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The Carbine Club
The Gold Coast Academy of Sport is excited to announce a continuation of the partnership with the Carbine Club of Queensland. This joint venture was started in 2016 to support a young up and coming athlete in their pursuit of excellence in sport. Named “The Glynis Nunn” award, the Scholarship will be given to FOUR athletes between the ages of 15 and 19 who are striving towards their personal pursuit of excellence. The athletes will receive a Bursary of $2000 over a twelve (12) month period with the GCAS selecting and monitoring the process.
The Carbine Club of Queensland is proud to work with the Academy and help promote pre-elite sport and athlete development in Queensland, in keeping with the ideals of The Carbine Club of Queensland. I am very humbled and pleased to have my name associated with a program that is helping promising athletes in Queensland.
The athlete will need to demonstrate high standards of responsibility, resilience, courage, dedication, humility, dedication and social skills. It is hoped that the bursary will help an athlete who has had to cope with significant life challenges in their training and competition. Athletes who do not receive any financial support from other bodies and who would like to apply can do so through the GCAS website. The Carbine Club and GCAS will be asking athletes to nominate.
The board of the GCAS would like to thank the Carbine Club for their generous support of a promising athlete and look forward to the association in the future.
The successful applicant will become part of the ‘Unleash Your Potential’ program which is part of the development programs delivered under the Gold Coast Academy of Sport umbrella.
Previous Awards Nominees
2025
Koby Carroll – BMX Freestyle
Koby achieved national and international titles at the Fise World Titles in France and Fire World Titles in China.
Maya Zunker – Swimming
Maya secured five gold medals and two Australian records at the Australian Age Championships, placed 10th at World Championship Trials, and won six gold medals at the Australian School Sport Championships.
Lachy Donnelly – Pickleball
Lachy competed at the World Pickleball Championships in Dallas, winning gold in Junior Mixed Doubles (U16) and silver in the 5.0 Mixed division.
Tori Russell – Tennis
Tori captained the winning Australian 15/U National Teams Championship side and holds the No. 1 Australian ranking for the 2010 birth year in both ITF and UTR
2024
Bailey Sekold – BMX
Bailey is a talented BMX rider who has shown exceptional dedication to his sport, winning a 10-year consecutive award for national level competition in 2023. With a clear goal of competing in the Olympics, supported by his coach Craig Graham, Bailey’s journey from grassroots to elite is impressive. Bailey won the National Title for 16 boys in Victoria last year and recently competed in the junior elite category for the first time at the UCI World Championships in Rock Hill, USA. He finished 5th in the Junior Elite Men’s semifinal after a crash in the last turn.
Montana Atkinson – Para Swimming
Montana proudly represents Para Swimming. Her achievements last year are unmatched, including Gold and Silver medals at both the QLD State and National Short Courses. Passionate about the sport from a young age, earlier this year she was selected to represent Australia at the 2024 Citi Para World Series in Melbourne. Montana aims to become a Paralympian and showcase the importance of inclusivity. Her outstanding performances reflect her dedication. She is preparing to trial to secure a spot on the Australian Paralympic team and if not selected for Paris at 16, Montana is determined to compete in Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane beyond.
2023
Charli Guy – BMX
She lives and breathes BMX and has been racing since the age of 3. Through hard work, determination and self motivation she is the current state and national champion for her age. Her talent and work ethic has been noticed by AusCycling where she is part of the Qld Academy. She recently represented Australia at the World BMX Racing Championships in Glasgow where she finished 4th in the world for her age group. She has also been part of a development squad for Freestyle BMX.
Julia Mannell – Taekwondo
Julia has been accepted into the Australian Taekwondo Queensland High-Performance Sparring Squad and is heading overseas in early 2024 to compete at the Junior World Championships.
2021
Emelia Surch – Heptathlon.
As a young Heptathlete, Emelia trains for 7 events (90m Hurdles, 200m, 800m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put and Javelin. Completing 2 track sessions, 2 jump sessions and 2 throw session each week Emelia also completes two gym sessions weekly. She is currently ranked number 1 in Australia for the 100m hurdles and 23rd in the Heptathlon. Emelia’s ultimate goal and dreams are to compete at the Commonwealth games and World Championships in her respective disciplines.
2019
Ellie Beer – Track and Field.
Ellie is involved in Athletics, Surf Lifesaving and Oztag. She was selected as a 16 year old to represent Australia at the World Relay Championships and later went on to represent at the World Championships in the 4 x 400m women’s relay team. She holds the U/16 Qld and Australian 400m record. She aims to represent Australia at the Olympics in the 200m and 400m.
2018
Regan Hackett – Ice Hockey.
Regan was studying and playing in Ontario in the Eastern Canadian Midget hockey league. He gained selection in a number of representative teams while there and captain of team North America. After training with a leading coach in NSW during 2018, Regan was scouted and now resides in Canada pursuing his dream of Ice Hockey excellence.
2017
Tianah List – Javelin.
Tiannah successful qualified in Javelin for the World University Games but was unable to attend due to injury. Now resident in the USA on scholarship to a University. Tianah also represented Queensland in Softball winning a national championship.
2016
Amy Coulston – Track and Field.
Amy represented Australia in Track and Field at the Oceania Championships.