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Premium Content Subscriber only WITH a core of home grown players, the Ipswich Force men's basketball team has been progressing tremendously in recent years. This season, they have the perfect player to inspire them further. Force has secured professional National Basketball League and Australian Boomers achiever Matt Hodgson for the inaugural NBL1 North season starting next month. After last year's new competition was postponed due to COVID, the Force men reached the semi-finals of the Queensland State League, having finished the regular season in second. Ipswich Force head coach Chris ...

Premium Content Subscriber only HAVING settled back into Canadian life, Ipswich basketballer Cooper Ward has a heartfelt message for his friends. "That I miss everyone so much and that I hope I am making them proud,'' Ward said. "It's tough you know. I don't really keep in contact with them cause it's so hard with the time difference and I can't talk to everyone at once. "I just don't want to forget anyone I have met cause everyone has played a part in where I am today.'' The Ipswich product returned to Canada in October last year to continue his college scholarship with Cape Breton in N...

COVID has a lot to answer for with another major event cancelled. However, there are some silver linings as an Ipswich superstar from last season is on fire in a national competition. The South African cricket tour unfortunately was called off during the week when Australian health officials had major concerns for the player safety. Cricket Australia left it until the latest possible time before giving fans the news they were dreading. This will not give the Aussies time to regain some browny points with the Australian public after a disappointing series loss to India recently. It also ...

Premium Content Subscriber only HAVING scored more than 7700 runs and taken 260 plus wickets in South East Queensland cricket competitions, Ben O'Connell is a player any team would welcome back. Even though he's not planning to do much bowling in the near future, the powerhouse top three batsman is keen to make a valuable contribution. He returned to the Laidley first grade side in recent weeks after a successful two-year stint with Broadbeach Robina in the stronger 12-team Gold Coast competition. O'Connell enjoyed sharing in two premiership successes with a group of representative level ...

Premium Content Subscriber only AS a highly respected and successful coach of Ipswich athletes over the past 30 years, Calvin Hegvold knows better than most what it takes to lift young competitors to the next level. It is not x’s and o’s but rather forming a strong bond between coach and player. “You’ve got to be passionate about it otherwise you’re not going to put in the time,” he said. “I think most of it is about having a relationship with the people you’re coaching. Calvin Hegvold has taught at Silkstone State School for 30 years. “That’s probably the biggest thing ...