Having travelled the world for over 13 years and participated in so many different sports I have been lucky enough to meet some wonderful people. I noticed that one of the hardest things to do when you are trying to get involved in a sport is meet other like minded people to participate with you and at your leve. It occured to me after driving down to Brisbane for a game of golf with friends down there that it would be wonderful to be able find golf partners up here on the sunshine coast. When I started thinking about how to do that I realised that with all that modern technology out there, there was no way I could just look up someone who was interested in a game of golf.... or tennis, or going kitesurfing withor or or!!!

The site, www.sportingconnections.com , is a culmination of my desire to provide a place where people can get together online for the purpose of getting out and being active; sport is the great equaliser, there is no requirement for conversation or getting to know someone immediately when playing a sport, friendships are built through a mutual enjoyment of whatever activity is chosen... hence the party line "Building friendships through sport".

I hope you all have as much enjoyment using the site as I did coming up with the ideas. I believe that one day you will be able to go anywhere in the world and find someone to share a run with, go hiking with, get in a game of squash.