GREAT Flinders won their third successive Mortlock Shield carnival on the weekend, beating Eastern Eyre in the final to take the title.
About 1800 people turned up for the annual two-day carnival at Centenary Oval in Port Lincoln, which the Maroons have made their own in recent years.
Great Flinders made the final by beating Port Lincoln by a point in their first game on Saturday, and then coming out to win over Mid West in extra time in the final game on Saturday.
Confusion reigned after the final siren had sounded on Saturday, but the decision was made that both teams had to come back out and play an extra five minutes each end, and Great Flinders came away with the points.
Eastern Eyre had a simpler run into the final; in their first game on Saturday they easily accounted for Far West and then had a convincing win over Whyalla to sit on top of the table Saturday night.
On Monday, Port Lincoln thrashed Far West in the first game, Mid West scored an easy win over Whyalla in the second game and Great Flinders won the last game, and the shield.
Reports on each game, plus photographs appear in today’s Inside Sport.2008 Mortlock Shield
Saturday
Game 1
Eastern Eyre 5-3 15-5 (95)
Far West 1-0 1-0 (6)
Goals: Eastern Eyre: S. Redden 4, S. Gray 4, C. Mason 3, M. Lienert 2, K. Jenner, L. Fizgerald. Far West: W. Johncock.
Best: Eastern Eyre: L. Fitzgerald, M. Edwards, M. Lienert, M. Franklin, S. Redden, C. Mason. Far West: L. Brown, L. Rodda, R. Scott, A. Shipard, J. Trowbridge.
Game 2
Great Flinders 4-2 5-4 (34)
Port Lincoln 3-3 5-3 (33)Goals: Great Flinders: S. Fitzgerald, M. Curtis, M. PArker, A. Castley, B. Coad. Port Lincoln: M. Kelsh 2, C. Semmler, H. Miller, J. Cragg-Sapsford.
Best: Great Flinders: M. Curtis, P. Jefferson, B. Tolly, M. Parker, J. Holman, S. Hazelgrove. Port Lincoln: A. Jericho, J. Honner, H. Parker, H. Miller, M. Goodwin.
Game 3
Whyalla 3-4 10-6 (66)
Far West 0-2 0-3 (3)
Goals: Whyalla: M. Stanton 2, B. Page, L. Seymore, M. Turber, D. Smedley, G. Feibig, D. Hannaman, L. Rigland.
Best: Whyalla: Not supplied. Far West: Not supplied.
Game 4
Mid West 4-2 9-3 (57)
Port Lincoln 4-1 6-1 (37)
Goals: Mid West: A. Whiteford 2, R. DuBois 2, T. Baldock 2, C. Johnson, C. Watson, R. Jacobs. Port Lincoln: M. Kelsh 2, M. Goodwin, R. Hunt, J. Burgoyne, B. Watherston.
Best: Mid West: S. Feltus, T. Montgomerie, C. Watson, R. DuBois, T. Baldock, J. Stringer. Port Lincoln: R. Hunt, J. Cragg-Sapsford, R. Campbell, M. Goodwin, L. Smith, S. Kidney.
Game 5
Eastern Eyre 3-8 5-10 (40)
Whyalla 0-1 1-4 (10)
Goals: Eastern Eyre: K. Jenner 2, N. Johnson 2, S. Gray. Whyalla: D. Colson.
Best: Eastern Eyre: M. Edwards, L. Fitzgerald, M. Franklin, D. Harris, W. Piggot, T. Evans. Whyalla: S. Nowak, D. Smedley, A. Smith, D. Colson, R. Baker.
Game 6
Great Flinders 1-2 2-5 (17)
Mid West 0-4 1-4 (10)
Goals: Great Flinders: S. Pedler, B. White. Mid West: S. Webb.
Best: Great Flinders: P. Jefferson, M. Parker, S. Pedler, J. Telfer, A. Castley, M. Habner. Mid West: S. Feltus, J. Stringer, T. Montgomerie, B. Holmes, J. Williams, D. Freeman.
Table after Saturday
W L F A Tot Pts %
Eastern Eyre 2 0 135 16 151 4 89.40
Great Flinders 2 0 51 43 94 4 54.26
Whyalla 1 1 76 43 119 2 63.87
Mid West 1 1 67 54 121 2 55.37
Port Lincoln 0 2 70 91 161 0 43.48
Far West 0 2 9 161 170 0 5.29
Monday
Game 7
Port Lincoln 7-3 19-11 26-14 37-14 (236) Far West 1-0 1-0 4-0 5-0 (30)
Goals: Port Lincoln: R. Campbell 13, H. Miller 6, C. Semmler 4, Wanganeen, K. Miller 3, J. Burgoyne, J. Cragg-Sapsford 2, M. Goodwin, S. Tyler, H. Parker, M. Kilsby. Far West: Not supplied.
Best: Port Lincoln: J. Burgoyne, R. Hunt, L. Smith, R. Campbell, H. Parker, C. Semmler. Far West: Not supplied.
Game 8
Mid West 3-2 12-4 13-6 20-7 (127)
Whyalla 1-4 1-7 8-9 13-11 (89)
Goals: Mid West: R. Jacobs 6, A. Whitford 3, R. DuBois, B. Holmes, S. Webb, C. Strange, A. Grocke, C. Watson 2. Whyalla: C. Clothier 4, S. Barford, D. Hannemann 2, K. Patterson, D. Colson, D. Smedley, R. Baker, G. Fiebig 1.
Best: Mid West: R. DuBois, J. Stringer, S. Feltus, J. Williams, R. Jacobs, B. Holmes. Whyalla: C. Clotheir, D. Smedley, D. Colson, B. Page, K. Grund, N. Wohling.
Game 8
Great Flinders 4-3 9--5 9-7 12-8 (80)
Eastern Eyre 1-1 4-4 6-6 8-10 (58)
Goals: Great Flinders: S. Fitzgerald, S. Read, M. Parker, I. Halman, S. Pedler 2, P. Jefferson, N James 1. Eastern Eyre: M. Lienert 2, N. Johnson, S. Gray, M. Franklin, C. Mason, S. Redden, K. Jenner 1.
Best: Great Flinders: P. Jefferson, J. Telfer, B. Jolly, M. Curtis, J. Holman, D. Wedd, Eastern Eyre: M. Franklin, T. Evans, M. Edwards, W. Piggott, K. