Briggs Rd Sporting Complex

Briggs Rd Sporting Complex

Location	Ipswich, Queensland
Coordinates	27°38′24″S 152°45′41″E / 27.64000°S 152.76139°ECoordinates: 27°38′24″S 152°45′41″E / 27.64000°S 152.76139°E
Owner	City of Ipswich
Capacity	3,000
Surface	Grass
Tenants
Western Pride FC

Briggs Rd Sporting Complex is a Association football stadium located in the Ipswich, Queensland suburb of Flinders View.

The ground is home to Western Pride FC, who play in the Australian second-tier National Premier Leagues Queensland competition.

The facility contains two rectangular fields and a third training area.^[1]

Briggs Rd 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

Briggs Rd Sporting Complex was the home of Ipswich Junior Rugby League and briefly state league side Ipswich Jets.^[2]

Briggs Rd Sporting Complex hosted the 2012 Murri Rugby League Carnival.^[3]

On Wednesday May 18, 2016, a crowd of 1200 watched Western Pride FC played New Zealand national football team with the visitors winning 2-0.^[4]

Neville T Bonner Building

The grandstand and clubhouse is named after Ipswich resident Senetor Neville Bonner, the first of the country's Indigenous Australians to be become a member of the Australian Parliament.^[5]

The clubhouse features a function room, canteen and bar.

References

1. Ipswich City Council http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/parks_reserves_precincts/parks_search/briggs-road-sporting-complex. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Ipswich Rugby League Inc. http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=1145673. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Murri Rugby League http://www.murrirugbyleague.com.au/2012league.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Preparing To Face The Best". The Queensland Times.
5. Ipswich City Council http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/media/articles/2008/briggs-road-rededicated-to-football. Missing or empty |title= (help)