Briggs Road Sporting Complex is an Association football stadium located in the Ipswich, Queensland suburb of Flinders View.
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| Location | Ipswich, Queensland |
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| Coordinates | 27°38′24″S 152°45′41″E / 27.64000°S 152.76139°E |
| Owner | City of Ipswich |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Western Pride FC | |
The ground is home to Western Pride FC, which plays in the Australian second-tier National Premier Leagues Queensland competition.
The facility contains three rectangular fields and a training area.[1]
Briggs Road Sporting Complex forms a larger sporting precinct with the neighbouring Ipswich Hockey Complex, which together have been used for sporting carnivals and regional trials.
History
editBriggs Road Sporting Complex was the home of Ipswich Junior Rugby league and briefly state league side Ipswich Jets.[2] It hosted the 2012 Murri Rugby League Carnival.[3]
On Wednesday May 18, 2016, a crowd of reported variously as between 1200 and 3200 watched Western Pride FC played New Zealand national football team with the visitors winning 2–0.[4]
On Saturday 1 September 2017, a crowd of 3383 watched Western Pride win the National Premier Leagues Queensland Grand Final against Moreton Bay United FC.[5]
Neville T. Bonner Building
editThe grandstand and clubhouse is named after Ipswich resident Senator Neville Bonner, the first of the country's indigenous Australians to become a member of the Australian Parliament.[6]
The clubhouse features a function room, canteen and bar.
References
edit- ^ "Briggs Road Sporting Complex". Ipswich City Council. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Ipswich Rugby League Inc". Ipswich Rugby League Inc. Sporing Pulse.
- ^ "www.murrirugbyleague.com.au/2012league.html". Murri Rugby League. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Preparing To Face The Best". The Queensland Times.
- ^ Lems, David. "Japan next mission for Ipswich's best football side". Queensland Times. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Briggs Road Rededicated to football". Ipswich City Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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