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James Bourke | GROUPS of cheering school children waving posters, loud commentators and intrigued adults added to the atmosphere of stage one of the 2012 Budget Forklifts Tour of the Great South Coast cycling race in Portland on Wednesday. People lined both sides of the retail section of Bentinck Street as top class cyclists from across Australia raced 25 laps of the 1.6km waterfront circuit. Read more in Friday’s edition of the Portland Observer. 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Illegal drag racing in the dark on the Princes Hwy at Heathmere, with two teenage passengers, has landed a young man in jail. Police recorded the two racing cars, driven by a Heywood and a Portland man, at speeds of … Continue reading 0 Comments
Sam Fleming | MERINO man, Ian Whalley, has continued to gather support for his proposition to have a race day train bring passengers from Melbourne to the Hamilton Cup on October 28 this year. Last month, Mr Whalley presented an idea through The … Continue reading 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 … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | THE Casterton district, with a population of about 2000, has always produced outstanding sportsmen and women of all codes. Born in Casterton, where he started racing at the age of 15, cycling legend, Wal Smith, dedicated his life to cycling, … Continue reading
Kristy McDonald | HAMILTON punters heading to this week’s Warrnambool May Racing Carnival have the edge with a winning tip from the TAC: Get a breath test before leaving the race course and avoid tragedy on the roads. Free TAC breath tests for … Continue reading
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND Karting Club’s biggest weekend of the year is set to start tomorrow, hosting the second round of the Country Series. Around 130 racers from Victoria and South Australia will take to the track, including Portland’s Mat Keiller who will … Continue reading
Danielle Grindlay | A CASTERTON man is in a critical condition after a bull turned and attacked him on the weekend. The 49-year old was putting the bull up the race for drenching, when it turned on him and pushed him up against … Continue reading
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND’S Alyssa Lyons has won the title of women’s 2012 Victorian Downhill Mountain Biking Champion after finishing second to a Canadian racer. “The girl that beat me is a Canadian girl, so I actually get the title of state champ … Continue reading
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND triathlete Shannon Malseed was crowned the Under-19 School Sports Victoria state champion after winning the XOCISE Triathlon Series by one point. The five race series has been running in Melbourne since November, and the triathlons have entailed a minimum … Continue reading
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