Seaview House stalwart defender takes final bow
GABRIEL GARCIA
IT is the end of an era for Portland Seaview House with the retirement of stalwart Myra Bourke.
Last Friday Mrs Bourke stepped down from her position on the Seaview House Board of Management, thus ending an association with the aged care facility that spans more than a decade. Many believe that without Mrs Bourke, Seaview House wouldn’t be operating today.
Mrs Bourke put thousands of hours into volunteering at the cliff-top facility - including almost seven years as the unpaid manager of the facility.
“My relationship with Seaview House started way back in May 2012 when the hospital (Portland District Health) had decided in January 2011 to close Seaview House, and they gave the residents two years notice,” Mrs Bourke said.
The State Government at the time told concerned locals that Seaview House could continue to operate as an incorporated body.
A public meeting, held in May 2012 and attended by more than 80 people, saw the formation of a steering committee that was determined to save the aged care facility.
Mrs Bourke volunteered for the committee, starting her long association with Seaview House.
“Don’t ask me why, I put my hand up. Probably stupidly,” Mrs Bourke said.
“So, a steering committee was formed because there were a lot of things we had to do.
“The hospital played hard ball.
“They wanted the building for other uses, and they did not want it to continue as a supported residential service. So, we had to raise money.
And the figure they wanted us to raise was $300,000.
“We had to have a business plan but alongside that we also had to satisfy the Department of Health, who was responsible for supported residential services at that time.”
Mrs Bourke became chairperson of the steering
committee and helped write the constitution of Seaview House and lead the group alongside Margaret Johnston.
“She came from a business background. I came from a caring background,” Mrs Bourke said.
The $300,000 was eventually raised by the community, helped along by Mrs Bourke’s ingenuity.
“I had this catch cry that if we had 100 people give us $1000 that’s $100,000,” she said.
“We had all sorts of catch cries at the time that were gimmicky and there were a lot of people that gave us a lot of money.”
With the money raised and the business plan and constitution written up, by January 2013 it was time for someone to take the reins of Seaview House.
Again, Mrs Bourke stepped up.
Though the task was daunting, Mrs Bourke was able to rely on her past career experience - having previously worked as a director of nursing for Portland District Health between 1995 and 2002,
and then at Glenelg Shire Council, working in the Home and Community Care department.
Mrs Bourke took on the role of Seaview House manager as an unpaid volunteer, while also being part of the Seaview House Board of Management. For Mrs Bourke, the feeling of responsibility was heavy.
“I think the biggest challenge was my feeling of responsibility for all the money,” she said.
Though the work was unpaid and hard, Mrs Bourke said the best part was meeting people.
“I had a dream,” she said.
“When I was nursing, I used to hate the fact that people went home to lonely homes. So therefore, I felt that Seaview House offered companionship connected to the community, that they (the residents) could still belong to the community, but they had someone there at night.
“That to me was probably my passion.
“I would have taken everybody home to my house, but I couldn’t. So, this was my house, my thing.”
END of an era for Portland’s Seaview House as former (mostly unpaid) manager and Board of Management member Myra Bourke retires
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LOOKING BACK…
November 22 - 29
a look back at the files of the Portland Observer and Portland Guardian
100 years ago
November 24,1924
SAILORS’ REST.
There are more interests than one to be considered in a shipping port like Portland. One of the most important of these is the entertainment of the ships’ crews when ashore, and the sailors’ rest room in Bentinck street goes a long way to supply this need. For some little time now the Rest had not been availed of as it might have been, and the committee were seriously considering the advisability of closing the place up. Since the increase of shipping at the port during the last week or two, however, the Rest has been largely used by the men, thus proving the need et keeping the Rest available. To do this the committee require finance, and as they are very short of this commodity at present, an effort will be made in the near future to replenish the funds, as it is only by loyal public support that the controlling body can hope to keep this place open. The gift piano has recently been thoroughly overhauled by the generous services of Mr J. L. Wyatt, magazines and reading matter abound, whilst games of several kinds are provided for the entertainment of the visitors. The moral influence of this fine institution for the seamen cannot be overestimated, and it is to be hoped that lack of support will not be responsible for its closing its doors.
IT was smiles all round when Portland Football Club on Saturday announced that Leo King would be the coach for 1985. Officials of the PFC met with Leo and Collingwood development officer Peter Cook on Saturday. Pictured are, (from left) Cook, King, Jeff Baulch, David Dunlop and Frank Sandeman.
November 26, 1984
75 years ago
November 24, 1949
PORTLAND FOOTBALL CLUB.
The Portland football club announces the presentation of trophies won by players in the season just concluded. Amongst the many winners of handsome awards are well known names in Eric Huppatz, Sid Oborn, Rex Jennings, Don and Bert Wilmot, whilst Stuart Spencer, winner of best and fairest in the Western District League for 1949, is also to receive a valuable presentation. A good night is assured, and all are asked to bear in mind this big occasion which will conclude football activities for 1949.
November 24, 1949
GOVERNOR LAYS FOUNDATION STONE
ONE of the most important functions performed by Sir Dallas Brooks, Governor of Victoria, on his visit to Portland at the week-end, was the laying of the Foundation Stone of the new Portland and District Hospital.
The ceremony took place at 2pmon Sunday, November 20th, and in spite of an unpleasant easterly wind, about 3000 people assembled on the new hospital site.
40 years ago
November 26, 1984
PORTLAND’S Bundarra Primary School was officially opened by the State’s Premier Mr John Cain during his visit to the town for the 150th celebrations.
Mr Cain declared the school open before a crowd of students, parents, staff members and school councillors.
As part of the opening ceremony, Mr Cain planted a tree in a section of the school’s garden.
40 years ago
GEELONG West ruckman Leo King has been appointed as senior coach for the Portland Football Club for 1985.
The 29-year-old played all 20 games as first ruckman for Association team Geelong West last season. He also played many games at full forward.
He played 40 games with Geelong in VFL ranks, four of them with the senior team. After playing with Geelong, he went to Werribee for two years and has played just one season with Geelong West. He is currently working with Shell in Geelong and will be found employment by the Portland Football Club.
25 years ago
NOVEMBEr 24, 1999: Portland Secondary College school captain has been named the 1999 VCE achiever of the year by the Victorian Board of Studies. Blair Boyer travelled to Parliament House in Melbourne for the award, along with seven other finalists from around the state, all of whom won monthly achievement awards.
The award was aimed at not only fostering academic excellence, but also community involvement. Blair was commended for his anti-youth suicide work, sports coaching and politics.
10 years ago
November 26, 2014
A PORTLAND Christmas tradition has ended after almost 30 years.
The Portland State Emergency Service has called it quits on its popular major fundraiser of selling Christmas trees to the public.
Unit members have been a regular sight selling trees for two or three Saturdays late November-early December at Bentinck St near the Richmond Henty Hotel –but a lack of volunteers to maintain the small allotment where the trees are grown at Heywood combined with flooding and thefts resulted in the decision to end the fundraiser.
The sale of Christmas trees has raised an estimated $70,000 for the unit over the past three decades, with the proceeds used to purchase much-needed equipment.
Seaview House stalwart defender takes final bow
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On top of taking care of the residents, originally five when Mrs Bourke started as manager. but now increased to around 52, Mrs Bourke was delighted that the organisation was able to pay back many of the donations.
“Anybody that gave $1000 of their money that was the end of their money. But anyone that gave $50,000, $40,000, $10,000 whatever - their money was actually paid back to them.”
In 2019 Mrs Bourke stepped down from her role of volunteer manager, but stayed on the Seaview House Board of Management, however returned as a paid manager between 2020-2022.
While being a paid manager Mrs Bourke stepped down from the board.
“In the Constitution, it’s actually written that Myra Bourke cannot be on the Board of Management, actually states my name, if she is paid a wage,” she said.
Mrs Bourke returned to the board in 2022 when a new manager was found before briefly becoming the unpaid manager between May and July of this year, when once again Seaview House found itself seeking a new manager.
With her official resignation last Friday from the Seaview House Board of Management, Mrs Bourke’s involvement with the aged care facility came to an end and she is set to enjoy what many would describe as a well-earned retirement.
That retirement will comprise of bowls, time
keeping for the Westerns Football Club and gardening.
Mrs Bourke, who is now in her 80s, will also be enjoying the company of someone new in her life.
“I’m getting a new puppy,” she said.
Mrs Bourke was keen to stress that she was one of a large group of people who were instrumental in saving Seaview House, and she was supported in her role of manager.
“I had the community, and I had the board.”
As for a message for the current residents of Seaview House, Mrs Bourke said not to worry.
“Still trust in living in Seaview House,” she said.
“I think that’s my biggest fear, that they worry a lot about it closing. A lot of people still remember the two years notice that was given to people.”
