North Queensland Sports Foundation

It wouldn't be the North Queensland Games without the Queensland spirit of our sporting community.

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers and sport hosts who helped make the 2026 North Queensland Games possible.

From registrations and marshalling to venue support, results and more your contribution helped deliver an incredible event for thousands of participants.

Thank you for your time, dedication and willingness to support. Events like this simply couldn't happen without you

from the North Queensland Sports Foundation Team.

Mackay Regional Council Isaac Regional Council Queensland Department of Sport

📌 Mackay Masters Sea Turtles AFC
📌 Friends of the MECC
📌 Athletics North Queensland
📌 MADE Concepts Pty
📌 Queensland
📌 Citibeach Volleyball Mackay
📌 Moranbah BMX Club
📌 Boxing Queensland Inc.
📌 Mackay Cricket
📌 Mackay Disc Golf
📌 and District Hack and Pony Club
📌 Mackay Gymnastics
📌 Habana Farleigh Indoor Bowls Club
📌 Holy Spirit College Mackay
📌 Sunset Bay Outrigger Canoe Club Inc
📌 Powerlifting Australia
📌 Mackay Tennis Association
📌 Special Olympics Mackay
📌 Swimming North Queensland
📌 Mackay Triathlon Club
📌 Sarina Western Performance And Equestrian Club

Good luck to North Queensland's Tori West - in Austria attempting to qualify this weekend for the Commonwealth Games.

Want to know more? The ABC have just released this great article on Tori and the Heptathlon as a discipline

In a world of peak performance, how can you be the best at seven sports? Elite athletes are constantly striving for perfection — an extra millisecond shaved off their time or another centimetre on their distance — but for heptathletes like Tori West, the equation is a little bit harder.

Big congratulations to our 2026 North Queensland Games ambassador Liam Paro on securing his next World Title fight 👏🏽🏆

A huge world title fight is officially set for Brisbane, with Liam fighting for the IBF Welterweight World Title on home soil this June 24.

From grassroots sport in Mackay to the world stage, Liam continues to make North Queensland proud and inspire the next generation of athletes across our region.

We can’t wait to see him back in action. Let’s get behind him 💥

Liam "The Prodigy" Paro No Limit Boxing

North Queensland Games spark regional sport revival The largest multi-sport event in regional Australia begins in Mackay, with 2,000 competitors flocking to the city from across Queensland.

28 YEARS! | A HUGE shoutout to all our volunteers helping with sports across the region - particularly Mackay’s Mary Richardson, who is in her 28th year of working for The Games. Mary started with us back in 1998! How incredible! 📸

2026 🙌 The Sun sets on another amazing North Queensland Games in Mackay! Over 2000 competitors across Mackay and Isaac competing in their favourite sports 🎾🚴‍♂️🏊‍♂️

Stay tuned over the next week+ for photo albums from across 20+ sports, contest winners and more!

A big thanks to all our partners and sponsors including Mackay Regional Council, Queensland Department of Sport and PEAK^

REMEMBER - We've still got Gymnastics, Skateboarding, 3x3 Basketball, Baton Twirling and Disc Golf to come later in the month - with registrations opening up for Skateboarding and 3x3 THIS WEEK.

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WE'RE READY 🔥 Here's the final event schedule!
Pickleball Mackay started us off early today - we'll see the rest of you later this week! 🎖️

Remember: You can pick up your competitor pack at the Games Hub, open Wedensday-Sunday at Great Barrier Reef Arena

Mackay Regional Council Isaac Regional Council North Queensland Sports Foundation Queensland Department of Sport

BIG Congratulations to Mackay's Takiah Barrett winning her second consecutive World Title at the Sydney Royal Easter Show!

NEW NATIONAL CHAMP: A big congratulations to our 2024 Junior Sportstar of the Year Sienna Monteith, winning the Team Pursuit at the 2026 Track National Championships 🏆 Sienna also picked up two podiums in the Individual Pursuit and Elimination 🚴‍♀️