PORTLAND’S RSL Memorial Bowling Club came close to a fairy tale finish to the Weekend Pennant season on Saturday after winning two out of the three grand finals. Not to be put off by the conditions at Heywood, RSL Memorial’s division one team set out on a mission right from the first bowl put down […]
Gorae West Community Fundraising Day on Saturday was a great success, with more than $45,000 raised for a local family impacted by a tragic collision on Christmas eve as well as for the Gorae West community. Co-organiser Cristin Smith said the organising committee wanted to send their “utmost gratitude to everyone involved: those who donated […]
HIGH-risk patients could be contacted by their medical clinic soon as COVID-19 vaccines start to become available in the coming weeks. Active Health Portland is hoping to receive 80 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine this Friday, March 19, which will be allocated to their patients. However the date Active Health will be able to deliver […]
TYRENDARRA are the Portland and District Cricket Association’s A grade premiers for the 2020-21 season following a comprehensive grand final victory at Cavalier Park on Saturday. It was a win to remember, built on the back of a brilliant all-round performance from man of the match Ben Menzel who topped scored with 49 and then […]
THIS year’s annual Portland Easter Saturday Fair has been cancelled. Co-organiser, Committee For Portland board member Anita Rank said a lack of resources and support from the community contributed to the decision to cancel. “Unfortunately, at the moment we don’t have the resources to run the fair,” she said. “COVID has taken up valuable resources […]
AFTER spending five years away from the game, Luke Evans has capped off his dramatic return to the Portland and District Cricket Association by winning the 2020-21 A Grade Cricketer of the Year Award. Evans was one of the PDCA’s more notable players in the late 2000s and early 2010s, playing a starring role with […]
HISTORY House has reopened following an extended COVID-19 lockdown, with the group’s new chief volunteers welcoming visitors and extra volunteers. The distinctive bluestone former town hall at 95 Cliff St – in the Memorial Triangle precinct next to Glenelg Shire Council’s office – is the home of the Portland Family History Group. It is also […]
PORTLAND’S Salvation Army is bracing for a challenging year after two protective measures against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are removed at the end of this month. The $150 a fortnight coronavirus supplement for people on income support payments such as JobSeeker, the Youth Allowance and Parenting Payment will end on March 31, and […]
GORAE-PORTLAND have won the grand final of the Portland District Cricket Association’s Under-16 competition, with a brilliant victory completed over Portland Colts at Alexandra Park on Tuesday night. A man-of-the-match performance from Ethan Williams, who claimed 6-11 with the ball, helped Go-Ports restrict Colts to 7-121 on the first night of play, on Monday night. […]
TRACY and Peter Botica keep pinching themselves that they live in such a wonderful place 10 months after they moved to Narrawong with their children. The family shifted from regional inland New South Wales so they could enjoy a country life by the sea and are delighted to be living in a larger home with […]