NATIONAL Reconciliation Week begins Friday, running through to next Friday, and there are a handful of events planned for Glenelg Shire. One has already run, singer/songwriter Kutcha Edwards at the Portland Arts Centre last Saturday, but the week – which this year has the theme ‘Be Brave, Make Change’ – begins in earnest with two […]
IT’S probably fitting the two lead roles in the CEMA Theatre Group’s latest production have gone to Shae Spry and James Czencz. For Play On! is exactly what the pair are doing, returning to the stage for the first time since their secondary school days. Given the production itself is making a comeback of sorts […]
PORTLAND’S under-14 side recorded a dominant victory in their Hampden Football League contest against South Warrnambool on Saturday. The round 15 clashes were bought forward with Hampden’s under-16, under-14 and under-12 juniors playing on Saturday. The young under-14 Tigers were impressive from the outset, finding plenty of the ball and sighting solid targets up forward […]
PORTLAND’S TS Henty Navy Cadets have received a generous donation of a new boat from the Portland Police last week. It is not a small gift to receive, at 6.5m long with a 200-horsepower outboard engine and a trailer to tow it on, and though it does need some maintenance work the cadets say they […]
A NEW call has been made for a community mediator to step in and help resolve the crisis that has developed at Portland District Health, as three federal election candidates push for the Commonwealth to directly fund the service. The Portland Community Health Action Group has made the call in open letters to Peter Matthews, […]
A MONUMENTAL third quarter wasn’t enough for Tyrendarra to get over the line on Sunday in a willing contest against Hamilton. The Hamilton Kangaroos finished with a 5.5 (35) to 3.7 (25) victory after the round five Western Victoria Female Football League clash. The Darras went into the game without the services of assistant coaches […]
IT was a battle between the two South West District Football League bottom teams with Westerns breaking its drought against Heathmere at Alexandra Park on Saturday. Having kicked only three goals in total for the first four rounds of the 2022 season, it appeared that the blue and white’s annus horribilis was going to continue, […]
“IF you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life” is a well-worn saying, but it’s one that many of the winners at Saturday night’s Glenelg Shire Business and Tourism Awards swear by. And it was no better explained than by the winner of the top honour, business of the year, […]
PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club competitors recently competed in the Victorian championships, bringing home three medals after some impressive performances.Seven members from the club competed in the tournament in both the contact and non-contact divisions.The championships welcomed more than 200 entries from across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia with some of the […]