SOUTH Portland will be a very good chance to earn their first win of the season next week after an excellent day one performance against Portland Colts in their Portland and District Cricket Association clash on Saturday at Henty Park.

THE Byaduk Spring Show was a massive success earlier this month with more than 370 people walking through the door - proceeds went towards helping fund Western District Health Service’s (WDHS) new MRI machine.

ON the second day of the round eight matches on Saturday, Grampians did enough to overcome Hamilton and remain on top of the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) A grade ladder.

THE Hamilton Botanic Gardens came alive earlier this month as the Evergreens performed on a beautiful sunny day in front of hundreds of locals who came along to enjoy some Dixieland Jazz.

THE Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAAC) announced on Monday the appointment of their new principal, Michael Horne, who will begin the role in Term 2, 2023.

CASTERTON Golf Club stalwarts, Pat Hegarty and Neville Wombwell have taken home the first trophies in a week of competition for the club.

YEAR 12 students were racing to their computers Monday morning with only one focus in mind, their Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR).

THE first public steps were taken last week for one of the three offshore wind farms planned for our region.

BOTH Eliza Jagger (Balmoral) and Alyssa Humphries (Casterton) have been selected in a squad of 14 to represent Victoria and travel to Canberra in January 2023 to compete at the Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC).

MONDAY was not an average day for students across the state as they woke up to their final results for both the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).