TYRENDARRA are the Portland and District Cricket Association’s A grade premiers for the 2020-21 season following a comprehensive grand final victory at Cavalier Park on Saturday. It was a win to remember, built on the back of a brilliant all-round performance from man of the match Ben Menzel who topped scored with 49 and then […]

THIS year’s annual Portland Easter Saturday Fair has been cancelled. Co-organiser, Committee For Portland board member Anita Rank said a lack of resources and support from the community contributed to the decision to cancel. “Unfortunately, at the moment we don’t have the resources to run the fair,” she said. “COVID has taken up valuable resources […]

EMPTYING a miserable single millimetre of weekend precipitation from the rain gauge had me musing about weather forecasting, and its similarity with trying to predict what is in store for the next round of golf.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos have announced their leadership group for 2021 with Hamish Waldron again leading the team, as he has since 2014.

TRAINERS based at the Hamilton Racing Club are now looking for new facilities with the stables and track set to close for training at the end of the month.

HAMILTON Police are investigating a series of damage offences at businesses along Lonsdale Street over the weekend. Signage and fences at KFC, McDonald’s and Chris’s Kebabs and Grill were damaged, with police collecting forensic evidence on Monday. Anyone with information about the damage can contact Hamilton Police on 5551 9100 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

THE Anglican Book Fair has had a busy three weeks, having raised more than $7600 for a range of charities.

LAKE Hamilton was a sea of paint on Saturday as locals braved the cold conditions to take part in the annual Liv4Life Colourful run.

AUSTRALIA looks unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating four million people by next month, but the country’s health department secretary is “confident we can get those first doses into the arms of everybody by the end of October”.

THE Hamilton RSL Sub-Branch is excited to welcome back the town’s Anzac Day March this year, after COVID-19 stopped it from going ahead last year.