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 […]
PETER Gilding is the type of bloke you would want on your side in a crisis. A diamond in the rough, when he heard from his friend Jodie Clay that her friend Destiny was having a tough time, he snapped into action. Ms Clay’s friend Destiny Anderson-Harvey, a 45-year-old Portland hairdresser and single mum of […]
AFTER being stuck at anchor in Portland Bay since September, the remaining 16 crew and the captain of the Yangtze Fortune are en route to their homes in the Philippines. As reported in The Observer on Tuesday, the ship has been sold for US$6m plus nearly half a million dollars (Australian) for supplies on board, […]
WHEN Portland District Health anaesthetist Peter Reid made a casual remark to colleague Jun Parker one day about how a change in his technique had led to patients sneezing before surgery, little did the pair imagine what that would lead to – what could be a world-first discovery. Pending further studies – for which the […]