Seaview House Board of Management chairman
Colin Johnson said that without Mrs Bourke there would be no Seaview House.
“We would not have been able to keep the place open, if Myra hadn’t done those years working,” he said.
“She was one of the only ones that was qualified to run it, but she did it for nothing because we just didn’t have the money.
“She did that for the love of the residents.”
Mr Johnson said Mrs Bourke “ran a good tight ship” and that he wished her all the best.
“She has taken up lawn bowls, and we hope that she can enjoy her life of retirement,” he said.
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Myra Bourke became part of Seaview House back in 2012 and held positions as an unpaid manager, a paid manager and a member of the Seaview House Board of Management. Picture: LEESa COOK241128lc03
Downpour hits region
THE Portland egion was hit by consant and heavy rain on the weekend with more than 60mm of rain falling in 48 hours.
The weather gauges at Portland airport recorded 59mm of rain falling on Saturday while 3.8mm fell on Sunday, resulting in a total weekend rainfall of 62.8mm.
Cape Nelson’s weather gauges recorded slightly less rainfall with 57mm falling on Saturday, while Sunday saw a recording of 3.2mm.
Dartmoor saw the least amount of rain on the weekend with 30.8mm falling, of which 30mm fell on the Saturday.
The rainfall may have been great for the farmers, but the wet weather resulted in scheduling chaos for sporting organisations.
On Saturday cricket and tennis matches were all cancelled alongside racing events at the Southern 500 Speedway, and on Sunday Portland basketball grand finals were delayed by leaks and high humidity causing slippery court conditions.
Portland Woolworths shelves bare
GABRIEL GARCIA
PORTLAND shoppers in Woolworths have been left scratching their heads and figuring out what to do as the shelves become bare of stock.
As of Monday morning, stock that was unavailable included toilet paper, frozen food and meals, dairy products, beverages, Asian food items such as two-minute noodles and condiments.
The lack of items is attributed to an ongoing strike by Woolworths distribution staff who are fighting for an immediate 25 per cent pay rise and a 30 per cent pay rise over the next
two years.
They are also fighting for better working conditions.
A note on an empty fridge shelf tells Portland shoppers that: “We’re experiencing temporary supply issues as a result of industrial action at our Distribution Centres.”
“We acknowledge this is frustrating and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience. We’re working hard to resolve this.
“We do appreciate your patience and thank you for your understanding.”
Portland Woolworths management said they were unable to make a comment.
PORTLAND’S shopping streets came alive on Friday night for the annual Late Night Shopping event. More than 30 stores were involved, and it was for many retailers the official kick off to their festive retail season. Also at the event was the Portland Citizens Brass Band (pictured) whose members struck up some Christmas tunes perched above the Bentinck St lawns.
CHARLIE SAWYER-BASSETT
MEMBERS of the Portland Women’s Service Club have visited Portland and district secondary schools to encourage students to seek a 2025 scholarship.
The scholarship for young women seeking further education on completion of Year 12, has been the major focus of the club since 1993. In that time, 48 young women have had the opportunity to undertake studies after completing their VCE with assistance from the PWSC scholarship.
Funds for the scholarships over the past 34 years have been raised through the support of the local community attending the club’s film fundraisers and from generous donations by individuals and local community groups.
Applications are now open and close on Monday, January 6, 2025. Interviews will be held in person only on Monday, January 13, 2025. Those taking a gap year are asked to apply at the end of 2025. Girls who took a Gap Year in 2024 are encouraged to apply.
Girls who live in postcodes 3305, 3304 and 3285 but attend school in Hamilton are also eligible to apply.
Application forms are available at Portland Secondary College (PSC), Heywood and District Secondary College, Bayview College and Intimate Apparell in Percy Street Portland or by
contacting the club at scholarshipspwsc@gmail. com
PWSC member and school educator Nancy Outtram is keen to see many applicants.
“It’s just promoting young girls in education,” she said.
“We’re asking this year that applications be handwritten and posted to either the PWSC postal address or handed into Intimate Apparel.
“They might not necessarily be going to university, they could go to TAFE. It’s just to assist them with paying their accommodation
fees or their books, and their tuition.
“The two girls who won it last year that we had, they’re both at Deakin in Geelong, and it helped them with their on-res costs, and also helped their parents.
The scholarship for girls is awarded solely on the merit of the applicant.
“When they do the application, it doesn’t go off if their economical or their background or their status, and it actually doesn’t go off their academic results … it’s just someone who presents well.”
PORTLAND Secondary College Year 12 students (top row from left) Brooke Tober, 17, Milly Bayona, 17, English teacher Jill Perkins, Women’s Service Club member Nancy Outtram, (bottom row from left) Gina Shemeld, 17, Rebecca Goode, 18, Abbey-Lyn Barr, 18 and Larissa Elijah, 19, had a chat about the Portland Women’s Service Club Scholarships.
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SHELVES and fridges at Portland Woolworths are bare due to industrial action at Woolworth’s Distribution Centres.
Yesterdays revisited
By Bernard wallace
Glenelg Shire’s 30th anniversary
THE Glenelg Shire was created thirty years ago, as part of a state-wide consolidation of local government areas.
Local government in what we know today as Victoria commenced in 1842, when the growing settlement of Melbourne was declared a town. A few years later, in 1849, Geelong was proclaimed a borough.
The Victorian gold rushes of the 1850s and the development and growth of inland settlements saw the establishment of municipal or local government across the colony.
Urban Municipal Councils and rural District Road Boards were established from 1853 onwards.
From 1862, municipalities became boroughs and road districts became shires. For many years, municipalities were organised on a hierarchical system of cities, towns, boroughs and shires.
Classification generally depended on population and annual rate revenue.
Portland local government
Portland, for example, was declared a municipality in 1855, proclaimed a borough in 1863, a town in 1949 and a city in 1985.
Over time, local government in Victoria expanded, cities were declared, more towns emerged and many shires grew. However, some local government areas declined, losing population and industries and struggling to remain viable. Also, there was growing complexity in the larger cities and some duplication of services.
In the late 1980s, the-then state Labour government attempted to reform the situation and reduce the
number of local government areas in Victoria. This was hotly resisted by the opposition parties of the day and by local governments and communities across the state. The reforms were abandoned.
By the early 1990s, Victoria had some 65 cities and over two hundred local government areas or councils.
Sweeping restructure
Local government change was on the agenda again in 1992, when a Liberal-National Party coalition, led by Jeff Kennett, was swept into power with a massive majority. After several years of planning, a sweeping restructure took place in late 1994.
On 23 September, some 210 councils were dissolved and 78 new amalgamated councils created. In Melbourne, 53 councils were reduced to 26. Victoria ended up with a reduced mix of cities, rural cities, shires — and one borough, the Borough of Queenscliffe!
A city was defined as a municipal area that is predominantly urban in nature; a rural city was seen as an area being partly urban and partly rural in character, whilst a shire was mainly rural in nature. In the western part of the state, we have the Rural City of Ararat and the Rural City of Horsham. Nearby Warrnambool would appear to be a city in its own right.
Glenelg Shire
In our part of the state, the City of Portland, the Shire of Heywood and much of the Shire of Glenelg were amalgamated to form the Glenelg Shire. The name was derived from the Glenelg River, a major regional geographic feature.
Each of these local government areas had their own extensive and rich history. The Shire of Heywood, known as the Shire of Portland in the early years, had been incorporated as a road district in1856 and became the Shire of Portland in 1863. In 1988, it was renamed the Shire of Heywood to better reflect the identity of the shire. Heywood housed the offices of the Shire of Heywood.
Prior to becoming part of Glenelg Shire, the Shire of Heywood consisted of the town of Heywood, the settlements of Branxholme, Cape Bridgewater, Dartmoor, Narrawong, Nelson and Tyrendarra, and the rural districts or localities of Allestree, Bolwarra, Cape Nelson, Cashmore, Drumborg, Gorae West, Greenwald, Heathmere Homerton, Hotspur, Kentbruck, Lake Condah, Lower Glenelg, Milltown, Mount Richmond, Mumbannar, Tarragal, Trewalla and Wade Junction.
Casterton and its district was created a road district in 1863 and proclaimed the Shire of Glenelg in 1864. Casterton served as the administrative centre for the Shire of Glenelg. At the time it became part of the Glenelg Shire, it consisted of the town of Casterton, the settlements of Dergholm, Henty, Merino and Sandford, and the rural districts or localities of Chetwynd, Paschendale, Poolaijelo, Strathdownie and Wando Vale.
new local government area
The new local government area had a population of close to 20,000 people and an area of over 6000 square kilometres. Portland became the
COAT of arms of the former City of Portland. Portland became a municipality in 1855, a borough in 1863, a town in 1949, a city in 1985 — and part of the Glenelg Shire in 1994.
administrative centre of the shire, with service centres at Heywood and Casterton. We were assured that council amalgamations would result in economic benefits due to compulsory competitive tendering, staff reductions and enhanced professionalism, and that better quality and more timely services would be provided.
