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Premium Content Subscriber only FOR an Ipswich sportsman who needed both hips replaced, Mark Sharrad can honestly say he has scaled incredible heights. Hiking 7.5km up Mt Everest with his partner Leanne for 19 days proved that. "It was awesome - the reward at the end of it to see Everest base camp,'' Sharrad said. Given Sharrad had his hips replaced four years ago, his epic 2019 climb highlighted the tenacity of the former Ipswich Jets footballer and Wests A-Grade hockey goalkeeper. He savoured the challenge of having to adjust to the demands of high altitude conditions. Brothers cricke...

Michael Nunn ON Saturday night, the Ipswich Jets will be off to the Sunshine Coast to try to wound the Falcons in their first trial game of 2021. Trials are a tricky beast to tame. You do not want injuries but you want players to start to blow out the cobwebs and have a run. The Jets will play the Sunshine Coast in all four grades with all four Jets coaches having things they will be looking for when they are driving home on Saturday night. Jets Intrust Super Cup coach Keiron Lander pondered his goals for Saturday. "It's our first hitout for the season and it's been 12 months so gettin...

On Saturday Mullen will run out with the Sunshine Coast Falcons for his first game in four years with the utility eager to prove himself. "Obviously excited coming to the team and training and playing here and getting back the football skills," Mullen said. Sunshine Coast Falcons prepare for their first trial this year against the Ipswich Jets. "Four years I've waited so looking to rip in." Mullen has relished the pre-season with the Bokarina outfit. "Game fitness is a different kettle of fish you can train as much as you want out here and do all the weights and that sort of stuff, gam...

Premium Content Subscriber only IPSWICH All-Stars captain Zac Lemberg is undecided which team he will play for in this year's Rugby League Ipswich competition. "I haven't signed yet with Goodna,'' Lemberg said. "As much as I love the place, I don't know whether I'll be there or not. "I'll be playing somewhere this year. Just not sure where yet.'' However, there's one game the Ipswich footballer has locked in before making up his mind. The Goodna Eagles stalwart is keen to enjoy the Ipswich Jets, Indigenous and All-Stars Gala Day on March 6. Rivalry and mateship will be featured among t...

THE YEAR 2021 is off and running, and after a two-week break, so am I. It feels like the news has shifted up a gear since I took time off from the end of January, when a good few people were still in holiday mode. After getting back to work on Monday I fielded a few calls from readers wanting us to up the anti with Ipswich City Council in relation to a number of matters that are concerning residents at the moment. One of the key issues that has been brought to my attention at the fact that without divisional officers, residents are finding it difficult to get in contact with their local c...