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Two sporting careers with deep ties to the Redcliffe Peninsula have come home from Glasgow at very different stages of their Commonwealth Games journeys.
Long jumper Liam Adcock arrived at his first Games after years of injuries, missed selections and rebuilding. Para swimmer Lakeisha Patterson returned to the city where she made her Commonwealth Games debut as a 15-year-old in 2014, this time competing at her fourth Games.
Both were among seven City of Moreton Bay athletes recognised by council after returning from Glasgow. The group collected 14 medals between them — 12 gold, one silver and one bronze — across swimming, para swimming, athletics and boxing.
Two Very Different Roads to Glasgow
Adcock’s route to the Commonwealth Games began much closer to home. He grew up in Redcliffe, attended Scarborough State School and Redcliffe State High School and competed with Redcliffe Little Athletics before later training at Deception Bay.
Selection for Glasgow finally came eight years after he finished second at the 2018 national trials but missed the Commonwealth Games team. The years that followed included ankle surgery and a succession of injuries that kept him away from national championships through several seasons.
By 2023, Adcock had returned to the international stage at the World Athletics Championships. He made his Olympic debut in Paris a year later, then produced the strongest results of his career in 2025, including bronze at the World Indoor Championships and victory at the Rome Diamond League with a personal-best jump of 8.34 metres.
A third Australian title in 2026, secured with an 8.26-metre jump, earned him the Commonwealth Games place that had eluded him earlier in his career.
Patterson’s connection with Glasgow stretches much further back. The para swimmer, who also has a Scarborough swimming connection, first represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Scottish city and won bronze in the 100m freestyle S8.
Twelve years later, she returned for her fourth Commonwealth Games carrying one of the most established international records among Moreton Bay’s representatives. Before Glasgow 2026, Swimming Australia listed Patterson with two Commonwealth Games gold medals and one bronze, alongside three Paralympic gold medals and three world championship titles.
Her career has included 400m freestyle gold at Rio 2016 in world-record time, another Paralympic title in Tokyo and silver at Paris 2024. Patterson then returned to the top of the 400m freestyle at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.
Moreton Bay Contingent Returns With 14 Medals
Adcock and Patterson were joined in the Moreton Bay contingent by swimmers Harrison Turner and Sam Short, para swimmer Kirralee Hayes, athlete Calab Law and boxer Jye Dixon.
Council recognised the seven athletes after their return, with Mr Peter Flannery acknowledging the level required to represent Australia internationally and the contribution of the group to Moreton Bay’s sporting record.
The homecoming comes with both Redcliffe-linked athletes already looking beyond Glasgow. Patterson marked the 10th anniversary of her first Paralympic gold in September by writing that she was still chasing further goals, while Adcock closed his season by reflecting on a year of setbacks, adaptation and lessons before turning his attention to what comes next.
Published 23-September-2026
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