HISTORY House. Today a local history centre, it served as Portland’s
The Friends of the Great South West Walk
Portland Victoria
The man behind Graeme’s Walk
Graeme’s Walk is located on the east coast of Cape Nelson, south of the enchanted Forest.
It is so named to recognize Graeme Hume’s contribution to the establishment of the Great south West Walk and its continued maintenance, extension and improvements over more than 40 years.
It was Graeme’s important decision in 1980 when, as President of the Portland High school Council, he recommended that the Great south West Walk be accepted as an official school project. This was followed by his admirable work as Foundation President of the Friends of the GsWW, a position he held for 15 years. and Graeme’s service as a dedicated volunteer track worker continues to this day.
Graeme’s Walk features three lookouts. The Cutting edge Lookout is a spectacular viewing point protected by a safety rail. The other two lookouts – The Eastern Ramparts Lookout and the Volcanic Isles Lookout, are much more elaborate structures. Intended as a gesture of good will from the Friends of the GsWW to the less mobile members of our community, these lookouts, complete with car parking areas, are located close to the bitumensealed scenic Drive.
These lookouts’ sophisticated, imaginative engineering reflects the fact that this section of coast may be subject to landslides. Among other things
the structures are secured by underground cables connected to anchor points further west.
The Eastern Ramparts Lookout features impressive views of the cliffs which constitute the east coast.
The Volcanic Isles Lookout gives a distant view of Lawrence rocks and Lady Julia Percy Island on a clear day. In addition to these treasures, Graeme’s Walk, in a normal season, allows you to enjoy at least three species of australian orchids.
We thank Graeme for his strong work ethic, commitment and formidable tenacity for preserving, maintaining and promoting the Great south West Walk.
FOUNDING fathers (from left) Graeme Hume, Sam Bruton and Bill Golding.
LEFT: The Portland Observer on June 1, 1990. Above: One of the lookouts on Graeme’s Walk.
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Livestock sales
Another jump in lamb numbers
HAMILTON SHEEP MARKET
HAMILTON agents yarded 20,700 sheep an increase of 4100 from the previous week.
The quality of the offering was excellent with a good mixture of cross breeds and a very good number of merino trade sheep in all weights and grades with more weight overall than last sale.
There was a full field of processers at the rail however not all were fully engaged.
Competition was strong to firm for the heavy weights and $10/head softer for the lighter sheep with most mutton costing from 340 to 440 c/kg.
Heavy Cross Bred ewes made to $138/head.
Merino Wethers with a good skin to $145/head.
Merino ewes with skin to $136/head.
Hoggets sold $152/head.
Shorn Merino rams made to $12/head and Terminal rams $10/head.
District prices
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District weather
South West District Forecast
Today. Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and early afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h shifting southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h in the early afternoon.
Portland
Today. Shower or two clearing. Min15Max20 Wednesday. Sunny. Min9Max20 Thursday. Sunny. Min11Max25 Friday. Shower or two. Min15Max24 Saturday. Shower or two. Min15Max21 Sunday. Cloudy. Min11Max17
West Coast Waters
Today.Winds: Northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots early in the morning then tending west to southwesterly in the middle of the day.
Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning. Swell: Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening. Weather: Partly
From 9am Thursday to 9am
XB Ewes: Y Compton & Est R Compton, Mt Richmond, $138; YL Compton & Est R Compton, Mt Richmond, $133; M Deppler, Condah, $130; Woodside Moutajup, Heywood, $100; AT & J Wright, Nelson, $92.
Top quality dairy cows sold
HAMILTON CATTLE MARKET
A YARDING of 287 cattle was offered at Hamilton.
A single Angus/Friesian Bullock made 280c/kg with a quality yarding of trade cattle selling fully firm.
The excellent quality penning of cows sold to solid demand. Beef cows generally making from 255c/kg to a top of 280c/kg, Top quality dairy cows selling to 268c/kg.
A very good yarding of bulls sold to 286c/kg.
District prices
Steers: IG & RL Nunn, Tyrendarra, Hereford, 786kg, 280c/kg, $1360.
Heifers: IG & RL Nunn, Tyrendarra, Hereford, 460kg, 280c/kg, $1288
Cows: Larmefield, Tyrendarra, Murrey Grey, 775kg, 260c/kg, $2015; JD & OR Coates, Allestree, Angus X, 785kg, 278c/kg, $2182; Carter & Woodford, Heywood, Hereford, 675kg, 278c/kg, $1876; JD & OR Coates, Allestree, Friesian, 645kg, 264c/kg, $1702.
Bulls: JD & OR Coates, Allestree, Angus, 1005kg, 286c/kg, $2874.
Dye goes a long way in waterways
A SERIES of incidents that turned creeks and stormwater drains bright blue, green or orange has prompted a call to plumbers and other tradies to be extra careful with the coloured marker dye they use in their work.
EPA Victoria says the dye, called fluorescein, is non-toxic but very concentrated so even where it doesn’t affect the environment, it can still cause problems by diverting EPA investigators from more serious pollution.
“Fluorescein is most often used by plumbers to check pipe connections or spot leaks. It is useful and non-toxic, but it is also highly concentrated, so it’s easy to overdo it,” Ms Francis said.
“EPA will investigate any contaminant in a waterway in case it’s a hazardous chemical, but this year we’ve responded to numerous incidents involving fluorescein that took up investigators’ time and could easily have been prevented,” she said.
If you see bright coloured dye or other contaminants entering a stormwater drain or waterway, take a photo and call EPA’s 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842 or provide details online at epa.vic.gov.au/reportpollution/reporting-pollution.
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The Guide
with Extras CROSSWORD
Wednesday, December 4
ABC TV (2)
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince. (Ma, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News.
12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (Final, PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 5.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Question Everything. Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.
9.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) Hosted by Rob Brydon.
9.35 The Cleaner. (Mal, R)
10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Business. (R) 11.50 Mother And Son. (PG, R) 12.50 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 1.35 Killing Eve. (Mav, R) 2.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
The classic Sudoku game involves a grid of 81 squares.
The grid is divided into nine blocks, each containing nine squares.
The rules of the game are simple: each of the nine blocks has to contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares.
Each number can only appear once in a row, column or box.
Solutions: Page 4 TV Guide
Are you a big wit?
SUDOKU
EACH week the TV Guide will give readers of The Spectator, Portland Observer and Casterton News, a chance to test their wit by supplying an implausible, but amusing caption on a photograph taken from one of our newspapers.
The best contributions will be published in the next TV Guide, with or without your name as requested, and there will be a new photo for the following week.
Last week (left) we featured “Warrock” the kelpie mascot at last year’s Casterton Kelpie Festival.
The winning entry came from Pat Cummins, Casterton.
The best of the other suggestions were . . .
• I’ve found Wally! – Lisa Hockley, Coleraine.
• How much longer do I have to wave? My arm’s getting tired – Janet Shalders, Hamilton.
• Beats chasing sheep around all day – R. Baker, Nigretta.
• All this for a biscuit and a bowl of water – A. Sharp, Chetwynd.
• I don’t know about you, but that tree looks alright over there – Mavis Thomas, Sandford. Our next challenge (right) shows junior competitors at the first Branxholme Trans-Tasman Sheep Dog Trial.
This week’s entries should be emailed to: specadmin@spec.com.au – before 10am this Thursday
SBS (3)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.05 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (R) 10.55 The World’s Most Remote Hotels. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Exploring Northern Ireland. (R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour. 3.10 Dishing It Up. (PGl, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 24 Hours In ALDI. (R) Explores the history of ALDI supermarkets.
8.30 The Jury: Death On The Staircase: The Verdict. (Final, M) Having heard all the evidence, the real work begins for the jury.
9.35 The Old Man. (Malv) Chase and Zoe enter the lion’s den.
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Maxima. (Mal)
11.50 Pagan Peak. (Malv, R)
3.00 Employable Me (UK) (Mal, R) 4.05
Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. (PG, R) 5.00
NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SEVEN (6)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Curious Caterer: Grilling Season. (2023, Mav) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Force: Behind The Line. (PG, R) Narrated by Simon Reeve.
7.30 The Big Trip. (Final, PGl) Hosted by Dave Thornton.
9.00 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019, Mlv, R) A US lawman and a former spy reluctantly team up to take down a genetically enhanced anarchist. Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba.
12.00 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man. (MA15+av)
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping.
