Hockey

THISTLES A-Grade coach Sam Morgan feels a bit weird having his team’s Mid-season final against Wests in August, so close to the annual playoffs. He…

PLAYING on their home field will hopefully give Ipswich’s under-13 girls hockey teams a handy advantage at the Queensland championships at Raceview. Two Ipswich under-13…

IT’S not only the region’s leading players of the future that will represent Ipswich at this month’s Queensland under-18 hockey titles. It’s also a showcase…

CELEBRATING his 43rd birthday, Steve Rogers had plenty to ponder. The highly regarded Ipswich hockey umpire “can’t wait” to fulfil a triple treat of international…

STANDING an imposing 191cm tall, Riley Profke could easily have been a valuable basketballer. But even manoeuvring a stick that is too short for him,…

THE competition-leading Norths Devils strengthened their bid for a first title of the season by shutting out Wests 6-0 in their latest Ipswich A-Grade match.…

AFTER overseeing Ipswich’s most successful state titles campaign in many years, head coach Nathan Hooper has left the door open to returning next season. With…

DURING 49 years serving her sport, Margret Mantell has experienced what many leading administrators have. “You can’t always keep everyone happy no matter what you…

FIRST-time Ipswich women’s coach Jordyn Wilson adopted a simple approach finalising his team for this weekend’s Queensland Open championships in Brisbane. “My theory is just…

RISING coach Sara Rogers will bring a new level of professionalism to Ipswich hockey and the Queensland team she is overseeing at the national titles.…