PORTLAND’s Coasters women have been crowned Country Basketball South West champions for the second consecutive season, weathering a third-quarter Millicent fightback to defeat the Magic 76-61 in front of a packed Portland Basketball Stadium. A distinctive team-focused style of play was on full display from the Portland team from the opening tip-off, as neither side […]
PORTLAND local Pixie Endacott has a gift. For 52 years she has been helping young mothers with breast feeding. Last week, Glenelg Shire Mayor Karen Stephens presented Mrs Endacott, who currently is the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) Portland Breastfeeding Group leader, with the ABA’s Judy Gifford Impact Award for her years of volunteering. For Mrs […]
CLOSE to 190 drivers took to the track for this year’s Victorian State Cup, but it was Portland karter Scott King who drew the attention of most as he claimed the TaG 125 Heavy Black Plate on his home course. With all other classes wrapped up as he competed in the last race of the […]
YEAR 12 VCE students across Portland and the district anxiously started up their devices yesterday to find out their ATAR scores. To their surprise, three students discovered they received the highest result out of their entire year-level, crowning them dux. This year’s Portland Secondary College dux is Gina Shemeld, 17, who got an 87.1 ATAR. […]
THE Portland Coasters hunt for back-to-back Country Basketball League’s South West women’s conference championships will culminate tomorrow evening, when the team take to their home court against Millicent Magic for the biggest game of their season. The Coasters won seven games in the regular season, to finish top of the table, an improvement on last […]
THIS November, teachers from Portland Secondary College have been growing moustaches to raise funds for ‘Movember’. They call themselves the PSC Mo Legends and the team has raised just under $2000 for the Movember Foundation, supporting more than 1250 men’s health projects around the world. “We as a staff participated in Movember this year to […]
PROTESTERS descended on Nuns Beach on the weekend to call for a halt to seismic blasting in the Otway Basin. The roughly 20 protesters unfurled a banner on Saturday morning and called for a Federal Government moratorium on seismic blasting off the coast of Victoria, including in the Otway Basin area. The area has recently […]
PORTLAND have booked their spot in a second consecutive Country Basketball League South West grand final after a hard-fought victory over a young and tenacious Warrnambool Mermaids side on Saturday evening. The Coasters led for the game’s entirety, but the semi-final win didn’t come easy for the team as the Mermaids remained within arms-reach for […]
THIS year’s 31st Toy Run saw 98 motorbikes hit the road and a bus loaded with presents for less fortunate kids this Christmas. Motorbike riders took off on Saturday from the Heywood Deli at 10.30am towards the Portland foreshore where the Portland Salvation Army were accepting unwrapped gifts suitable for children and teenagers. The community […]
HISTORY was made last week with Ellen Linke being elected the first woman president of the Portland RSL Sub Branch at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting. Mrs Linke has been a part of the Portland RSL since 2009 and said she was “proud” of the fact she is the first female Portland RSL president. “I […]