Cameron Caldwell (Fadden, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

This morning I rise to pay credit to the wonderful Coomera Cubs Baseball Club. I visited them recently to hand over a cheque for a $3½ thousand volunteer grant that is well deserved. This club is doing an incredible job at the northern end of the Gold Coast, and full credit to President Nick Day, Vice-President Andrew White, Head Coach Case Bunting and all of their team of trainers and volunteers. They've been going on the northern Gold Coast for nearly 20 years and, on the weekend, they took out three of the 2025 winter series grand finals—the majors, the minors and the masters—so they are doing extremely well. You go out there, and this place looks immaculate. Its professional and it's giving our kids a wonderful opportunity to play baseball.

I recently visited the Northern Gold Coast Netball Association and caught up with Vice-President Melissa Roberts. Of course, I should give a shout-out to President Anne Blom as well. This is one of the largest netball associations on the Gold Coast, and I was very pleased to present them with a $3½ thousand volunteer grant to help them strengthen their programs and help with officiating by volunteers. Their twilight season starts on 9 October and caters for players aged nine to 14 years old, providing a social netball experience. These wonderful volunteers at all of the clubs, helping with playing and training, have a fantastic spirit, and full credit goes to the association for doing such a wonderful job for our young netballers.

The Southport Labrador Cricket Club is one of the icons of the northern Gold Coast, and the mighty Tigers have roots in the Gold Coast back to 1883. They play out of Morrie Glasman Oval at Arundel, which is a wonderful venue, and they recently had their AGM in August. Congratulations to continuing President Dean Johnson, Vice-President Don Gumm, Junior Vice-President Joel Smith, Secretary Terry Blacktopp, Treasurer Sherelle Gumm and the members of the general committee. I visited them recently to present them with a cheque for $3,000 to assist with the automation of their scoring system onto iPads, which, of course, will make things a lot easier for those hardworking volunteers. The scores will be uploaded online straightaway.

One of the wonderful local clubs in the electorate of Fadden is the Paradise Point Sailing Club, and I recently caught up with President John Murphy to present him with a $3,000 cheque for training and essential equipment to help their volunteers. Recently they held their famous midwinter cup in August, and a big shout-out goes to Max Latt, who took out the John Murphy perpetual cup, and to Jack, Joshua and Leila, who also won that day.

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