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1 week ago | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | Rob Mellett |David Lems
Endangering police officer chargePOLICE have charged an 18-year-old man with dangerous driving offences, including endangering a police officer over an alleged incident at Brassall on Sunday. Forensics officers were at the scene of a fatal traffic crash at Fernvale Road around 1.40am when a black Holden Commodore utility allegedly drove through a police roadblock and onwards through the crash scene, narrowly missing police officers.
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1 month ago | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett
ENJOYING a well-deserved break from athletics, busy Ipswich sporting allrounder Addison Hayne is already tackling new sporting pursuits. Addison has started playing Aussie rules with the Ipswich Eagles along with netball at school and with Western Districts, midweek touch football and her ongoing activities at the Rosewood Hack and Pony Club. However, it’s in athletics where the Willowbank-based teenager has achieved her most recent successes.
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1 month ago | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett
THE Ipswich Jets have an encouraging rugby league goal as they assist important country clubs like the Rosewood Roosters. “It’s more about trying to get a little bit motivational and inspirational in what an important role the coaches play in these young players’ lives,” Ipswich Jets Pathway and Programs Manager Blake Mara said.
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2 months ago | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett
CRICKET Ipswich general manager Simon Emmerson hopes recent fencing damage at the Amberley fields can be fixed as soon as possible in the off-season. However, he acknowledged a lot of other regions received more extensive damage than Ipswich’s cricket headquarters at the Ivor Marsden Memorial Park. The main damage was fences being knocked over and debris scattered in floodwaters at the bottom section of Baxter Oval. “We’ll work out what infrastructure, repair processes are needed,” Emmerson said.
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2 months ago | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett
WITH a background in the military, Willowbank-based coach Kaine Tessier has moved around a lot. However, he thoroughly enjoyed working with a group of talented upcoming Ipswich Jets teenagers in this year’s Cyril Connell Cup statewide competition. The Jets had to win their final match against the Sunshine Coast Falcons last weekend to qualify for the semi-finals. However, Kaine was anything but devastated after his team lost 22-14 at the North Ipswich Reserve. “That’s footy right.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett
“RELIEF” was the best word to describe how Rosewood Roosters club president Jasmine Hassett felt after the recent impact of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The club fields at Anzac Park were covered in water as the rising threat peaked on Sunday night and Monday after the cyclone crossed the coast. But thankfully for the Roosters, the water only reached the second step of the clubhouse. Jasmine said the club earlier moved what they could to a higher level being told there was no major threat.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | Rob Mellett |David Lems
A MATER youth mental health expert has warned that Tropical Cyclone Alfred may leave cases of ‘cyclone anxiety’ in its wake. Emotional Health Unit Nurse Practitioner Chris Leary said the cyclone – the first to hit South East Queensland in 50 years – could trigger low mood and anxiety states leading to more serious mental health issues in young adults and children if not monitored or left unchecked.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | Rob Mellett |David Lems |Wendy Creighton
POTENTIAL flooding across Ipswich is not expected to reach its peak until early Sunday, according to latest information from the Bureau of Meteorology. Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said while the worst of the wind and rain from Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to be Thursday through Saturday, water levels will continue to rise. “The Bureau of Meteorology has said rapid river level rises and flash flooding are expected across many creeks, associated with the heaviest rainfall.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | Rob Mellett |David Lems |Wendy Creighton
IPSWICH City Council will not conduct waste collection services on Thursday, March 6, and Friday March 7, in preparation for Tropical Cyclone Alfred making landfall. Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said residents should stay calm, be prepared and have a plan for the coming days, and Council is certainly doing the same. “While our coastal councils will bear the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, destructive winds and heavy rain will have an impact on Ipswich.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
ipswichtribune.com.au | David Lems |Rob Mellett |Drew Creighton
THE Rosewood Roosters have launched their 2025 rugby league season with a new senior coaching team eager to oversee a major club rebuild. Head coach Sam Collins and his assistant Josh Hassett have teamed up to guide the Roosters C-Grade team in the 2025 Rugby League Ipswich CSI Volunteers Cup (C-Grade competition). The Roosters started last year’s competition with Reserve Grade and C-Grade sides before a hefty injury toll left the club finishing the season with one team in the lower division.
