The Mortlock Football League is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 competition based around 8 clubs in the south-west region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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. It is one of a number of football leagues in the wheat-belt region of WA. The 8 teams include the towns of Calingiri

Calingiri, Western Australia

Calingiri is a town located north-east of Perth, near New Norcia in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.The town derives its name from Calingiri Waterhole, the name of which was first recorded by a surveyor in 1903. The settlement was first proposed in 1914...

, Dalwallinu

Dalwallinu, Western Australia

Dalwallinu is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located 248 km from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. Agriculture and supporting industries are the town's primary economic activities. The town is also the first town on The Wildflower Way, a world-famous Western...

, Dowerin

Dowerin, Western Australia

Dowerin is a town and shire located north-east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus...

, Gingin

Gingin, Western Australia

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, Goomalling

Goomalling, Western Australia

Goomalling is a townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 45 km north north east of Northam, Western Australia. The name Goomalling was first shown for a spring found by explorers Hillman & Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country" and squatters subsequently...

, Toodyay

Toodyay, Western Australia

Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...

, Wongan

Wongan Hills, Western Australia

Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is approximately 182 km north of the State capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres....

-Ballidu

Ballidu, Western Australia

Ballidu is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Perth. Ballidu is also north of the town of Wongan Hills which, along with a few other small towns such as Cadoux and Bindi Bindi make up the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu....

 and Wyalkatchem

Wyalkatchem, Western Australia

Wyalkatchem townsite is located in the central agricultural region, east north east of Perth and east of Dowerin. At the 2006 census, Wyalkatchem had a population of 344....

. All clubs apart from Wyalkatchem (only league) field both league and reserve teams. It must also be noted that Mortlock League also includes a hockey competition which involves all clubs mentioned above, apart from Toodyay. Teams compete in a home and away season of 14 rounds with a number of bye's and one week during the season dedicated to playing country week football against other south-western country leagues. The season ends with a finals campaign including the top 4 teams from the home and away rounds.

History of the Mortlock League

The league was originally known as the Goomalling FL until the early 1970s. The Goomalling competition dates back to before World War 2. The teams involved in the league have varied over the years. more info is needed in this section.

2008 season in review

At the completion of the 2008 home and away season the league and reserves ladder was as follows.

LEAGUE Football Premiership table

	P	W	L	D	For	Agt	%	Pts
Calingiri	14	11	3	0	1471	1024	143	44
Toodyay	14	10	4	0	1592	1047	152	40
Dowerin	14	9	5	0	1389	999	139	36
Gingin	14	9	5	0	1404	1130	124	36
Dalwallinu	14	8	6	0	1255	1008	124	32
Wongan-Ballidu	14	6	8	0	1097	1394	78	24
Goomalling	14	3	11	0	1278	1473	86	12
Wyalkatchem	14	0	14	0	435	1846	23	0

RESERVES Football Premiership Table

	P	W	L	D	For	Agt	%	Pts
Toodyay	12	12	0	0	1273	395	322	48
Dowerin	12	8	4	0	779	565	137	32
Gingin	12	8	4	0	728	536	135	32
Calingiri	12	6	6	0	763	762	100	24
Goomalling	12	4	8	0	645	787	81	16
Wongan-Ballidu	12	3	9	0	495	851	58	12
Dalwallinu	12	1	11	0	285	1072	26	4

Grand final results

LEAGUE
DOWERIN	4.1	8.4	10.8	15.9	99
def. Calingiri	5.4	8.8	11.11	12.3	85

Fairest and Best Phil Mincheton Medal awarded to Dowerin's Dean Trewhella

RESERVES
DOWERIN	5.0	6.2	9.3	12.4	76
def. Calingiri	0.1	1.4	3.8	11.9	75

This game was draw after full time

Five minutes each way extra time was played

Fairest and Best in Grand Final awarded to Dowerin's Hayden Collard

Mortlock Premiership

• 2000 Calingiri
• 2001 Wyalkatchem
• 2002 Gingin
• 2003 Wyalkatchem
• 2004 Toodyay
• 2005 Dowerin
• 2006 Calingiri
• 2007 Goomalling
• 2008 Dowerin
• 2009 Wongan Ballidu
• 2010 Dowerin
• 2011 Gingin

Boekeman Medal (Fairest and Best)

LEAGUE

• 2000 Chad Boucher (Calingiri)
• 2001 Troy Foote (Wyalkatchem)
• 2002 Michael Davey (Goomalling)
• 2003 Michael Davey (Toodyay)
• 2004 Nick Smith (Calingiri)
• 2005 Paul Fewster (Gingin)
• 2006 Matthew Borgward (Wyalkatchem)
• 2007 Greg Woods (Goomalling)
• 2008 Craig Wilson (Dowerin)
• 2009 Adam Pearce (Toodyay)
• 2010 Brad McNeill (Dalwallinu)
• 2011 Dean Trewhella (Dowerin)

RESERVES

• 2000 Klint Hagboom (Dowerin)
• 2001 Blake Hagboom (Dowerin)
• 2002 Graeme Taylor (Goomalling)
• 2003 Joel Gomerslol (Gingin)
• 2004 Graig Whyte (Dalwallinu)
• 2005 Scott Flavel (Dowerin)
• 2006 Rhys Allsop (Dowerin) & Mark McComish (Gingin)
• 2007 Kyhe McKenna (Dowerin)
• 2008 Corey Higgins (Toodyay)
• 2009 Garth King (Dowerin)
• 2010 Chad McKay (Dalwallinu)
• 2011 Chad Hagboom (Dowerin)

Bendigo Bank Player Of The Year Award

• 2007 Craig Wilson (Dowerin)
• 2008 Dean Trewhella (Dowerin)
• 2009
• 2010 Brad McNeill (Dalwallinu)
• 2011 Rheece Bartel (Gingin)

Lyndon Bird Goal Kicking Award

LEAGUE

• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003 Justin Kiely (Wyalkatchem) 62 Goals
• 2004 Phil Brookes (Dalwallinu) 62 Goals
• 2005 Daniel King (Calingiri)
• 2006 Michael Potts (Gingin) 83 Goals
• 2007 Samuel Stanton (Toodyay)
• 2008 Jay Betts (Toodyay) 87 Goals
• 2009 David Wilson (Dowerin)
• 2010 David Wilson (Dowerin) 56 Goals
• 2011 Geoffrey Rouse (Gingin)