Chambers Flat heptathlete Taneille Crase will represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games

Olympic bronze medallist Ashley Moloney will seek to replicate his successes at the Tokyo games and the World Indoor Athletics Championships when he competes in the decathlon.

Hot on his heels will be Taneille Crase, a Chambers Flat athlete making her Commonwealth Games debut in the heptathlon.

Crase said the chance to represent her country had been a long time coming, and the road to the Commonwealth Games hadn't been easy.

"Representing my country has been a dream since I was eight years old, when I started at Jimboomba Little Athletics," she said.

"Since then I've been chipping away, trying to make an Australian team. Unfortunately lots of injuries and setbacks got in the way of me making junior Australian teams and early on for senior athletics.

"Over the last few years, I decided to really knuckle down and focus on athletics full-time."

This strategy has paid dividends, and Crase has become a three-time Australian champion, two-time Oceania champion, Oceania record holder and is ranked sixth in the all-time Australian heptathlon rankings.

There has been one final hurdle in the young athlete's Commonwealth Games campaign, as although Crase's coach Glynis Nunn is athletic royalty there were difficulties getting her coaching accreditation recognised.

"She's an Aussie icon," Crase said.

"We had difficulties getting her coach accreditation with the Australian athletics team so we decided to go through some different avenues at the last minute to try and get her there.

"We decided to contact some different people and Comm (sic.) Games overseas opened the accreditation up for her and was able to get her a coaching pass which was fantastic."

Crase said having her coach there would be key to success during the multi-day, multi-sport event.

"It's the heptathlon," she said.

"It's two days, seven events.

"It's really important to have a coach there for the full two days to get through all the events, both mentally and physically."

There was one string attached to the deal, however, and Crase said she would have to stump up the cash to get her coach to the games.

"I contacted Scott Bannan yesterday," she said.

"We'd officially found out Glynis was able to come and coach me if we could come up with the money.

"He got back to me and said that Mustangs Brothers were more than happy to support me, and this Sunday they're going to do a fundraiser for me and my coach."

Mustangs BRLFC President Geoff Burr said the club was always happy to support members of the community.

"I got the call from Scott Bannan," Mr Burr said.

"He said 'let's get together and raise this money'. We're each going to put in $1000 and raise the rest. We'll definitely raise it.

"I've been trying to make Mustangs a more holistic club, we'll always try to help everyone in the community."

Donations will be collected at this Sunday's games at Mustangs BRLFC, and Division 9 Councillor Scott Bannan said he would be there to show his personal support.

Cr Bannan said he knew from his own career as a sportsperson how important supporting young athletes was.

"She could be the next Ash Moloney," he said.

"As a former professional athlete, I know how hard it is when you're just starting out. A little help at the start can go a long way."

Crase said this support for young athletes was what made the Jimboomba area a breeding ground for future champions.

"The sporting community in Jimboomba is really fantastic," she said.

"They support junior sports really well. Growing up in Jimboomba, I went to school at Emmaus College and they always supported me.

"Jimboomba Little Athletics - they always supported me in school to get me to nationals or states.

"We've got the clubs and we've got the people backing up our junior sport. Athletics, rugby, netball, any sport that a child wants to do."

Crase was looking forward to the upcoming games, and said she was thankful to everyone who had backed her along the way.

"Thank you so much to Scott Bannan and Mustangs Brothers Rugby League Club, for supporting me on my journey and my coach to get to the Commonwealth Games," she said.

"Thank you to the community and everyone that's been backing me up for a long time now, and has always supported me and believed in me.

"I just hope I can make Australia proud on the second and third of August."