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
NINE (8, 80)
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas To Savour. (2021, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Healing Hippos. (PGm)
8.30 Budget Battlers. (Premiere, PGl) Hosted by Jess Eva and Norm Hogan.
9.40 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. (PG) John takes on Jelleys Hollow.
10.40 Millionaire Holiday Home Swap. (Premiere, PG) 11.40 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Mav) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
TEN (5, 50)
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Thursday, December 5
ABC (2) SBS (3)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News
Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30
Back Roads. (PG, R) 11.00 Plum. (Final, Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Grand Designs Australia. (R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.25 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Grand Designs Australia: Benowa. (PG) Hosted by Anthony Burke. 9.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (Return, PG) Hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell. 9.45 Fake Or Fortune? A Venetian View. (Final, R) 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Business. (R) 11.20 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 12.05 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 11.00 World’s Greatest Sporting Arenas. (Premiere) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Exploring Northern Ireland. (PGas, R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour. 3.10 Dishing It Up. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG)
8.30 Gods Of Tennis: Billie Jean King And Arthur Ashe. (Ml, R) A look at the greats of tennis. 9.30 Miniseries: Steeltown Murders. (Mal) Colin narrows down the pool of men. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 Miniseries: The Typist. (Final, MA15+v, R) 12.15 Pandore. (Malv, R) 3.10 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am WorldWatch. 10.00 The Inside Story. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 1.35 The Swiping Game. 1.55 Planet A. 2.50 Earthworks. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Curse Of Oak Island. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Holy Marvels With Dennis Quaid. (Premiere) 10.10 The Bambers. Midnight Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.05pm Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.10 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.40 Doctor Who. 10.25 Late Programs.
SEVEN (6)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Nightmare Student. (2021, Mav, R) Jessica Morris, Conlan Kisilewicz. 2.00 Surveillance Oz. (PGa, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v India. Game 1. From Allan Border Field, Brisbane. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v India. Game 1. 10.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG, R) Two Newfoundlands are misbehaving.
11.30 Pam & Tommy. (Premiere, MA15+ls)
A handyman steals a celebrity sex tape.
12.30 Criminal Confessions: Vanished In The Night. (MA15+alv, R) Sheriffs investigate a missing person’s case.
1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented by Greg Grainger.
2.00 Home Shopping.
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
NINE (8, 80)
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Ball. (2020, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Great Getaways. (Return, PG) The team heads to all corners of the globe.
8.30 Emergency. (Mlm) Dr Jonathan Papson struggles to cut a glove from a construction worker’s mangled hand.
9.30 A+E After Dark. (Malm) A man has a terrible accident on his bike.
10.30 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R)
11.25 Resident Alien. (Mav)
12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Cross Court. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
TEN (5, 50)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Top Gear Australia. (PGls) The boys become farmers for a day. 8.40 MOVIE: Tropic Thunder. (2008, Mdlsv, R) The eccentric cast of a big-budget war movie becomes lost in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. 10.45 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.10 The Project. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Karla Grant Presents. 2.00 Moko. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Spinal Destination. 9.30 MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever. (1977, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs. NITV (34)
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 6.25 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017, PG) 8.25 Frantz. (2016, PG, French) 10.30 It All Began When I Met You. (2013, PG, Japanese) 12.30pm Baby Done. (2020, M) 2.10 Dafne. (2019, PG, Italian) 3.55 White Lion. (2010, PG) 5.35 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 7.30 Misery. (1990) 9.30 Joyeux Noel. (2005, M, French) 11.40 Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Left Off The Map. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Mt Hutt Rescue. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Miss Scarlet And The Duke. 10.50 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 9.00 A Football Life. 10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Highway Patrol. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars. 4.00 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v India. Game 1. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Air Force One. (1997,
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6am Seaway. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30
5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 The ’80s Top Ten. 8.30 MOVIE: You Only Live Twice. (1967, PG) 10.55 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. Noon Gossip Girl. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Survivor 47. 9.00 Love Island Australia. 10.20 MOVIE: Last Christmas. (2019, PG) 12.20am The O.C. 1.15 The Nanny. 2.15 Life After Lockup. 3.05 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade X. 4.00 Late Programs.
Friday, December 6
ABC TV (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Back Roads. (R) 10.25 I Was Actually There. (PG, R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Madl, R) 2.00 Maggie Beer’s Big Mission. (R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. (PG, R) 5.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGl, R) 11.00 World’s Greatest Sporting Arenas. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Exploring Northern Ireland. (PGl, R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour. 3.10 Dishing It Up. (PGls, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Sophie Thomson takes a look at a country garden.
8.30 Shetland. (Mal) Tosh worries Harry and Donnie with her pursuit of a controversial new theory.
9.30 Question Everything. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.
10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
10.35 The Cleaner. (Mal, R)
11.35 ABC Late News. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 12.20 Grand Designs: The Streets. (Ml, R) 1.10 The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince. (Ma, R) 2.10 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Every Family Has A Secret: Danielle Chisholm And Heather Horne. (Ma, R) 8.30 Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Open. (Malns, R) Takes a look at Nicole Kidman. 9.35 Kennedy: Crisis (January 1962-October 1962) A look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Elvira. (PGa) 12.30 The Wall: The Orchard. (Malsv, R) 2.05 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 3.10 Love Your Home And Garden With Alan Titchmarsh. (PGa, R) 4.05 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Fatal Frenemies. (2021, Mav, R) Laurie Fortier, Jane Dillon. 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 1. Afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval. 5.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 1. Late afternoon session.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the Second Test Match between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 1. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 The Boy From Macksville. (PG) Celebrates the career of Phillip Hughes. 12.00 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing.
12.30 Taken. (Mav, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping.
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Setup. (2020, PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Find My Beach House Australia. (Return) Hosted by Shelley Craft. 8.30 MOVIE: The Accountant. (2016, MA15+alv, R) A maths genius who works as an accountant for high-rolling criminals is pursued by authorities. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons. 11.00 MOVIE: Triple 9. (2016, MA15+lv, R) An unsuspecting rookie foils a heist. Casey Affleck.
1.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG, R)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MOVIE: Luca. (2021, G) On the Italian Riviera, a young boy experiences an unforgettable summer with a new best friend. Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer. 9.30 Matlock. (PGad, R) A big class-action case against the prison system hits close to home. Matty plays matchmaker with Sarah and a girl from IT. 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather.
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Saturday, December 7
(2)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 1.15 Miniseries: Douglas Is Cancelled. (Ml, R) 1.55 Question Everything. (R) 2.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.15 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.45 Solar System With Brian Cox. (R) 4.45 Headliners. (PG, R) 5.35 Landline. (Final, R)
6.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Claudia Karvan. (PGl, R) Claudia Karvan shares five songs.
6.30 Muster Dogs: Where Are They Now. (R) Presented by Lisa Millar.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PGa) James hires a new trainee vet. 8.20 Vera. (Mv, R) Vera and her team find themselves investigating a mystery involving a miner’s missing daughter. 9.50 Plum. (Final, Ml, R) Plum finally shares his truth. 10.45 Shetland. (Mlv, R) Calder returns to Shetland. 11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Interstellar Ella. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 The Crystal Maze. 8.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.30 Speechless. 9.50 Officially Amazing. 10.20 Teen Titans Go! 10.40 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.05 The Eco Show. (R) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.00 Australia With Julia Bradbury. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.55 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix 6. Highlights. 4.25 The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra. (Premiere) 5.35 Weeks Of War. (PGav, R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. 8.25 The Jury: Death On The Staircase: The Verdict. (M, R) The real work begins for the jury. 9.30 The Great House Revival: Mayfield House, Co Wexford. 10.30 So Long, Marianne. (Mals) 11.25 Paris Paris. (PGl, R) 11.55 All Those Things We Never Said. (Ms, R) 2.20 Employable Me (UK) (PGa, R) 3.25 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. (PG, R) 4.20 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31)
6am WorldWatch.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Country Classic Day, Ballarat Cup and Gateway Raceday. 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Afternoon session. 5.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the Second Test Match between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 Heroes And Legends: Hall Of Fame. (PGl) The Sport Australia Hall of Fame special. 12.00 Taken. (Mav, R) Bryan must stop an act of biological terrorism.
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping.
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Drive Safer. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Helloworld. (PG) 2.00 The 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards. (PGl) 4.00 Getaway Presents Antarctica. (PG) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 To Be Advised.
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Bohemian Rhapsody. (2018, Ml, R) Charts the life of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the popular rock band Queen. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton. 10.15 My Life As A Rolling Stone: Keith Richards. (Madl, R) Takes a look at Keith Richards.
