NAIDOC celebrations continue, Ipswich

Queensland Police with the Ipswich NAIDOC Cup ‘Because of Her, We Can’ teams
Officers and staff from the Police-Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) Ipswich and Souths Diamondbacks Aboriginal Corporation hosted the Ipswich 2018 NAIDOC Cup on Tuesday, July 10 to celebrate NAIDOC Week.
This year’s NAIDOC theme, ‘Because of her, we can’ is an extremely powerful and moving message reminding us to celebrate and cherish our strong Aboriginal women and Torres Strait Islander women.
Local Elders, officers, Police Liaison Officers, Volunteers in Policing and PCYC staff came together to support this great annual event.
The ‘Because of her, we can’ match started off the day, and the Souths Diamondbacks Female side took out the match, beating the Moonie Cyclone Females.
Uncle Eddie Thompson opened the men’s final where the Ipswich Wanderers claimed the men’s NAIDOC Cup with a narrow win against Souths Diamondbacks men.
The South West Indigenous Network (SWIN) Seamers had their first ever win against

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