NBL star Mitch Creek was in town on Sunday to host a series of clinics for Portland’s next generation of basketball talent at Portland Basketball Stadium.

“I’VE always taken the hardest job I can because I like to be challenged.”

AFTER a three-year break, Portland Lions Club is re-introducing it free Children’s Fun Event at the Fauna Park.

WHILE it was an up and down 2023 for Portland’s men’s basketballers, coming into the final three weeks of the season post-New Year they’re in the hunt for a finals spot and will be looking to get the ball rolling in their clash against Colac.

PORTLAND’S women’s basketballers are in a unique position in the Country Basketball League’s 2023-24 season, as despite the league taking a two-week hiatus for the Christmas and New Year break, they have just one more regular season game to look forward to.

THE BIG4 Narrawong Island Holiday Park has been busy over the Christmas and New Year period, welcoming families from near and far.

PORTLAND’S Nuns Beach will swarm with swimmers on Sunday as it plays host to the second leg of the annual Shipwreck Coast Swim Series.

THE Southern 500 Speedway closed out 2023 in style on Saturday, with their final night of competition headlined by the Modlite Victorian Titles and Portland’s leg of the F500 speedweek.

SEVENTEEN-year-old Charley Thorp is just weeks away from leaving for France, her new home until January 2025.

PORTLAND Memorial Bowling Club’s Leanne Evison is not someone to sing her own praises, but there’s only a handful of people in town who could claim to have had as much of an influence over the success of the sport in recent years.