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Sean Brennan
Regional Development Coordinator South Queensland
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Another year and the curtains have finally fallen on such a wonderful program that has built up such great community relationships and delivered so many cool programs.
I’d like to thank all our Indigenous Community Sport and Recreation Officers for their efforts in maintaining such amazing experiences for the communities we’ve worked with. Their passion and compassion for their communities are nothing but extraordinary. They’ve always been supportive to the needs of their communities and innovative in bringing their needs to reality. What underpins this program is the great leadership and open communication that this unit has and the energy it brings to empower those that think outside the box.
In November we had the NQ Brolgas Football team compete in the Queensland Indigenous Football Championships in Brisbane. Unfortunately, they only had two subs for the entire competition which proved to be too much for the team, losing their semifinal 1-0 to bow out of the event.
Now in its fifth year, the Wariganda Reconciliation Indigenous Golf Tournament was a tremendous success, with all staff involved bringing great vibes to the event. Twenty-seven teams of four competed in the 18-hole Ambrose event at the beautiful Rowes Bay Golf Course in late May, with another five teams taking on the 9-hole Ambrose event. The Rowes Bay Golf Club have been nothing short of brilliant with their support of this major event. PCYC Queensland will be supporting this event moving forward, something the community will surely welcome.
We had a massive win on Palm Island with our 3x3 Basketball program. Partnering with Basketball Queensland Indigenous Programs Manager and Mackay Meteors Coach Joel Khalu and three NBL/NBL1 players, we delivered clinics to Bwgcolman and St Michael’s schools. The 3x3 youth competition teams swelled from 12 last year to 42 this year.
We did manage to secure funding for the Townsville and Mackay regions under the new Queensland Government structure which has allowed us to keep on Arika Appleby and Patrick Thaiday as First Nations Coordinators. It’s a new direction for us bringing with it outreach to smaller communities that haven’t had support from us in the past. The coordinators have hit the ground running and have already got great traction in such a short time which is a testament to why they are so successful in their roles.
Josh Peters
Regional Development Coordinator North Queensland
Before I started in the Regional Development Coordinator role, I was an ICSRO in a small community called Mapoon. In that position I was able to learn and develop my skills and knowledge about culture and community as well as delivering quality sports and recreation activities for the whole community. From the skills I had developed in the four years I had been in another ICSRO position I was able to transition into the Regional Development Coordinator (RDC) role quite easily. The skills I had learned helped me engage with Community in Napranum, Aurukun and Mapoon and deliver outreach programs in the three communities with our awesome staff from PCYC Napranum.
A Youth Week event brought the three communities together in Aurukun for a series of games that helped the youth practice PCYC Queensland’s core values of Respect, Leadership, Commitment, Passion and Teamwork. It was a team effort by all, and it was a chance to pass on the knowledge of running sports and recreation activities to the next generation of our Indigenous ICSRO.
Part of our outreach to Mapoon and Aurukun was to be able to build a good relationship with Community after struggles filling positions in those communities. This involved us traveling to the communities and getting them to come and engage with us. From the first outreach to the last we had a big increase to our participation numbers, and this helped us stage a successful Youth Week event.
Over my short time of being in the RDC role I was able to work with staff at Napranum and help them achieve the goal of providing a safe environment for community to come and participate in sports and recreation. With a bit of guidance and examples on how to deliver sessions we have now got a responsible team at Napranum PCYC.
I would like to thank the Indigenous Programs management for their support of me in this role and being there to fall back on if I needed questions answered or any other support. In this role I was able to further develop my own skills which I will be able to use in my working career and personal life.
Managed by North QLD Indigenous Programs Manager
Centrally managed through the FNQ Regional Office
- Cooktown - Coen - Hope Vale - Wujal Wujal - Mapoon
Managed through an external auspice agent
- Lockhart River
Managed through a PCYC Queensland Club
- Aurukun - Napranum
Managed by South QLD Indigenous Programs Manager
Based from State Office (14 ICSRP Locations)
Centrally managed through the State Office
- Doomadgee
Managed through an external auspice agent
- Normanton - St George
Managed through a PCYC Queensland Club
- Bundaberg - Cherbourg - Hervey Bay - Logan - Dalby - Toowoomba - Redlands - Zillmere - Woorabinda - Ipswich - Goondiwindi
Centrally managed through the FNQ Regional Office
- Mareeba - Mossman
- Pormpuraaw
Managed through an external auspice agent
- Kuranda - Cairns
Managed through a PCYC Queensland Club
- Yarrabah
Managed through an external auspice agent
- Bowen
Managed through a PCYC Queensland Club
- Mornington Island - Upper Ross - Palm Island - Mount Isa - Townsville - Mackay
