Sport

PORTLAND’S Open netballers will have one of their biggest challenges to date today when they travel to Cobden to take on the reigning grand finalists in round six of the Hampden Netball League.

THE Portland and District Adult Riding Club hosted more than 50 riders on Sunday at Yarraman Park for the final round of the Crater, Caves and Coast Dressage series.

TYRENDARRA has started to settle in to the 2023 South West District Football League season, backing up last weekend’s narrow win with a strong victory over Heathmere, 15.8 (98) to 6.5 (41), on Saturday.

PORTLAND’S Hampden league Open netballers served up a solid contest to North Warrnambool Eagles at Hanlon Park on Saturday but ultimately fell short, with the final score of their clash 53-42 the way of the Eagles.

FORMER Portland footballers Daniel Jackson and Ty Deans had the opportunity of a lifetime on the weekend, when their North Cairns outfit took on a Central Bulldogs side featuring none other than arguably the greatest player of all time in Gary Ablett Jr.

THE only local game of the Western Victoria Female Football League will be played at Hanlon Park on Sunday with Portland’s under-18 youth girls team taking the field against South Warrnambool.

ROUND five of the South West District Football League’s 2023 season will be played tomorrow, and this year’s campaign is beginning to take shape.

WITH a number of players returning to the side this week Portland will look to challenge North Warrnambool in their Open clash in round five of the Hampden Netball League.

IN a move which is set to have major implications at Portland Football Netball Club, senior football coach Jarrod Holt and club president Troy Bannam have both announced their decisions to step down from their positions at the end of the 2023 Hampden League season.

IF the rest of the South West District Football League wasn’t already on notice that Coleraine is on a mission in 2023, they certainly will be after the Maroons claimed an emphatic 62-point victory over Dartmoor in Dartmoor on Saturday.

PORTLAND’S Hampden League senior footballers made the trek to Mortlake to take on Terang-Mortlake Bloods on Saturday evening, with the Tigers eventually going down 12.10 (82) to 3.3 (21).

ERIN Roll notched up a huge milestone for the Tyrendarra Football Netball Club on Saturday, playing her 250th game in their round four clash against Heywood.