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PHOTO ALBUM: Welcome home and congratulations to our 27 Sunshine Coast competitors at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and Sunshine Coast based support staff and international teams including the Maltese lawn bowls team and local triathlon coach Toby Coote with team PNG. So many personal best performances, great learning experiences and medals 🥇 Special moments as athletes shared medals autographs and photos at the public welcome home with Mayor Mark Jamieson at Maroochy RSL
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Coast to welcome home Games athletes
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THE Sunshine Coast Sports Federation will welcome home our Commonwealth Games heroes at an official homecoming event on Thursday from 4pm at the Maroochy RSL.Sunshine Coast Commonwealth games athletes welcome home event : Maroochydore Rsl from 4 Can we show a better turnout than this one at surfers Paradise the morning after the games closed?Australian team public celebration at surfers Paradise - how much do you love that the athletes 🚌 buses destination is Aussie Aussie Oi oi!!! Yes Athletes today you are Rockstars!!!!!! Australian Dolphins Swim Team @
Local Medallist Liam Schluter's silver medal flower in the athletes village beside USC Spartans Swim Club Inc bronze medallist Daniel Fox.
Welcome home our Sunshine Coast Commonwealth Games athletes on Thursday April 19th from 4pm Maroochy RSL Wear the green and gold and let's celebrate their amazing successes
Yes up to 37 athletes/coaches expected to be welcomed home after Australias greatest Commonwealth Games performance. It's an honour to be involved, the Federation has hosted similar welcomehomes since 1984 Olympics. The only region in Australia to do so
Clinton and myself are looking forward to welcome are amazing athletes
Looking forward to being there!
Glenn Lobban
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Medal success continues for Coast
Tom Threadingham by TOM THREADINGHAM
9th Apr 2018 11:09 AM
THE Sunshine Coast's medal haul at the Commonwealth Games has continued to expand with plenty of stellar performances in the pool earning podium honours yesterday.
Caboolture's Lakeisha Patterson was a highlight for the region as she swam up a classification and stormed her way to gold in the women's S9 100m freestyle final last night.
She not only touched the wall first, but did so in a world record time for the S8 classification.
University of the Sunshine Coast swimmer Ellie Cole pushed her all the way but touched the wall in third.
"I can't thank my coach Harley Connolly enough and all of my family and friends that came to support me,” Ms Patterson said.
"It's the first time my family have been able to watch me race at a major international competition so hopefully I did them and Australia proud.”
Ms Cole relished the bronze medal and hoped her achievements, and those of other para-swimmers, would inspire the next generation.
"It's not very often Australia gets to see para-sport or witness para-sport so I think this is definitely going to be an eye-opening (experience) for a lot of the Australian public and hopefully some young kids with disabilities have seen this tonight and want to get in and give swimming a crack,” she said.
Fellow USC Spartan swimmer Blake Cochrane also medalled yesterday, pushing his way to silver in the men's SM8 200m individual medley final.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Kaylee McKeown just missed out on a medal during the women's 200m backstroke final after touching the wall in fourth.
Jake Packard was also among the region's top performances yesterday after finishing third in the men's 50m breaststroke semifinal to earn a spot in today's final.
Lawn bowler Kelsey Cottrell and her fours team-mates won their semi-final against Canada 10-9 yesterday to earn a spot in the gold-medal match against South Africa today.
Rose Rixon and daughters Connie-Leigh and Rebecca lost their quarter final but will will vie for the bronze medal today, against Canada.
There was further success for the Sunshine Coast's athletes on Friday and Saturday, see sport for more.
Medal success continues for Coast
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THE Sunshine Coast's medal haul at the Commonwealth Games has continued to expand
The Coast continues to shine in Games sports. Remember the welcome home at the Maroochy RSL on Thursday 19th April. Starting at 4pm
Bake Cochrane wins silver in the 200m individual meley as Australia's Jesse Aungles won gold!! Congratulations Blake and @uscspartans
Trough to thefinl tomorrow night ranked 4th Jake Packard of @uscspartans
Jake packard of USC Spartans Swim Club Inc 2nd in semi final 1. 1.00.01 men’s 100 breaststroke - ranked 5th into the final!!!
First night of boxing, Cooroys boxer Taylah Robertson already has won bronze, luck of draw. Maybe Gold
Omg Sunshine Coast first medal presented by @prince Charles -silver and bronze men’s 200m freestyle with Liam schluter of @kawana waters and @daniel fox of USC Spartans Swim Club Inc. Mitchell kilduff aus 4th. 🇦🇺 Congrats to coaches Michael sage and the Spartans support staff too!!
Sunny coaster @kaylee mckeown beats world champion to national title by hundredths of a second executing brilliant backstroke skills- Usc Spartans coach elated in crowd!!
Peter dwan I believe Michael Tone has made the Gymnastics team, isn't he a coast boy
Congratulations Kaylee, wonderful, so proud of you. Love from Clinton 👏🏻👏🏻🏊♀️🇦🇺
Kaylee McKeown takes first national title beating world champion Emily seebohm!!! USC Spartans Swim Club Inc
Terrific result, I remember watching Liesel Jones first won over Sam Reilly at the opening Of The new Noosa Aquatic pool in 1999. Liesel Was The same age, lived in Caboolture and the rest is history. I hope Kaylee has the same journey in her career
Hake packers of Usc swims and Liam schluters family make a colourful cheer squad in grandstand as he wins s14 200m freestyle
Liam looks great what a future
Sunshine Coast swimmers at the #austrials2018 are lighting up the night qualifying for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. World record by Lakeisha LUCKY Patterson, so many amazing USC Spartans Swim Club Inc athletes lead by the mckeown sisters and outstanding para athletes Ellie Cole and Blake Cochrane. Then Liam schluter of Kawana wins men’s s14 200 freestyle and in a show of versatility open water swimmer Chelsea Gubecka qualifies for the butterfly final in the pool. Just imagine what’s to come tomorrow ahead of the team announcement!
The coast is head g for over 20 athletes competition at the Games. We had 5 in Brisbane 1982
Plus Lisa Campbell made the athletics squad in pole vault, trained by Ray Boyd.