THE Portland Y-Tri Club has been running triathlons since the 1980s but is calling on the community to keep the club alive and kicking for future generations.

THE Heywood Hotel was egged last Friday by a group of local and not so local artists part of Brave New Skills (BNS) Art Collective.

THE Heywood Golf Club will host one of their biggest events of the year this week with their annual Spring Tournament kicking off tomorrow.

WHAT do Portland and reality television show LEGO Masters Denmark have in common?

TONY Fleming has been the public face of Promoting Portland since it was launched six years ago, but the organisation now has a new president.

THE Heywood Basketball Association had some thrilling action on show on Wednesday night with the men’s competition seeing two of the three games decided in three points or less.

“I JUST wanted to make a difference and I love helping people.”

HEATHMERE’S Southern 500 Speedway is ready to get up and running, with tomorrow to see the first of a number of events set to take place over the coming months, with the feature event being the 360 Allstars Sprintcars.

THE Surry District Tennis Association has seen another remarkably close A grade match, in round four on Saturday, with Lawn Purple defeating Tyrendarra by the absolute slimmest of margins, claiming a 3-34 to 3-33 win in their match at Tyrendarra.

REMEMBRANCE DAY this year in Portland will be paying special respect to veterans who have served in more recent conflicts that Australia has been involved in.

After the service on Friday at the Portland Memorial Triangle, the Portland RSL will be unveiling a plaque recognising veterans from the first and second gulf wars in Iraq, the Afghanistan war, and the peacekeeping mission in East Timor.