THE Portland BMX Club was inundated with riders and their families across the weekend as they hosted the second and third round of the AusCycling State Series at Alexandra Park.

THE Southern 500 Speedway wasn’t going to let hot weather get in the way of one of the biggest weekends on its calendar, with the track lighting up once more across Saturday and Sunday with a number of major events on show.

THE Heywood Lions Club are accepting donations for their annual auction, raising money for community and national organisations.

THE Portland BMX Club is set to host one of its biggest events in years across the weekend as the AusCycling State BMX Series round two and three hit Alexandra Park.

FLOWER lovers will not want to miss this weekend’s Portland Dahlia and Rose Show, believed to be the biggest of its kind in Australia.

PORTLAND junior footballer Klay Nicholls has joined the ranks of the young local players who will represent Greater Western Victoria Rebels this season, as he has been named to the under-16s squad for their two upcoming matches.

SOUTH Portland has gone one better in the 2023-24 Portland and District Cricket Association under-16 season, taking home premiership glory against Portland Tigers by 78 runs at Cavalier Park.

TIKI Pirates have taken out the division one Portland Touch Football Association premiership with a nail-biting victory over Cougars in a game which went down to the very last seconds on Thursday night, 7-6.

IT is an unofficial count, but apparently the new number of steps to the top of the Cape Nelson Lighthouse is 8,700.

LUCKILY a passerby spotted a grassfire in Bolwarra at 12.44am yesterday and reported it with a call to triple zero.