PORTLAND’S under-18.5 Hampden Football League side has taken major steps forward over the course of the 2023 season and will be looking to capitalise on those with a win against a struggling Terang-Mortlake outfit tomorrow at Hanlon Park.

THERE are three Mininera and District Football League (MDFL) clubs that have five games to determine not only their own fates but also those of the others, as Glenthompson-Dunkeld, Penshurst and Hawkesdale-Macarthur battle for a finals place in 2023.

AFTER getting the green light at the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) meeting on Wednesday night, work on the Melville Oval Redevelopment is all ready to get underway with fences going up in preparation for construction.

WHILE finals are no longer a realistic possibility for the Hamilton Kangaroos, the side will be looking to make it back-to-back wins when it travels to Port Fairy today to take on the Seagulls in round 13 of the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) senior football.

HAWKESDALE-MACARTHUR has recorded a percentage-boosting win against SMW Rovers at Hawkesdale Rec Reserve on the weekend to win 19.8 (122) to 4.8 (32) in round 11 of the Mininera and District Football League (MDFL) senior competition.

PENSHURST proved it was a class above Moyston-Willaura on Saturday in the Mininera and District Netball Association (MDNA) A grade competition, as it defeated the Pumas by 43 goals, 60-17 at the final whistle.

COLERAINE claimed a strong victory over Dartmoor off the back of a big first half, taking it out 9.8 (62) to 4.5 (29), in round 11 of the South West District Football League.

HAMILTON Kangaroos put in a clinical performance against Portland at Pedrina Park on Saturday, to run away with the game 57 – 32.

PORTLAND was unable to earn a repeat of their Hampden Football League Anzac Day heroics on Saturday, going down to rivals Hamilton Kangaroos 13.14 (92) to 5.10 (40).

HAMILTON Kangaroos has recorded its best win for the season with a thumping 48-point victory against arch rivals Portland at Melville Oval, 13.14 (92) – 5.10 (40).