Speedway closes out the year in style
THE Southern 500 Speedway closed out 2023 in style on Saturday, with their final night of competition headlined by the Modlite Victorian Titles and Portland’s leg of the F500 speedweek.
Bowling for everyone
PORTLAND Memorial Bowling Club’s Leanne Evison is not someone to sing her own praises, but there’s only a handful of people in town who...
Extasea at the finish line
LOCAL sailor Michael Doherty battled some tough conditions for the 2023 Sydney to Hobart yacht race with his boat Extasea eventually crossing the line...
A lifelong commitment honoured
THE Heywood Golf Club has not honoured all that many life members over its history, but Brad Koenig can now count himself among them...
Community spirit
IF there’s one thing that John and Naomi Pye love about Portland Bowling Club, it’s the community spirit and active engagement that keeps them...
Huge night of racing
SOUTHERN 500 Speedway is hosting one of its biggest events for the season tonight with Modlites Victoria hitting the track along with Formula 500s...
Taking aim
TARGET shooting may not be the most popular or well-funded sport going around, but if you ask local enthusiasts there’s no place they’d rather...
Pick two
AFTER multiple Western Victoria Female Football League best and fairests (including one with Portland in 2022), a broken leg and thousands of kilometres of...
Finck ready to take on 18s Rebels
UP and coming local footballer Chad Finck is ready to take his game to the next level, as the 16-year-old has recently been selected...
Local swim meet brings back familiar faces
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...
Colts outdo Tigers
PORTLAND Colts managed to defeat Portland Tigers in a game which was dominated by each team’s bowling attack.
Hardingham’s game winner caps off dream weekend
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.
Local fuel prices now on line
FUEL retailers in Portland and surrounds are being commended for their compliance with new mandatory fuel price reporting laws, soon set to save Victorians...