11.35 MOVIE: Truth. (2015, Ml, R) Cate Blanchett.
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGlm, R) A surfer suffers a serious fin chop. Will attempts to run for 48 hours with no sleep. 7.00 Soccer. Women’s international friendly. Australia v Chinese Taipei. 10.15 MOVIE: Kate & Leopold. (2001, PGhls, R) A New York City advertising executive meets a man who has been mysteriously transported from the 19th century. Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman. 12.45 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) A head-on collision leaves a driver trapped. 1.45 Ambulance UK. (Ml, R) An 81-yearold falls off his mobility scooter. 4.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
6am Morning Programs. 10.00 MOVIE: Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 11.40 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 1.15pm Great Parks Of Africa. 2.05 Sing About This Country. 4.05 Pretendians. 4.50 The First Inventors. 5.50 Taste Of The Territory. 6.20 News. 6.30 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: The Lost Boys. (1987) 10.15 Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90. 1.35am Late Programs.
10.00 Bamay. 10.30 It’s Suppertime! Noon Scrubs. 2.05 Beyond Oak Island. 2.55 Jungletown. 3.45 Fashionista. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.50 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. (Premiere) 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Great Australian Concerts: Clapton. 9.35 Great Australian Concerts: Kev Carmody. 10.40 Hudson & Rex. 12.20am The X-Files. 3.05 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Young Girls Of Rochefort. (1967, PG, French) 11.20 Misery. (1990) 1.20pm Vampire Seeking Consenting Person. (2023, French) 3.00 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 4.55 A Hard Day’s Night. (1964, PG) 6.30 Barefoot In The Park. (1967, PG) 8.30 Living. (2022, PG) 10.25 Easy Love. (2019, MA15+, German) 12.10am Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Horse Racing. Country Classic Day, Ballarat Cup and Gateway Raceday. 6.00 Taste Of Aust. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 I Escaped To The Country. (Return) 10.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 11.30 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 The Weekend Prospector. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Australian V8 Superboats: Season Review. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v India. Late arvo. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 9.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 10.30 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Intrepid Adventures. (R) 9.00 Drew Barrymore. (PGas, R) 10.00 Sort Your Life Out. (PGa) 11.15 Top Gear Australia. (PGls, R) 12.30 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 1.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.30 The Yes Experiment. 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 Expedition: Australia’s West Coast. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News. For
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6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Tomorrow’s World. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 MOVIE: Devil Girl From Mars. (1954, PG) 12.35pm MOVIE: Whisky Galore! (1949) 2.20 MOVIE: The Syndicate. (1968, PG) 4.15 MOVIE: The Alamo. (1960, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Diamonds Are Forever. (1971, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) Midnight Late Programs.
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6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm MOVIE: Barbie Skipper And The Big Babysitting Adventure. (2023) 1.45 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion And The Mechanical Marvel. (2016) 3.40 World Endurance Championship: Season Review. 4.45 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 5.45 MOVIE: Show Dogs. (2018) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007, M) 10.15 Late Programs.
Sunday, December 8
ABC TV (2)
6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Secret Science. (R) 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Christmas Special. (R) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.45 Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen. (R) 3.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 4.00 Restoration Australia. (Final) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Muster Dogs: Where Are They Now.
8.00 Miniseries: Douglas Is Cancelled. (Ml)
8.40 Love Me. (Ml) The family attends Christine’s funeral.
9.25 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Bill Bailey. (PG, R)
9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 11.35 You Can’t Ask That. (Mals, R) 12.40 New Leash On Life. (R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.05 Australia Remastered: Forces Of Nature. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales. (PG, R)
6am Children’s Programs. 10.00 MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 10.55 Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Pfffirates. 6.55 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 7.00 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.15 Bluey Minisodes. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 MOVIE: Get Santa. (2014, PG) 9.10 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 Seven News.
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Monday, December 9
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6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Australian Story. (R)
8.30 The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Kingdom Come. (Final, Ma) The story of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
9.30 The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson. (PG, R)
10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 A Life In Ten Pictures. (Mv, R) 12.00 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds: Perth. (Final, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Octonauts. 6.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 Hard Quiz Kids. 8.50 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.20 Poh’s Kitchen. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.30 Late Programs.
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6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Bamay. 10.30 It’s Suppertime! Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Rise. 1.25 The Real Stories Of Basketball. 2.20 Nuts And Bolts. 2.45 Munchies Guide To Las Vegas. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Curse Of Oak Island. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd. 9.20 Misadventures Of Romesh. 10.20 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31)
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3.00 Jarjums. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. (Premiere) 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. (Return) 6.40 Great Parks Of Africa. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.05 MOVIE: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché. (2021, M) 10.50 Late Programs. NITV (34)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.10 The Bridges That Built London. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Dishing It Up. (PG, R) 2.35 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.05 The Cook Up. (R) 3.35 Australian Fashion Past, Present, Future. (PGn) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
The World’s Most
Prince. (Final, Ma, R) 12.20 Our Dementia Choir Sings Again. (Final, PG, R) 1.25 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 2.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.40 Megafauna: What Killed Australia’s Giants? (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6am Children’s Programs. 6.05pm Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 Deadly 60. 8.50 Croc Watch With Steve Backshall. 9.35 Doctor Who. 10.25 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.50 Late Programs.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: West Runton To Burnham Market. 8.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Bear Grylls. Bear Grylls explores his roots. 9.40 Greatest Train Journeys From Above: Norway’s Bergen Railway. (R) A look at Norway’s Bergen Railway. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+asv) 12.55 Miniseries: Safe Home. (Mal, R) 2.50 Employable Me (USA) (Ma, R) 3.40 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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LOOKING BACK… CRICKET EDITION
10 years ago – 2014-15
March 23, 2015
TYRENDARRA has gone backto-back, defeating Portland Colts in the Portland and District Cricket Association A grade grand final.
In a low-scoring match at Henty Park turf, played in front of a healthy crowd over the two days, the Darras were able to defend a score of 146.
The Darras had almost looked down and out of the game at 9-113 on Saturday, but a 33-run last wicket stand gave their bowlers something to defend.
Colts looked to be well in control early on day one with the Darras at 5-59.
Enter Stephen Easterbrook.
With his team needing runs, Easterbrook rose to the challenge, belting a quickfire 40 runs that included five boundaries and a six.
Forming a crucial partnership with Jason Pitt, the pair brought the total to 84 before Pitt was dismissed.
Easterbrook was eventually dismissed with the score at 112, but Tyrendarra wasn’t finished just yet.
With their team nine wickets down, former captain Graham Duffy and
14-year-old Jordi Withers stuck together to add 33 runs on for the last wicket and bringing the score to 146.
Tyrendarra captain Mather said the last wicket partnership was crucial in the victory.
“The partnership between Jordi and Duff probably won us the match I reckon,” Mather said.
With more than an hour to bat on Saturday, the Colts run chase started disastrously with Alister Stannard trapped leg before by Darren Killmister in the sixth over for two.
Matthew Payne put on 19 runs in quick fashion before he was bowled by veteran Ben Menzel, leaving Colts at 2-28.
It went from bad to worse for Colts when Glenn Hollis was trapped by Sam Wilson for a duck towards the end of the first day’s play.
Mather said he couldn’t have asked for a better start from his bowlers.
“Getting three wickets (on Saturday) was just magical. If we didn’t get a wicket yesterday, I reckon they would have won the match.
“Getting those three wickets put the pressure right back on them, especially when they only had 30 runs, it was really good.”
Colts got themselves back in the game early on day two and brought the score along to 5-95, needing just 51 more for victory.
However, with the score on 95, Colts skipper Daniel Kinghorn (35) clipped one off his pads to midwicket, only to see Mather jump high and claim a stunning one-handed catch.
It was the moment that changed the match.
From there on, Tyrendarra was able to claim the final four wickets for only 15 runs with Easterbrook and Menzel doing the damage.
Between Menzel and Easterbrook, they claimed seven wickets – Menzel 4-42 from a marathon 24 overs (it would have been five, but for a no-ball when he bowled Dylan Barr), while Easterbrook took 3-9 from 5.2 overs to quickly close out the tail.
Easterbrook was named man of the match.
Portland Colts.
55.4
FOW: 14 (M. Pitt), 42 (C. Mather), 55 (S. Wilson), 59 (B. Menzel), 59 (J. Wilson), 84 (J. Pitt), 93 (D. Killmister), 112 (S. Easterbrook), 113 (A. Stuchbery), 146 (G. Duffy).
Bowling: D. Barr 24-8-3-56, J. Moody 14-6-3-27, A. Barbary 12-4-215, M. Banks 4.3-2-1-15, M. Belden 1.3-0-1-17.
