PORTLAND Little Athletics Centre competitors have returned from the weekend’s regional titles with a haul of 34 medals and two new regional records. A team of 14 athletes headed to Ballarat for the two-day Little Athletics Victoria Western Country Regional Track and Field Carnival – one of seven regional carnivals held throughout the state over […]
THE Southern 500 Speedway was packed with the community around the Speedway Sedans Victoria circuit on Saturday night and when all was said and done, Kye Walters was crowned number one. The track in Heathmere hosted the 2022 SSA Victorian Modified Sedan Titles with 10 qualifying races taking place in the lead up to the […]
COUGARS have stormed into the Portland Touch Football Association division one grand final. Cougars proved too strong for Sore4days in Thursday night’s qualifying final at Henty Park, winning 11-5 They will now enjoy a week off before the grand final on February 24, awaiting the winner of this week’s preliminary final between Sore4days and Al […]
PORTLAND went within a whisker of claiming its first Country Basketball League men’s premiership, going down to Horsham Hornets 87-80 in Saturday night’s South West Conference grand final. With three minutes to play the match was all square, but the more experienced Hornets – with the backing of their home crowd – were able to […]
A CONFIDENTIAL report into Portland District Health has criticised the practice of using expensive locums instead of salaried staff at the hospital and recommends completely overhauling the way doctors are recruited here. After several specialists at the hospital, backed by local GPs, expressed their concerns with the PDH board and Health Department in the Observer […]
SATURDAY’S 104th Tyrendarra Show was a great successful with a huge crowd flocking to the show after COVID-19 destroyed last year’s show. Tyrendarra Pastoral and Agricultural Society president Anne Burley said the show went marvellously and the weather was perfect for a day out. “The crowds were great, probably our second largest crowd ever,” she […]
PORTLAND has claimed its first Country Basketball League premiership following an emphatic grand final victory by the Coasters women. Portland headed into the South West Conference finals having not beaten either of the top two teams during the regular season, but emerged triumphant following two weeks of near perfect basketball. After beating Mt Gambier at […]
DON Carlyon and Chris Carroll have decades of experience as lifeguards – but their latest rescue perhaps isn’t what they were expecting. With the Portland Leisure and Aquatic Centre not immune from a nationwide shortage of lifeguards, Mr Carlyon and Mr Carroll have come to the rescue. The pair have come out of retirement to […]
KEPPEL Prince Engineering and South West TAFE have had a long and productive partnership over the years, and that has never been better demonstrated than in recent weeks – in a way that promises a lot more jobs. The Portland heavy engineering company and the educator have joined forces in two separate ways. They have […]
WITH the Surry District Tennis Association championships done and dusted for another year, the focus now returns to the regular summer season. Competition last weekend was set for Sunday due to the Tyrendarra Show, and with just three rounds remaining before finals it is really getting to the business end. So far the A grade […]