IN a normal year, local communities would be rallying for the culmination of the football and netball seasons, however this is far from a normal year and in September 2020 the roar of the crowd, the cheers and the tears, are sadly missing.

THE Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels will go into the 2021 NAB League season with a new coach after Marc Greig stepped down from the role last week.

WESTERNS have jumped on the front foot with their preparations for the 2021 South West District Football Netball League season, signing their A grade netball and senior football coaches late last week. 32-year-old Marcus England will remain on as Westerns senior football coach for the 2021 season. The 2020 season was scheduled to be England’s […]

AFTER a 2019-20 season that didn’t go to plan for the Demons, they will be hoping to bounce back during the 2020-21 season and return to finals action.

ANDY Wettenhall was set to pull on the Hamilton Kangaroos guernsey for the first time in April, but coronavirus forced him to postpone it for at least 12 months.

THERE will be no changes to the player points tally for any of the south-west clubs after AFL Western District released the totals for the 2021 season.

THE AFLW Draft nominations were officially opened for 2020 on September 1, and one young Portlander hoping to one day nominate for the process is Elli Aitken. This year’s AFLW Draft will take place on September 21 and while 17-year-old Aitken is still at least one year away from being eligible to be drafted, she’ll […]

THE coronavirus has impacted many sectors, but the Southern Grampians Shire expects the planned Melville Oval precinct upgrades to go ahead as scheduled. With many supply issues impacting big projects along with reduced numbers on work sites, the project remains on track to be completed without delays. With the netball court upgrades the first stage […]

GLENTHOMPSON-DUNKELD is sticking with Simon Hatherell as its senior coach for the 2021 Mininera and District Football League season.
Hatherell was set to coach the team for the 2020 season before coronavirus forced all senior football to be cancelled earlier in the year.
It is his second stint as Rams mentor after coaching the club to its most recent premiership in 2010.

PENSHURST has enjoyed more than its fair share of success since joining the Mininera and District Football League (MDFL), claiming 10 senior football premierships since leaving the Port Fairy and District Football League (PDFFL) in 1969.