A WEEKLY commitment to access high quality coaching in Warrnambool has paid dividends for Portland javelin thrower Sky Treble. The 15-year-old on Saturday claimed a bronze medal in the women’s under-17 event at the Athletics Victoria Track and Field Championships, held at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium. Treble threw 33.18m to claim third place, behind Albury’s Dakira […]
"WE’RE really thrilled.” Those words by Wood, Wine and Roses organising committee chairman Ross Barclay neatly summed up the feeling of many involved with Glenelg Shire’s largest event, run for the 28th time at Heywood on Saturday. After missing 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, there were naturally some concerns as to how the […]
AL TRYEDA are the new champions of the Portland Touch Football Association. A new combination this season, Al Tryeda, triumphed in a thrilling grand final at Henty Park on Thursday night with extra time being required to determine the winner. Cougars held the early advantage in the match, which was played in front of an […]
JUST two rounds remain within the Portland and District Cricket Association’s A grade home and away campaign and tomorrow’s action is shaping up to be an important preview of the finals series ahead. Portland Colts will face Portland Tigers tomorrow on the turf wicket at Henty Park in a match-up between second and third on […]
THEY’VE been back for a while, and are almost as good as ever, but there are a couple of things that would make life easier for one of Portland’s premier tourist attractions. Portland Cable Trams has just been through a boom peak tourist season, the first since the previous Christmas/New Year, battling lockdowns in between. […]
JANUARY’S hailstorm may have been short and sharp, but its effect on one of Portland’s major buildings is going to last a lot longer. Glenelg Shire Council has been forced into alternative arrangements after the storm extensively damaged its Cliff St offices. At the time it was thought the damage might be repaired within a […]
THE Portland Coasters bid farewell to highly successful Country Basketball League season on Friday night with a club awards presentation night. Portland’s senior women’s team finished the regular season in third place out of six teams in the South West Conference, qualifying for finals with six wins from 10 matches. The Coasters then proceeded to […]
THE South West Victoria Football Association is set for expansion with the introduction of a division two competition from this season. The league has been able to navigate the perils of COVID lockdowns during the past two seasons with the unexpected benefit being Portland’s transfer from the South Australian based Limestone Coast Football Association because […]
IT’S official. Tyrendarra will enter a women’s team into the 2022 Western Victoria Female Football League. The delighted Darras have been busy in the off-season months preparing to join the competition, starting with come and try sessions back in October before moving onto regular training sessions in recent weeks. “We actually applied to join the […]
GLENELG Shire’s largest event is all set to go at Heywood on Saturday, with Wood, Wine and Roses organisers as confident as they can be they have put a turbulent two years behind them for the return of the tourist drawcard. They are hopeful that the event can again draw somewhere near the 12,000 visitors […]