg)

Debra Johnson: Coach for Kepnock State High School HPV team (Senior Mixed and Multiclass)

Beau Alexander: BMX coach at Kepnock State High School

Andrew Donnison: Coach for U23 Bingera Football Club and North‘s cricket

Rach Langenbaker: Diggers soccer coach

Susan Hedges: U10 Bargara Football Club and Futsal coach,

Clint Davies: Coach for the Across the Waves junior rugby league team

Jeremiah Burtt: Coach for the The Waves Cities Hockey Club Bundaberg

Craig Brown: Coach for S.C Corinthians Football Club

Brett Kitching: Coach for U16 Super Stripes team (Bingera Football club)

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The poll will stay open until midnight on Wednesday, October 25.

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Originally published as VOTE NOW: Bundaberg’s best sports coach | 2023