Quad Park Corporation Pty Ltd was appointed by Sunshine Coast Regional Council to manage the Stockland Park Precinct and to develop and implement the strategic plan for the Stockland Park precinct incorporating the existing Sports fields, the Kawana Aquatic Centre, the Western Fields, the beautiful Lake Kawana and the newly constructed Sunshine Coast Stadium.

The Board has been specifically formed to provide the range of skills and experience necessary for the success of this project and together with management are responsible for the ongoing strategic planning, physical development of the precinct, marketing, financial management, business planning, control and management of the facilities and management of day-to-day operational activities of the precinct.



The facility is home to the 3 Sunshine Coast Regional sporting teams - Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, Sunshine Coast FC (Fire) and Sunshine Coast Stingrays. The precinct is also home to a number of community sporting teams and competitions including Brothers Rugby Union, Sunshine Coast Rugby Union, Kawana Junior Rugby League, Kawana Senior Rugby League, Kawana Soccer Club, Sunshine Coast Churches Soccer and the Kawana Touch Association.

In addition to this the Kawana Aquatic Centre offers a variety of activities from swim classes to Aqua-Aerobics. The centre has served as the training base for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games gold medal winning Women's Water Polo team, has hosted the Australian Swimming Team and Wide Bay Championships and provides a venue for many Sunshine Coast Schools for coaching and carnivals.

Lake Kawana is home to a variety of clubs such as the Sunshine Coast Dragon Boats and Ladies Dragons Abreast, Mooloolaba Outriggers, Sunshine Coast Junior Paddling and Australian Canoeing and has hosted the National and State Dragon Boat Championships and GPS Boys and Girls Annual Rowing Regattas.



Many successful events have been conducted at Stockland Park including Pre Season and Pre Olympic training camps for kayaking, swimming, water polo, Queensland Reds and Auckland Blues (NZ). Stockland Park has provided training facilities for the Queensland State of Origin team and more recently has been host to the National Touch League and Junior Touch Football Nationals, State Junior Rugby Union Finals and much more.

Touring productions have been held at the facility such as Monster Trucks, Home Shows, Circus, Boat Shows, Vintage Car Shows, NRL Trial games (attracting 8000 spectators) as well as productions such as Grease, CATS and John Farnham.





Stockland Park Board and Management

Leanne Layfield - Chairperson

Don Smith - Deputy Chairperson

Jacinta Creedy - Director of the Board

Simon Ball - Acting General Manager

Events and Operations Team

Acting Events and Operations Manager - Elysha Lamb

Operations and Projects Coordinator - Russel Sinclair

Events Officer - Brendan Rudduck

Events Officer - Sam Rogers



Finance and Administration Team

Finance Manager - Bill Arnold
Finance Officer - Diane Williamson

Administration & Support Officer - Anna MacManus

Facilities Maintenance Team



Grounds Manager - Michael Rudduck

Groundsman - Brian Perrin
Groundsman – Len Rountree

Aquatic Centre Team



Aquatics Coordinator - Michelle Siedel
Head Swim Coach - Peter Gartrell
Head Junior Swim Coach – Ian Robinson, Ken Denton, Janelle Pallister
Junior Swim Coach – Cheryl Blacklock
Junior High Performance Coach – James Boyce

Learn To Swim Coordinator - Therese Pitman