# Mortlock Shield

The Mortlock Shield Championship, known for commercial reasons as the Port Lincoln Bendigo Bank Mortlock Shield Championship and commonly known as just the Mortlock Shield is an annual Australian rules football competition based in Port Lincoln, South Australia. The competition tis held annually at Centenary Oval and it consists of a round robin lightning football tournament with representative teams of leagues from the Eyre Peninsula and beyond. It is an affiliated competition of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The current champions are Lincoln City who won the 2024 edition of the carnival.

## Brief history

Named after William Tennant Mortlock, the Mortlock Shield began in 1936 when the football associations of Central Eyre, Cleve, Eastern Eyre, Great Flinders and Port Lincoln decided to hold a football tournament to celebrate the centenary of South Australia. Since 1994 The best players from the carnival are selected represent the Eyre Peninsula team in the SA Country Football Championship.

## Format

The current format of the Mortlock Shield consists of a single round robin structure composed of 5 representative sides of football leagues from around the Eyre Peninsula. The carnival is held over two days on the Kings Birthday long weekend (Saturday and Monday). The games are played under lightning football conditions with two twenty minute halves. The team on top of the ladder after four games played is declared champion and awarded the perpetual Mortlock Shield to commemorate their win.
Until 2021 teams formally played two full games (one on Saturday and one on Monday) against two select opponents and the team who finished top of the ladder was declared champion

## List of Champions

List of Mortlock Shield Champions.

## Current Teams

| Team | Representative | Years in comp | Shields | Championship years |
| Eastern Eyre | Eastern Eyre Football League | 1989- | 4 | 1989, 1991, 1995, 2016 |
| Great Flinders | Great Flinders Football League | 1936- | 27 | 1936, 1951, 1955. 1956, 1957, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Lincoln City | Port Lincoln Football League (Lincoln South, Tasman and Wayback players) | 1964–2006, 2012- | 8 | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 2004, 2012, 2017, 2024 |
| Lincoln Districts | Port Lincoln Football League (Boston, Mallee Park and Marble Range players) | 1964–2006, 2012- | 9 | 1968, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1999 |
| Western Eyre (Formerly Far West) | Western Eyre Football League | 1957- | 8 | 1960, 1969, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2023 |

## 2017 Ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 92 | 58.56 | 4 |
| 2 | Great Flinders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 84 | 56.70 | 4 |
| 3 | EP Sharks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 79 | 59.49 | 2 |
| 4 | Far West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 89 | 57.21 | 2 |
| 5 | Eastern Eyre | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 108 | 53.25 | 2 |
| 6 | Lincoln Districts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 117 | 46.58 | 2 |
| 7 | Mid West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 136 | 41.88 | 0 |
| 8 | Far North | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 151 | 27.75 | 0 |

## 2018 Ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts |
| 1 | EP Sharks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 76 | 69.35 | 4 |
| 2 | Great Flinders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 56 | 62.42 | 4 |
| 3 | Mid West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 64 | 66.32 | 2 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 99 | 47.62 | 2 |
| 5 | Eastern Eyre | 2 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 99 | 45.00 | 2 |
| 6 | Far West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 144 | 40.00 | 2 |
| 7 | Lincoln Districts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 115 | 47.43 | 0 |
| 8 | Far North | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 146 | 19.78 | 0 |

## 2019 Ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts |
| 1 | Great Flinders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 81 | 60.10 | 4 |
| 2 | Lincoln Districts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 95 | 56.82 | 4 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 103 | 50.48 | 2 |
| 4 | Eastern Eyre | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 90 | 48.86 | 2 |
| 5 | Mid West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 103 | 44.92 | 0 |
| 6 | Far West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 132 | 38.32 | 0 |

## 2021 Ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts |
| 1 | Great Flinders | 4 | 3 | 1 | 187 | 119 | 61.11 | 6 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 147 | 48.78 | 6 |
| 3 | Eastern Eyre | 4 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 163 | 44.56 | 4 |
| 4 | Lincoln Districts | 4 | 1 | 3 | 166 | 166 | 47.80 | 2 |
| 5 | Western Eyre | 4 | 1 | 3 | 124 | 139 | 47.15 | 2 |

## 2022 ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| 1 | Great Flinders | 4 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 90 | 64.14 | 8 | Grand Final | Great Flinders | 6 | 5 | 41 | Eastern Eyre | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | Eastern Eyre | 4 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 84 | 62.94 | 6 |
| 3 | Lincoln Districts | 4 | 2 | 2 | 146 | 111 | 56.81 | 4 |
| 4 | Western Eyre | 4 | 1 | 3 | 128 | 161 | 44.29 | 2 |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 4 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 200 | 29.08 | 0 |

## 2023 Ladder

| Pos | Team | Played | Wins | Losses | For | Against | % | Pts |
| 1 | Western Eyre | 4 | 3 | 1 | 161 | 84 | 65.71 | 6 |
| 2 | Lincoln Districts | 4 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 127 | 57.95 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Flinders | 4 | 2 | 2 | 147 | 117 | 55.68 | 4 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 4 | 1 | 3 | 89 | 143 | 38.36 | 2 |
| 5 | Eastern Eyre | 4 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 179 | 30.35 | 2 |

## Norwood Cup

The Norwood Cup, formally North Adelaide Shield and Port Adelaide Cup is an Under-15's mixed Competition ran on the Saturday between the Mortlock Shield. The cup is sponsored by the Norwood Football Club who compete in the SANFL as the Eyre Peninsula falls under their country zone which is in place to develop youth football to professional level in South Australia.