AFTER a tough loss, the last thing any side wants to see is the same team at the opposite end of the court the next time they take the court.

PORTLAND Cable Trams has shown it has bounced back from the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns stronger than ever by carrying the highest number of passengers in its history — despite having to close for 49 extra days over the past year.

ROUND five of the Portland and District Cricket Association’s season is set for tomorrow, with the competition moving away from the Twenty20 format for the time being and towards one-dayers.

PORTLAND’S Tighe Warburton has been selected to Western Waves’ under-16s representative squad for the upcoming season, with the cricketer set to face some of the best young talent the state has to offer.

SOME in Portland’s art community will be harbouring a secret over the coming weeks - the details and location of the highly anticipated return of art and fashion event ‘Abandoned’.

FOUR young aspiring actors are keen to perform in the ‘Dramatic Briefs’ production, set for its first show on November 10.

ON Sunday, Portland Runners Club hosted their annual 3 Bays marathon, half-marathon and quarter-marathon.

A FEW showers did not put a dampener on the Portland Upwelling Festival, which returned on Saturday after the past two annual events were cancelled.

ON Saturday more than 60 bold competitors took to the trails of Cape Bridgewater and Portland in the 60km 3 Bays ultramarathon, in what was a successful return for the event.

IT’S been called “the jewel in the crown” of the Portland foreshore by some, and “a permanent blot on the landscape” by others, but a decision has finally been made on the new multipurpose building that will replace the yacht and angling clubs.