After a wet week leading up to the annual Ipswich Grammar School Golf Day it was pleasing to see a reprieve on the day and have sunshine welcome the participants. The Old Boys hosted the event and welcomed not only the Old Boys, but IGS parents and other supporters of the school community. It was [...]
Sai Babbati (Class of 2016) showed great tenacity in his role as vice - captain of Boarding when he was at school, juggling his academic achievements as well as the responsibilities of leadership. This year sees Sai enter his 3rd year in a 5 year Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree at James Cook University and [...]
Kevin Walters (Class of 1984) entertained the large audience who attended the annual Ipswich Grammar School Business Breakfast. Hosted by the IGS Old Boys the breakfast has been a popular event on the calendar for both the school and local community. Walters shared memories of his time at school where he and twin brother [...]
Ash Walsh (Class of 2005) was due to establish himself in a career as an accountant in 2019 but a call from the Matt Stone Racing Team has seen him back behind the wheel for the Dunlop Super 2 season. Walsh was at familiar territory at Queensland Raceway and getting comfortable in pre-season testing with [...]
The state-of-the-art Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) building project will soon become a reality with final stages of the planning and development process being addressed. The school is hoping that students will be using the new facilities by the middle of 2020. The project will be the first new building in the secondary school [...]
One of Ipswich's popular restaurants, the Bakehouse Steakhouse has re-opened it's doors after being closed for many years thanks to brothers Alastair (Class of 1996), Chris (Class of 1999) and Nick Stevenson (Class of 2005). The building was originally Halley's bakery established in 1916 and remained a bakery until 1964. Reopening in the 1970's the [...]
On Monday January 28, the main field at the IGS sporting fields at Brassall was a hive of activity as the highly anticipated match between the 2019 First XI and the IGS Old Boys took place. The inaugural game was well supported by the IGS community and a great afternoon of cricket with the younger 7A's [...]
Aaron Hollett (Class of 1994) was presented with his third Walkley Award at a ceremony in Brisbane. It was Hollett's first award for the category of Television/ Video Journalism and was recognized for his work on Four Corners episode, "City of Ghosts" which documented the search for foreign fighters in the city of Raqqa in [...]
The Old Boys are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Kenman (Class of 1983) to the position of President the Old Boys Working Group. Andrew will take over the position from Alec Teevan (Class of 2012) who after four years in the role has stepped down to focus on his legal career. Alec has [...]
The transition from Ipswich Grammar School student to IGS Old Boy is a unique experience and one that can be defined as a somewhat surreal feeling. To go from being in uniform with a group of over 100 to join the ranks of a network of thousands spread around the globe is a new concept [...]
