Amy Walker was a Nambour Little Athlete in the late 80’s to early 1990’s.

Amy was a prodigious talent and fierce competitor and went on to become an U20 Australian Representative in Long Jump and Triple Jump with Personal Best performances of 6.10m in Long Jump and 12.79m in Triple Jump.

Amy is remembered as embodying the very best of Little Athletics’ ideals of dedication and sportsmanship.  She was an athlete that made other athletes and spectators stop and watch. She was awe inspiring.

Honour Roll

Nambour Little Athletics Centre Records

• Long Jump
  • U11 4.58 1989
  • U12 4.81 1990
  • U13 4.89 1991
  • U14 4.92 1992
  • U15 5.31 1993
• Triple Jump
  • U14 10.99 1992
  • U15 11.34 1993
• High Jump
  • U13 1.55 1991
  • U14 1.58 1992
  • U15 1.68 1993
• 100m
  • U15 13.00 1993

SunCoast Regional Best Performances

• 1993 U15 High Jump 1.65m
• 1993 U15 Triple Jump 11.02m

1990 LAQ State Team Representative

1992 LAQ George Harvey Leadership Award Recipient

Sadly, Amy passed in 2025. The Nambour Little Athletics committee think it is only fitting that our centre remembers Amy and the values she embodied with an athlete award named in her honour.

Award Criteria

This award is presented each year to a boy or girl who best demonstrate they embrace the ideals of Little Athletics. The criteria encompass those attributes we believe are important not only in Little Athletics but also to any individual’s growth and development. The required attributes of the recipient of this award are Leadership, Respect, Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Enthusiasm.

Amy was the inaugural recipient of the LAQ George Harvey Leadership Award (1992). The recipient of the Nambour Little Athletics Amy Walker Leadership award will be our centre’s nominee for this very prestigious athlete recognition by our association.

Year	Amy Walker Leadership Award
2024/25	Kupa Kidd*

*In the 2024/25 season, Kupa Kidd was recognised as the winner of the LAQ George Harvey Award.