Tag: Football

PORTLAND’S under-15 girls’ footballers rolled on to another win on Friday evening, defeating Koroit in a dominant display in the Western Victoria Female Football League competition.

PORTLAND’S under-15 girls football team has gone from strength to strength this season, dropping just one of their first seven games thus far.

SOUTH West District FNL football umpire Alan Heaver is one of the most senior and well-respected umpires going around in the league, and the time has come for a family member to step up and join him.

ANOTHER close game for Portland’s Open side against Terang-Mortlake in the Hampden Netball League has given them confidence heading into the annual Anzac Day clash against Hamilton on Thursday.

FORMER Portland footballer Keegan Gray is embarking on a new journey in his football career, joining Gold Coast-based club Southport Sharks for the upcoming VFL season.

PORTLAND footballers Chloe Reynolds and Airlie Aldridge will be looking to take their play to the next level this season, as they’ve been selected to the under-18 and under-16 Greater Western Victoria Rebels girls squads respectively for 2024.

FORMER Heywood Football Netball Club president Craig Keating has been inducted as the inaugural life member of AFL Barwon recently, receiving the honour at the commission’s recent Annual General Meeting in late November.

PORTLAND’S Harry Kerr and Dylan Barr’s football trip to the United States went about as well as they could have hoped for, with the pair of Aussies helping the Austin Crows’ senior and reserves sides to premierships in division one and division four of the USAFL Nationals in Florida earlier this month.

PORTLAND’S own Frank Makin and Brad Williams will make the trek up north to play for Jabiru Bombers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) over the next few weeks, with the pair eager to showcase their skills in a different part of the country.

PORTLAND footballer Toby Jennings has capped off an impressive individual season by taking out the club’s senior best and fairest at Thursday evenings presentation evening.

THE AFL grand final is set to take place tomorrow with plenty of local stories behind the support of either Collingwood or Brisbane with keen interest ramping up ahead of the 2.30pm bounce at the MCG.

WHILE plenty of people will have vested interest in the AFL grand final tomorrow one local family in particular, the Bailey’s, are more invested than most with Brent Bailey’s son, Zac Bailey, taking to the field for Brisbane.