About: Marayke Jonkers
Noosa Style magazine Feature
Honoured to have Sporting Dreams founder Marayke Jonkers featured in this month’s edition of Noosa Style magazine, and a section bout our 100th grant presentation!!!! Marayke says “Who knew I enjoyed dancing on the peak of adversity- the most interesting closing...
Channel 7 News story 100th grant
Channel 7 Sunshine Coast put together a brilliant story tonight about our awards ceremony and 100 sporting dreams athlete, alpine skier Jordan Carroll. ...
The world at my wheels- travel writing
Sporting Dreams founder Marayke Jonkers is a professional travel writer and qualified journalist covering accessible travel. Her latest published story ” The world at my wheels” can be found in the current edition of the Link magazine. Read about her...
Top 10 tips for travelling with a manual wheelchair
Maraykes’ top 10 tips for travelling with a manual wheelchair Sporting Dreams founder Marayke is a qualified journalist and writes professionally about accessible travel for wheelchair users. Link magazine recently featured “Maraykes top 10 tips for travelling with a wheelchair” ...
Video: Sporting Dreams 100th athlete Jordan Carroll
East Brisbane athlete and “QLD’S own version of ‘cool runnings” blind skier Jordan Carroll wins historic 100th Sporting Dreams Award Triple Paralympian Marayke Jonkers awarded the 100th grant from her Sporting Dreams foundation for Queensland athletes with a disability to...
Historic 100th Sporting Dreams Grant presented
Triple Paralympian Marayke Jonkers has awarded the 100th grant from her Sporting Dreams foundation for Queensland athletes with a disability ata gala presentation event on the Sunshine Coast last night. Aspiring Winter Paralympian, 18-year-old alpine skier Jordan Carroll, was...
Trying ‘Tri’ for Sporting Dreams
My swimming coach Mike Williams decided to do his first triathlon in March and I’m super excited he used the opportunity to raise funds for Sporting Dreams. Mike helped me to win a silver medal at the Beijing Paralympics, now I’m...
QLD Minister for Sport helps present record number of gr
Paralympic swimmer and founder of Sporting Dreams Marayke Jonkers awarded a record number of 30 Sporting Dreams grants to athletes with disabilities on November 1st at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The 30 athletes receiving grants this year compete...
Darron does his first half Ironman
You know those moments that will stay with you for a lifetime? I had a most unexpected one today watching my friend and training partner Darron finish his first half Ironman. It is an achievement in...