THE Portland Netball Association’s All Abilities competition has been a roaring success, with the initiative recently named a finalist for South West Sport’s Community Sport Awards. As its name suggests, the competition is designed for players of all abilities to get involved and try the game of netball in an inclusive environment. The success of […]
CHARLIE Cooper has been a fisheries field officer longer than anyone else in Victoria, but his time in the role is about to come to an end. Mr Cooper will pull up stumps next month, bringing to an end a 44-year career. With the recent retirement of Billy Sinnott, who worked out of the same […]
PORTLAND footballers and netballers will get a gauge of where they stand in the Hampden Football Netball League competition tomorrow when they kick off round one against Warrnambool at Hanlon Park.After a number of key players departed from last year’s history-making senior football finals side, many due to relocating, the Tigers are keen to put […]
LAST Tuesday afternoon, a group of 12 hikers marched into the Tarragal campsite after coming over the top of Mount Richmond 200km through the Great South West Walk (GSWW), looking a lot fresher than might be expected. They put down their day packs, sat down on their chairs (already set up) around the fire (already […]
IT was a big finale to the Surry District Tennis Association season on Saturday with five grand finals taking place throughout Tyrendarra and Heywood. In the A reserve grand final it was Lawn Volleys who held out against Heywood Woodies, 4-41 to 2-23 to win. With just three teams in the competition Lawn Volleys have […]
TYRENDARRA has taken out the Surry District Tennis Association’s A grade crown after a stunning performance against Lawn Purple in Saturday’s grand final. Played in Heywood, the game was an epic clash between the two teams who have led throughout the season, with Tyrendarra putting on one of their best performances yet to win 4-46 […]
SOME 189 relayers in 17 teams have raised $32,570, after 12 hours walking laps of Nelson Park in the return of the Portland and District Relay for Life. Relay committee chair Kathryn Oswald said the committee were thrilled with the result. “It was really lovely to see the relay back and to be able to […]
AN inability to attract staff to Portland looks like it could lead to child protection services being centralised in Warrnambool. A leaked plan prepared for the recently formed Families, Fairness and Housing Department, which runs the services in the state, recommends closing the Portland and Hamilton offices and instead running two units from Warrnambool from […]
3X3 BASKETBALL came to the Portland foreshore on Sunday with plenty of juniors and some seniors hitting the half court to take on the modified version of the game. The Country League Basketball 3x3 tournaments is a three-on-three version of basketball played on a half court with modified rules. On Sunday an open division and […]
