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Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND had a good 3-1 win over Redbacks in last weekend’s Lower South East Hockey Association round. “We decided to go back to the basics of hockey, which we had neglected last week (in the team’s loss to Cavaliers),” coach Chris Saunders said. “We just focused on our short passes and controlling the ball, so as to not give the opposition a chance to attack. “Instead of doing long uncontrolled hits where we don’t actually have possession we were honouring [...] 0 Comments
Sam Fleming | LET’S get passenger trains back to Hamilton for the races! That was the message coming from Merino resident, Ian Whalley, who said that this year would be the perfect time to use the railway line to bring people from Melbourne [...] 0 Comments
Rex Martinich | THE Victorian Government claims its new budget is an optimistic response to economic challenges, but the Opposition says many programs vital to the Hamilton region have been cut. The 2012-13 Budget contains an estimated surplus of $155 million in 2012-13 [...] 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | A CAPE Nelson man who once worked to build the notorious greenhouse polluting Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley has said he now hopes support for wind power can make a difference in reducing the warming rate of the [...] 0 Comments
Pat Koopman | THE question was asked of Portland on more than one occasion at Hanlon Park on Saturday. On each occasion the Tigers dug deep and found the right answers. Portland’s gritty 14.13 (97) to 14.10 (94) win against Hamilton Imperials was [...]
Peter Morganti | HORSHAM based jockey Holly McKechnie won her first Hamilton Cup when the Darryl Dodson trained Finiguerra grabbed a thrilling last stride victory over game front-runner The Black Oak. In a driving finish it appeared the five-year-old son of Niello had [...]
Scott Malcolm | THREE of last year’s Portland Football Netball Cricket Club players have recently signed with Victorian Football League clubs. Heath Brown has joined the Geelong Football Club, Cameron Mather the North Ballarat Roosters, and Josh Slade the Sandringham Football Club. Former [...]
Tiana Richardson | MORE than 200 telephone and EFTPOS lines in Portland were cut on Wednesday afternoon after a woman in her early 70s crashed her car into a Telstra pillar on the footpath in Julia St. At about 1.20pm, the woman, who [...]
Tiana Richardson | PORTLAND and district women celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) last Thursday at a number of functions in the city. More than 50 women came together at the South West Institute of TAFE for an event co-hosted by the Alcoa Women’s [...]
Scott Malcolm | THE Gorae Portland Charity Corporate Cup was host to some great competition, and raised over $1500 for charity. “It went well, the Force Kings took the main prize in a close grand final … Hayden Dyke, the captain of the [...]
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