(6b, 3lb, 2w, 8nb)
61.2 FOW: 5 (A. Stannard), 28 (M. Payne), 32 (G. Hollis), 48 (L. Andrews), 76 (A. Barbary), 95 (D. Kinghorn), 108 (M. Belden), 108 (S. Hamilton), 109 (M. Banks), 110 (D. Barr). Bowling: B. Menzel 24-10-4-42, D. Killmister 17-5-1-29, J. Pitt 9-0-011, S. Wilson 8-4-1-10, S. Easterbrook 5.2-1-3-9. Tyrendarra won.
as Colts chased down Portland Tigers’ 154 for the loss of only two wickets.
March 21, 2005
FLINDERS has won back-to-back A grade premierships after out-classing a gallant Gorae-Portland.
Flinders out-batted and out-bowled the so-called ‘junkyard dogs’ on a good strip at Henty Park and justifiably took home the silverware for the second successive season under the astute leadership of Darren Field and Dean Brewster.
Field won the toss and batted on Saturday and would have been nervous after the first six overs when Gorae-Portland strike bowler Simon Bampfield struck twice in his third over to have Flinders reeling at 2-10 with Terry Baker (0) and Daniel Falcone (0) back in the pavilion. But, disaster struck Go-Ports when Bampfield injured a shoulder and the attack lost its most potent weapon. He managed a further four overs but that was the end of his bowling for the afternoon. At the other end Jason Monaghan was also injured but plugged on for 12 overs to hold up an end as the support bowlers Luke Rietman and John Geier sent Mick Blomeley (23), Ken Baker (1), Brewster (5) and Field (3) back to their seats on the fence with the scoreboard a disappointing 6-44. But the end was not nigh for Flinders. Enter Jason
‘Cabbage’ Durbidge to the fore and his fast bowler brother Shayne and the two tore the heart out of the Go-Ports attack with some power hitting and well-judged running. They advanced the score from 6-44 to 7-112 when Jason was caught in slips for a hard-hitting 58.
Shayne then took the score to 8-147 with Trevor McMillan (19) before being joined by Paul Buchanan, taking the score to 9-194 when Durbidge’s innings was finally ended for 49. Buchanan then proceeded to add the icing on the cake by adding a further 46 runs for the 10th wicket with
Mark Smail before he holed out for 52. Needing 241 to win, Gorae-Portland’s run chase started cautiously. The first three batsmen all got starts, Andre Wallace getting to 29, Paul Woolley 11 and Richardson 19, but they would be the only ones to reach double figures. Go-Ports went from 1-56 to be all out for 99 with the final four wickets falling in the space of seven deliveries and without a run being added. Falcone was outstanding with a haul of 5-39 from 14 overs, while Shayne Durbidge took 3-25 from almost 18 overs.
TYRENDARRA claimed back-to-back A grade premierships with a 34-run win over
PORTLAND Colts’ winning B grade side with the premiership shield. The side won its sixth flag in a row with captain Ash Elijah top scoring with 93 not out
Tyrendarra First Innings
SOUTH Portland’s Darren Blay looks to get on with the job during the Demons’ B grade grand final win over Colts, played at Flinders Park. South made 259 in the match (Mick Ryan 78 not out, Adam Thompson 30, Paul Drew 28), while Colts replied with 228 (Shane Smith 64, Nick Wills 53, Luke Evans 42).
Tigersharks dominate basketball grand finals
NICK MOSELEY
PORTLAND Basketball Association’s spring domestic season came to an exciting close on Sunday, when nine teams were crowned premiers after intense play across the full day of grand finals.
It was a big day for Portland’s Tigersharks teams, winning seven of the nine grand final games, including the division one men’s grand final.
That match saw Tigersharks Gold fight their way back from a 15-0 start from Shawnee Black to knock off the reigning spring premiers Shawnee Black 60-43.
The back-and-forth opening half saw Shawnee carry a two-point lead into half-time, but the second half was anything but back-and-forth as Tigersharks Gold turned on the style to score 36 points while holding Shawnee Black to just 17 points.
The tall-and-small pairing of Charlie Piergrosse and Toby Jennings, 18 points and 11 points, was too much for their opponents to keep up with, while Jed Lucas put up 16 points to pile on Shawnee Black’s misfortune.
Alongside his scoring input, Jennings’ floor-general abilities were enough to hand him the grand final MVP honours with a number of flashy passes and assists giving him the edge over his teammates.
Logan Edwards and Mitch Arnold both battled strongly in the losing side, Edwards getting hot early with the three-ball and making four deep shots for his 16 points, while Arnold drove well for his 13 points.
Charlie Piergrosse topped off the premiership season with winning the season best and fairest honours.
In the division one women’s action, the experience of Shawnee was too much for a young Tigersharks Grey side who tried valiantly to keep up with their opponents
before eventually losing 52-34. Neither side took a backwards step in the contest but after leading by just four points at half time, Shawnee upped the scoring to add 34 second half points to extend their winning margin to 18 points.
Meg Schultz was the leading scorer on the winning side with 13 points, but it was Portland Coasters captain
Heidi Jones who was adjudged best on court for the game, her leadership and expertise helping Shawnee put a halt to any attempted comebacks while also scoring nine points.
Jones was also chosen as one of the winners of the season best and fairest award, which she shared with Tigersharks Gold’s Alana Strom.
Stella Grinham shot the lights out for Tigersharks Grey, leading all comers with 18 points and proving her ability as a long-shot threat after hitting all five of her team’s deep-range shots.
Division two
One of the day’s most intense matchups came in the division two men’s game, in which Tigersharks Grey defeated Shawnee Gold by just one point after an Evan Bott free-throw gave Grey the lead with just over a minute remaining.
The strength of Tigersharks Grey was the difference in the end, Evan Bott scoring 13 points and Johnny Bell and Billy Bell scoring 18 and 12 points each.
Brodie Lucas impressed with 23 points for Shawnee Gold, while Xavier Sherwell scored 19 points and Chad Finck 13.
Johnny Bell was named MVP of the grand final for his strong showing, while the season’s best and fairest was shared by Shawnee Gold’s Harrison Looker and Shawnee Black’s Nick Peters.
Tigersharks Red defeated Shawnee 49-41 in the women’s division two grand final, as grand final MVP Tiarna Keegan led her side to the comeback victory.
Keegan and teammate Stella Rogers both scored 13 points, and Tamika Amos 12 points as Tigersharks Red came back from a four-point deficit at halftime to get the win.
Shawnee were held to just eleven points in the second period, but Annika Baker, Millie Ferguson and Zara Stock all fought hard for their nine points each.
After scoring seven points in the losing side, Courtney Gadsden was named division two best and fairest following her strong season.
Division three
In the division three women’s grand final, Tigersharks Grey held on to weather a fast-finishing Tigersharks Gold team who fought back after scoring just five points in the first half.
Tigersharks Gold’s Ruby Rowe was named both grand final MVP, after scoring 15 points for the game, as well as season best and fairest honours, while Ayda Wiseman led the game’s scoring with 18 points.
Ivy Aitchison and Arlee Wilson were two of the stronger performers for Tigersharks Gold, as they both scored seven points.
The all-Celtix matchup in the men’s division three saw Celtix Blue defeat Celtix Bricks 42-33, where Kobi Campbell won both MVP and season best and fairest honours.
Kody Oliver and Harrison Thomas both scored 13 points in the winning side and Dean Mitchell scored seven, while Ashton Campbell top-scored on the losing team with 14 points, Jack Lipscombe scored seven.
Division four
Tigersharks Gold defeated Tigersharks Grey in the Division four women’s grand final, as Jasmine Borella shot the ball well to score 18 points while also being named season best and fairest.
Abbey Lane played well as she scored 14 points and was named grand final MVP as part of the losing side, while Yasmin Wood scored six points.
Tigersharks Red scored a narrow victory over Shawnee Black in the division four men’s, winning their grand final 30-29 as Nash Wollard was named grand final MVP as part of the losing Shawnee side.
Wollard scored eight points and utilised his playmaking, while Chad Daniel led the scoring for the side with 15 points.
Xavier Buchanan led the game with 18 points, while his teammate
season best and fairest honours for the
Tigersharks Grey won over Beavers Blue in the division five women’s game, winning 17-12 with Maddison Amundsen winning grand final MVP after top scoring with six points, Beavers Blue’s Jennifer Cain top scored for her side with five points.
Issac Graham scored six. Shawnee White’s Bailey Bottrall won
season.
CAMILLA Maina works to find a teammate under pressure.
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FIGHTING to gain possession is Tigersharks Grey’s Mackenzie Barr (left) and Shawnee player Annika Baker. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc01
NICK Peters hunts for an outlet passing option against Tigersharks player Charlie Piergrosse. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc14
Saturday’s golf rained out
SATURDAY’S rain saw competition close for the day’s scheduled Stableford event at Portland Golf Club, due to the wet conditions and the impact made on the course.
