SATURDAY’S Portland Swimming Club meet, the first hosted in town since 2019, was a homecoming of sorts for one former resident, but one which meant even more than that.

THE South West Academy of Sport (SWAS) held its presentation night in Warrnambool recently to celebrate sporting excellence across the region in 2023.

PENSHURST goes to the pre-Christmas break in second place on the ladder, while Casterton goes up a spot and Hamilton defies gravity and cleans up Portland on the clifftop.

PORTLAND Colts managed to defeat Portland Tigers in a game which was dominated by each team’s bowling attack.

AFTER winning the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) T20 final on Thursday, Macarthur has continued its wave of momentum into Saturday with an unbeaten Ollie Wortley ton leading them to victory against South Portland.

A LAST-SECOND three-pointer from Nathan Hardingham capped off Portland’s men’s basketballers ideal finish to 2023, as they claimed victory in a nail-biter against Horsham at Horsham Basketball Stadium 56-55 on Sunday afternoon.

THE Hamilton Hurricanes ended 2023 with a road trip to Colac to take on the Kookas in Country Basketball League (CBL) action on Sunday, going down by 21 points at the Bluewater Leisure Centre.

AFTER multiple Western Victoria Female Football League best and fairests a broken leg and thousands of kilometres of travel, Penshurst’s Jess Rentsch is set for the big time after the midfielder was drafted by the West Coast Eagles with pick 2 in Monday night’s AFLW Draft.

TYRENDARRA has continued to showcase their elite status in the 2023-24 Hamilton and District Cricket Association season, as they romped to a huge win over Portland Tigers in Thursday evening’s Twenty20 grand final at Alexandra Park, winning by 112 runs.

THE Portland Boardriders Club hosted international level surfers at a local event on Saturday as part of a film evening to raise funds.