TERANG MORTLAKE
Current Affiliation: Hampden Football League (HFL) since 2002
Formed: 2002, via a merger between Mortlake, which had been in abeyance since April 2000, and Terang
Colours: Blue and red
Emblem: Bloods
Senior Premierships: 2004-5 (2 total)
Maskell Medallists: Luke Vogels 2004 (1 total)
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Prior to their amalgamation in 2002, both Terang and Mortlake had been successful members of the Hampden Football League for many years. Football in Mortlake dated back at least to the 1880s, and Mortlake Football Club participated in a number of different competitions prior to joining the HFL as a founder member in 1930. It won its first HFL senior premiership in 1931, and went on to add two more, in 1936 and 1975, as well as finishing as runners-up on seven occasions. The club also won seven reserves and two under eighteen flags, but during the 1990s it began to experience trouble finding enough players to field viable teams each weekend, and in 1999 it entered into a merger arrangement with the Derinallum Football Club to form the Western Lions. The Lions only lasted one full season, however, before disbanding.
Terang, like Mortlake, had been a foundation member of the competition in 1930 and overall won a total of eighteen premierships, of which eight were at senior level. The club's colours of red and blue and nickname of the Bloods have been inherited by Terang Mortlake, which plays its home matches in the two towns alternately. The success of the merger is readily discerned from the club's achievements to date, with the seniors having won two premierships from three grand finals in five seasons, and the reserves three flags from three grand finals.
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