A BIG round one is set for the South West District Netball League with clubs going head-to-head for the first time in 2023 tomorrow.

PORTLAND’S 2023 South West Victorian Football Association (SWVFA) campaign will see the club take a markedly different form to the one which hoisted both the division one and two premiership cups aloft in 2022, with the most significant change to be at the top.

YOUNG local swimmer Ella Matters will come up against some fierce competition this week as she competes in the Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast.

THE Portland Little Athletics Centre wrapped up season 2022-23 with its recent presentation night. Although weather had an impact on its weekly Thursday competition at Nelson Park, it was a big season for the club with its membership increasing to 117 participants – a rise of 39 athletes on the previous season. The club also […]

FIREDOG Ember has done it again, competing in another stair climb located in the ‘Gold’ city of Queensland. Ember the crisis response dog and Labrador has completed yet another stair climb, this time being the 77 floors of Gold Coasts Q1 building. It was 35-degree weather on March 19 when Ember completed the climb at […]

TWO of Portland’s young rising stars in basketball suited up for high level representative play across the weekend.

WHEN more than 100 people gathered at the Portland Golf Club on Saturday night to celebrate the past, little were they to know that the future looks even brighter. But that’s what it’s looking like for Portland Cable Trams, after it broke the monthly record for the number of visitors riding its trams. General manager […]

HAVING a bow and arrow in hand is when Heywood archer Wendy Gallagher is most at home, which will be the case across the weekend as she takes on the Australian Bowhunting Association national championships.

JUST one more day remains to have a say on the future of Anderson Point’s beach access, with the current steps set to be removed due to unstable footings. The popular steps at the end of Wade Street were closed to the public last August by the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action (DEECA, […]

PORTLAND basketball referee Jeremy Morton’s journey has continued on its upward trajectory over the past couple of weeks, with two big announcements – his selection to the NBL1 development panel as well as to referee the upcoming under-18s national championships next week.