Short format basketball returns to Hooked On
PORTLAND’S annual Hooked on Portland Festival returns this weekend with the 3x3 basketball comp a sporting highlight down at the foreshore.
The event will take...
Artie’s nine-wicket party
COUNTRY Week cricket has seen some stunning performances in its many iterations across the years, but one local 16-year-old has put in a showing...
Portland Golf Club – Results
Tuesday 6 January
Par – Medley: Men & Ladies (59 players – 58 Men & 1 Ladies)
A grade (+2 -13) Winner: Peter Hol (0) +6,...
Brandon goes from Branxholme to the Bombers
IT has been a whirlwind past few months for former Branxholme-Wallacedale footballer Brandon Newton after he signed with Essendon’s VFL side ahead of the...
Pye crowned Portland singles champion
PORTLAND Bowling Club held their Men's Club Championship Singles event on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January, with 22 members taking to the green...
Englezos and Leahy are Memorial champions
THE recent weekend of Friday 2 January through Sunday 4 January saw Portland Memorial Bowling Club hold their men’s and ladies’ Club Singles.
The...
Heywood golf brings in the new year with stableford event
THE Heywood Golf Club started the new year with a new year’s day stableford event and winner was Matt McLeod (11) with 39pts while...
Shipwreck swim success for David Tapscott Challenge
NUNS Beach was bustling with swimmers on Saturday for the David Tapscott Ocean Challenge swim with over 200 competitors hitting the water.
The swim was...
Sailing into the new year
SAILING for 2026 at Portland Yacht Club resumed on Sunday 4 January with near-perfect conditions, a steady 10-12 knot south-easterly breeze and a high...
Portland golfers hit the course during holiday breaks
Tuesday 30 December
Stableford – Medley: Men & Ladies (82 players – 74 Men & 8 Ladies)
A grade (1-10) Winner: Ricky Elford (11) 38cb, Runner...
Young cricketers hit town
SOME of the best and brightest up-and-coming junior cricketers are preparing to take to the many fields across Portland and surrounds as part of...
New Year roars in at South Coast Raceway
SOUTH Coast Raceway brought in 2026 with a big party, both on and off the drag strip, with hundreds of racers hitting the track...


