Golfer of the Year
Men – Midweek:
Winner: 125 – Peter Millar, Runner Up: 117 - Peter Baddeley, 115 – Darren Bryden, 112 – Kevin Rivett, 105 – Ross Manitta, 101 - Kaleb Sherwell, 100 – John Mitchell, 98 – Robert Morley, 96 – Bill Richards, David Hollis, 94 –Adrian Cleary, 93 – Tony Elias, 91 –Tony Filupovic, Pat Withers, 85 - Terry Moodie, 83 - Gary Jensz, Brian Jennings, 72 – Jason Bannam.
Ladies:
Leader: 114 – Lucy Cumming, Runner Up: 101 – Lyndelle Hampshire, 100 –Rebecca Bannam, 94 - Aileen White, Janine Shepherd, 92 – Ellen Zeunert, 91 – Tania Butcher, Pam Taylor, 90 – Di Rogers, 89 – Deb Driscoll, 88 – Jenny Foster, 84 - Carol Taylor, 82 - Julie Burke, 79 – Kaye Holmes, 73 – Sandy Stewart, 67 – Leonie Anderson.
Men – Weekend:
Leader: 60 – Mark Smail, Runner Up: 57 – Steve Roberts, 54 – Rocky McMillan, 51 – Ross Manitta, 50 – Lee Anderson, Tony Filipovic, 49 – Kevin Rivett, 47 – Riley Hollis, Joel Colliver, 46 - Jeremy Duncan, Ken Banks, 45 – Ross Kester, 44 – Dave O’Brien, Paul Fittock, Rod Sharam, Pat Withers, 43 - Ken Arnie Brewster, Clint Foster, Dayle King, 42 -Bill Aldous.
Tuesday
Stableford – Men and Ladies: (42 players – 41 men and one lady)
A grade (+1 to 13) - Winner: Keith Boots (12) 43. Runner Up: Darren Bryden (6) 40.
B grade (14 to 36) - Winner: Matt Payne (14) 36. Runner Up: Brett Stephens (16) 35cb.
Ball rundown: 38 – David Rogers, 37 –Brian Jennings, Pat Withers, 36 – David Hollis, 35 – Kaleb Sherwell, Ben Dyson. NTPs: 5th - Mark Stiles, 8th – Keith Boots, 11th – Darren Coombe, 18th –Dennis Rowston.
Wednesday
Stableford – Ladies: (28 players)
A grade (0 to 21)- Winner: Ellen Zeunert (7) 39. Runner Up: Jill Treloar (8) 37. Third: Debbie Driscoll (9) 36.
B grade (22 to 45) – Winner: Marilyn Garner (22) 37. Runner Up: Gail Baulch (29) 32. Third: Pam Taylor (22) 32. NTPs: 5th- Carol Danby, 8th – Sandy Stewart, 11th – --------, 18th – Rebecca Bannam.
Ball rundown: 36 – Sandy Stewart, 34Janine Shepherd. Birdie competition: 15th – Marilyn Garner.
Captains birdie competition: 8th – Sandy Stewart and Kaye Holmes. Raffle winner: Marg Tober.
Thursday
Stableford – Men: (44 players)
A grade (6 to 12) – Winner: Terry Grant (12) 37. Runner Up: Brian Jennings (6) 36cb.
B grade (13 to 36) - Winner: Phil Kelly (13) 37. Runner Up: Julian Vise (14) 35. Ball rundown: 36 – Graham Clayton, 35 – Lee Anderson, 34 – Tony
NTPs: 5th – --------, 8th
Elias, Selwyn Makin, Steve Garner.
– Lee Anderson, 11th – Kevin Rivett, 18th – Adam Hawke.
TIGERSHARKS Gold’s Jake Tunstall puts plenty of pressure over a pass. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc13
LOGAN Edwards passes down court for Shawnee’s division one men’s team in their loss to Tigersharks. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc12
TIGERSHARKS Grey player Petal Phillips battles for the ball against Shawnee’s Heidi Jones (left) and Lexie Petch during the division one women’s grand final. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc06
DIVISION one men’s grand final MVP Toby Jennings drives to the basket. Picture: NICOLE CLEARY 241201nc19
Hardingham’s 31 not enough for Coasters
NICK MOSELEY
A SLOW first quarter start for the Portland Coasters men’s side couldn’t be overturned by a huge 31-point performance from big-man Nathan Hardingham, as the side finished their Country Basketball League season with a disappointing 10-point loss on the road in Ararat, 76-86.
Portland had no answers for the Ararat scoring in the first quarter, when the Redbacks put up 30 points to the Coasters’ 14 to give the travelling side somewhat of a mountain to climb.
The 16-point quarter-time margin was too much for the Coasters to reel in, as it remained the same at half time before the Coasters won the latter two quarters, both 22-19.
Coasters coach Hayden Annett said it was Ararat’s long-range shooting, namely of his opposing playing-coach Josh Fiegert, that made the difference early between the two teams.
“Ararat shot the hell out of the ball, which we found really hard to come up against,” he said.
“Halfway through the first quarter we were pretty much even before they just went whack with a handful of threes all in a row.
“Their playing-coach Josh Fiegert made quite a few tough, contested shots which you have to just live with.
“It’s pretty painful to get beaten by what you know, we knew that Josh was a real threat, and we were unable to take that threat away.
“From the first quarter, we played really well and did better to slow the scoring - we tightened up on Fiegert, but then a couple of other blokes were able to pop up for Ararat, like the two Lindeblad brothers.”
Annett said the Coasters’ defensive ability had stood up to the Ararat side but had found it hard to put up a winning score on the road.
“After that first quarter we were able to give ourselves a chance, but we all know that road games can be tough and we weren’t able to work out a way to score consistently,” he said.
“Keeping a team to 86 points is usually good enough to get the win, so I don’t think our defence is the problem at all.
“I think what needed to improve was our ability to create and to limit our turnovers which was a big problem for us once again.”
Fiegert, and Ethan Lindeblad both made five three-point shots, while Oliver Lindeblad made four, but no Redbacks players came close to matching the scoring ability of the Coasters centre, Hardingham.
Under close attention for much of the game, Hardingham stood tall through whatever Ararat threw at him, top scoring for the game with 31 points, with 12 of those points coming from beyond the perimeter.
Annett was full of praise for Hardingham, who he said had been returning to some of his best form late in the season.
“Nathan was fantastic, 31 points and countless rebounds and played over 36 minutes of the game,” he said.
“He created so many opportunities for our other players as well, which is something you don’t see on the stats sheet.
“I’d spoken in recent weeks about Nathan finding his feet once again, and we’ve really seen the results of that work lately.
“It’s really great to see him back to his best.”
Alongside Hardingham’s strong performance, there were a number of positives the Coasters
could take away from the game in a match where they won two quarters and drew another following the unfortunate start in the first quarter.
Toby Jennings continued his strong lateseason scoring, tallying up 15 points and utilising his playmaking ability to find his teammates.
A number of players were able to come off the bench and play extended minutes to good effect, Ash Hill scoring five points and Darcy Campbell, Jed Lucas and Nick Peters all scoring four points each.
Annett said he was impressed by the showing of 17-year-old Diesel Stone, who provided a strong presence on court for the handful of minutes he saw.
“Diesel Stone played really solidly for the minutes that he got,” he said.
“There was a period where we were able to bring the margin down by around 10 points while he was on the court.
“While his impact didn’t really show through on the box score, he really had a big impact for us.”
The loss resigned the Coasters to a sixthplace finish for the season, having lost their last five games after starting the season 4-1.
Finals set to begin
The weekend games bought an end to the home and away season for the Country Basketball League south west conference with the two-week finals series starting on the weekend.
In the men’s competition Horsham and Mount Gambier will head into finals full of confidence with both sides winning their games on the weekend to finish first and second on the ladder respectively.
Rounding out the final four is Warrnambool and Millicent.
In the women’s competition Portland’s side had a bye this weekend but finished top of the table as they push for back-to-back championships.
In the five-team competition Colac was the only side to miss out on finals with Millicent, Mount Gambier and Warrnambool locked in for the weekend.
Seven-try performance from Tucker tops return of touch football
PORTLAND Touch Football
Association continued its summer season after a week off with some big wins and performances in round seven on Thursday night.
A seven-try effort from John Tucker helped his Razzle Dazzle side to a narrow one-try victory against Fakari Rugs while Razzmatazz locked in a big win against the youngsters.
Results
Razzmatazz 11 defeated Rising Stars 3 - hat tricks to both Stephen Arthur and Robert Biadacz played big roles in leading their Razzmatazz side to an easy win over the developing Rising Stars side. Xavier Cox scored two tries for his Rising Stars team.
