Tag: Football
Tigers v Bloods in Super Saturday fixture
PORTLAND will make the trip to Mortlake tomorrow to face off against a revamped Terang-Mortlake Bloods outfit in their first Hampden Football League Super Saturday fixture of the season.
Reward for effort for young Tigers
PORTLAND’S under-18 youth girls’ team had their first win of the season on Sunday with an emphatic victory against Hamilton Kangaroos in round four of the Western Victoria Female Football League.
South West juniors back in action
THE Greater South West Junior Football League returned to action for round two over the weekend, with five games played across the under-17 and under-14 age brackets.
Tigers come close against Cavendish
PORTLAND’S under-18 youth girls team had a strong tussle in their second match for the Western Victoria Female Football League season against Cavendish, going down by just 14 points on Sunday.
Young Tigers face Cavendish in WVFFL round three
PORTLAND’S under-18 Western Victoria Female Football League team will compete in their second game of the season when they take on the newly formed Cavendish side on Sunday.
Tough openers in WVFFL
IT was a tough opening match for Tyrendarra in the Western Victoria Female Football League, going down to South Warrnambool on Sunday 3.5 (23) to 2.2 (14).
Rentsch reaches new heights in footy career
JESSICA Rentsch has added another string to her footballing bow as she was named as co-captain of the Greater Western Victoria Rebels girls team along with Olivia Leonard for the 2023 season.
Finck earns Rebels nod
YOUNG Portland footballer Chad Finck has continued his rise through the ranks of country football, being selected to Greater Western Victoria Rebels’ under-16 squad for the upcoming football season.
Bristow earns Rebels selection
GREATER Western Victoria Rebels have announced their under-18 girls’ squad for the 2023 season, with Portland footballer Jenna-May Bristow earning selection after performing strongly at tryouts.
Chance for a “positive conversation”
LAST Friday, East Gambier Football Club hosted its inaugural Switch the headspace Match for Mental Health, bringing a collection of both national and local legends to the ground as they sought to raise money and awareness for Australians’ ongoing struggle with mental health.
Portland footballers in Darwin
PORTLAND footballers Jay Moody, Daniel Jackson and Lochie Huppatz made the move up north this summer to compete in the Northern Territory Football League with Nightcliff Tigers, in the highest level of football to be played during the summer months in Australia.
Turning back the clock
LOCAL South West District football coaches and former top level players Winis Imbi and Leon Davis will join some other former AFL stars in a match to highlight mental health awareness in Mount Gambier.
Choir calls into Dunkeld
THE Australian Chamber Choir (ACC) has visited the south west with three concerts each year since 2022.
ACC artistic director Douglas Lawrence said the group...
