SOUTH Portland will be a very good chance to earn their first win of the season next week after an excellent day one performance against Portland Colts in their Portland and District Cricket Association clash on Saturday at Henty Park.

ON the second day of the round eight matches on Saturday, Grampians did enough to overcome Hamilton and remain on top of the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) A grade ladder.

CASTERTON Golf Club stalwarts, Pat Hegarty and Neville Wombwell have taken home the first trophies in a week of competition for the club.

BOTH Eliza Jagger (Balmoral) and Alyssa Humphries (Casterton) have been selected in a squad of 14 to represent Victoria and travel to Canberra in January 2023 to compete at the Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC).

PORTLAND Basketball Association’s spring 2022 season came to its conclusion on Sunday, with the grand finalists from all nine senior grades competing at Portland Basketball Stadium for their respective premierships.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos are pushing ahead towards 2023, announcing their Hampden Football Netball League Under-16 and Under-14 coaches.

DESPITE question marks over the Youth Premier League and where games would be played, the week-long carnival got underway today.

THE Greater Western Victoria Rebels pre-season is officially underway with a group of south-west squad members undergoing testing in Hamilton last week.

IF the waters of Portland Bay could talk, wouldn’t they have millions of stories – but it’s fair to say Bill Fellows could just about match them.

THE efforts of the Heywood Golf Club have raised over $6000 for mental health researchers, Black Dog Institute, as well as plenty of awareness surrounding mental health and suicide in memory of late member Jarrod Barclay.