Try scorers for Razzmatazz: Stephen Arthur 3, Robert Biadacz 3, Elijah Ngatai 2, Jared Goldsworthy
2, Brad Holman 1.
Try scorers for Rising Stars: Xavier Cox 2, Hunter Barker 1. Purple Razz 7 defeated Sore4days 4 - Nathan Adams had a massive game, scoring five tries and leading his team on both offensive and defensive sides to a win over Cameron Gleeson and his Sore4days side.
Try scorers for Purple Razz: Nathan Adams 5, Josh Errey 2.
Try scorers for Sore4days: Cameron Gleeson 2, Diane Enriquez 1, Zach Siemon 1. Razzle Dazzle 8 defeated Fakari Rugs 7 - this game was back and forth for the entire game with both teams trading tries right up until the final whistle. John Tucker was the star of this matchup, scoring seven of his team’s eight tries. Shayne Wilcox managed a hat trick for his Fakari Rugs team.
Try scorers for Razzle Dazzle: John Tucker 7, Jed Denham 1.
Try scorers for Fakari Rugs: Shayne Wilcox 3, Tai Wilcox 1, Jack Spencer 1, Damien King 1, Roger Middleton 1. Cougars 11 defeated Mighty Mighty House Cats 7 - the Cougars ball movement and teamwork was the big story of this game, building an early lead and never looking back. The Cougars had six individual try scorers in this game, Jacob and Emily Amor combined to score all seven of their team’s tries.
Try scorers for Cougars: Charlie Keiller 3, Patrick Mahon 2, Lucas Adams 2, Jayke Cannon 2, Eloise Adams 1, Hunter Keiller 1.
Try scorers for Mighty Mighty House Cats: Jacob Amor 5, Emily Amor 2. Huff & Puff 11 defeated Blue Razz 1 - Luke Filipovic led the way for
his team in this game, playing a big role in both playmaking and scoring as he finished the game with three tries and he had a hand in setting up most of his teams scoring opportunities. Wayne Edwards was the solo try scorer for Blue Razz in this game.
Try scorers for Huff & Puff: Luke Filipovic 3, Ceejay Durbridge 2, Elijah Ngatai 2, Elkannah Meola 1, Jayme Cannon 1, Hinemoa BiddleMaitland 1, Josh Kirkwood 1.
Try scorer for Blue Razz: Wayne Edwards 1.
Round eight fixture
6pm - Razzmatazz vs Razzle Dazzle
6pm - Purple Razz vs Rising Stars
6:50pm - Fakari Rugs vs Huff & Puff
6:50pm - Mighty Mighty House Cats vs Sore4days
7:40pm - Blue Razz vs Cougars
Washout
weekend
RANI KANE
PLENTY of outdoor sports suffered locally from the wet weather on the weekend with a number of events cancelled due to the conditions.
The 59mm of rainfall recorded in Portland on the weekend forced associations to call games off early.
Saturday saw a huge cancellation across the board with regular Surry District Tennis Association and Hamilton District Cricket Association matches all abandoned.
Competition golf was another victim to the weather on Saturday.
The first event for Southern 500 Speedway was also expected to go ahead in Heathmere on Saturday but was also called off due to the rain.
HAYDEN Annett and his CBL men’s side played out their last game on Saturday, going down to Ararat.
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Blackberry, Greene score big totals in rain
NICK MOSELEY
THE opening round of Portland’s T20 games kicked off in drizzly conditions last Thursday evening, but the rain couldn’t put a stop to the scorching performances in the three matches.
Portland Tigers claimed the biggest victory of the round, defeating South Portland by 120 runs after they set a mammoth total of 4/213 in the first innings at Cavalier Park.
When Tigers skipper Will Oakley was dismissed by Karsen Edwards for 11 runs, his fellow opener Craig Blackberry was joined in the middle by exciting Tigers player Shanaka Silva and the duo showed their intent right away.
The pair combined for a 138-run partnership while weathering the conditions and running hard as the ball slowed up in the wet outfield, but running often wasn’t necessary as the pair’s partnership included 18 boundaries.
Blackberry was in fine form in his fourth hit-out for the Tigers this season, top scoring with 85 runs off just 51 balls, which included six fours and four sixes, while Silva hit three fours and five massive sixes in his innings of 69 off 42 balls.
Silva was the first of the pair to be dismissed, caught by Craig Cummins off the bowling of Rory Barry while Blackberry followed 14 runs later when he was caught behind off the bowling of Noah Liersch.
Paul Procter scored a quick 17 runs off just nine balls, before he was run out by Bhargav Gorrupotu and Harri Dennert on the last ball of the innings, while Josh Atwell’s unbeaten 16 runs helped push the Tigers total over 200.
South Portland’s chase got off to a poor start as the rain continued, when their skipper was caught off the bowling of Llewellyn Oakley for six, before Oakley followed that up with a wicket the very next ball to have the Demons at 2/7.
Rory Barry and Tighe Warburton attempted to get their side back on track, with Warburton top scoring for South Portland with 22 runs off 19 balls, while Karsen Edwards also batted strongly for 21 runs off 13 balls.
But the lower-order collapse was inspired by the bowling of Jake Davies, who took four wickets for just 11 runs off his 3.3 overs, as South Portland lost their last five wickets for 10 runs to hand the Tigers the win as they were dismissed for 93 runs.
Go-Ports v Drumborg Heywood
Elsewhere, Gorae-Portland scored a big win over Drumborg-Heywood at Alexandra Park, as
Noah Greene showed that he could do it all with game-winning performances in both innings.
After being sent into bat by their opponents,
Sam Atchison was run out without having even faced a ball with the game’s third delivery.
But that dismissal kickstarted the Go-Ports batsman, as Greene and Nick Wills teed off to score a quick 90-run partnership before Wills was bowled by Kyle Salt for 36 runs off 31 balls, having hit five fours and one six in the innings.
Greene batted smartly for the entire innings and hit seven fours in his unbeaten 82-run knock, carrying his bat and making up more than half of his side’s total for the game, while skipper Zac Duncan scored 15 runs before he was also run out by Gordie Slade.
Drumborg-Heywood’s chase started on the back foot, when three balls into the innings, Raju Tamang bowled Michael Bell before he was able to trouble the scorers.
Aaron Barr would follow the very next over for two runs, as Greene claimed the first of his three wickets for the innings, finishing the game with figures of 3/13 off three overs.
Sam Atchison claimed one wicket of his own, not conceding any runs from his two overs while Tom Roberts and Harvey Reynolds both claimed
a wicket each.
Mark Bowden was the highest scorer for his side with an unbeaten 13, but Drumborg-Heywood fell 113 runs short.
Tyrendarra v Portland Colts
In the other game, Tyrendarra chased down Portland Colts total of 102 in just over 16 overs, as the game’s momentum was often halted by the wet weather.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat, Colts started brightly as Jak Hotchkiss and Adam Barbary opened the innings with a quick 34-run partnership before Barbary was dismissed for 13 runs.
Hotchkiss followed 10 balls later for an innings high 23 runs, before James Chapple and Luke Evans soon joined those dismissed, having scored just one and two runs respectively.
Daniel Kinghorn and Matthew Payne helped Colts regain some momentum from number five and six, quickly putting together a 34-run partnership as Kinghorn scored 18 and Payne 22 runs.
The latter fell victim to Tyrendarra bowler Mark Pitt, who was too strong with the ball in the innings to finish his four overs with figures
of 4/13, while Dylan Murray supported well with 2/20 off his allotted overs.
Alarm bells were ringing early in the Darra’s chase, when Mitch Arnold was dismissed for a duck after just three balls, but Cam Mather and Jordi Withers got their side back on track as they added 43 runs.
Both batsman scored 21 runs, with Mathers innings ending after he was caught by Luke Evans off the bowling of Matthew Payne after 20 balls, Payne also claiming the wicket of Withers whose innings came to an end after 16 balls.
Daniel Kinghorn inspired some hope for Colts after claiming the wickets of Jake and Sam Wilson for three and five runs respectively, before the pair of Lachie Kirk and Mark Pitt scored 42 runs, Pitt hitting a four in the seventeenth over to guide Tyrendarra home with five wickets to spare.
This week’s fixtures
Tyrendarra v Portland Tigers at Tyrendarra. Drumborg-Heywood v South Portland at Heywood.
Gorae-Portland v Portland Colts at Alexandra Park.
AARON Barr sends one down as part of his tidy four overs with the ball, where he conceded just 13 runs at a rate of 3.25 an over. Picture: ISABELLA PUNTON 241128ip15
GORAE-Portland’s Zac Duncan touches down for a run as part of his 15-run innings.
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