PORTLAND enters the 2022 Hampden Netball League open grade season under joint coaches – Michelle Finck and Remy Grant – with the Tigers to travel to Warrnambool for Saturday’s opening round. Finck, who led the Tigers at the top grade in 2016 and 2017, will coach from the sidelines while Grant, last year’s club best […]

THE first 289 games breezed through with barely a hiccup, but the final 11 games seem to have taken an eternity. When Heathmere opens the new South West District Football League season with a home game against Heywood on Saturday, it will mark Kris Hill’s 300th game with the club. It’s a milestone he thought […]

THE influential union representing midwives says it has a solution that would see births return to Portland District Health and wants to meet with the service to discuss it. The comments from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian branch) secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick come as Health Minister Martin Foley visited PDH on Wednesday. Birthing services […]

PORTLAND will launch into the new Hampden Football League season intent on proving last year’s strong performances were no fluke. The Tigers won seven of 12 games in 2021 – enough to qualify the club for their first finals appearance since joining the Hampden league in 2013, only to see that finals series cancelled due […]

GLENELG Shire’s mayor and deputy mayor have been handed a pay rise, with the financial burden to fall on ratepayers.

TYRENDARRA are the Portland and District Cricket Association’s champions for the 2021-22 A grade season after besting Portland Colts in the grand final on Saturday. Played out in plenty of sunshine and warmth, Colts and Tyrendarra met at the turf wicket at Henty Park for the biggest contest of the year and after winning the […]

This year’s edition of the Rotary Club of Portland Beats Cycle for Hope is done and dusted, with the charity ride to Cape Bridgewater going off without a hitch. “It was a really terrific day, and it was nice to see so many family groups taking part this time,” said event convenor Frank Farnesworth. “There […]

GROUPS in south west Victoria seeking funding for projects which help connect and grow their community can now apply for a 2022 grant from the South West Community Foundation (SWCF).

A HONDA generator 2.2, a wooden spinning wheel and painted vases, these are just some of the things that will be found at the annual Heywood Lions Club auction on Sunday March 27. Over the past few weeks, the Lions Club has received a good collection of farm machinery, household items and antique furniture. “So […]

WHEN Warrnambool heads to Melbourne tomorrow for the opening round of the Big V basketball season, they will be bolstered by a pair of Portland players.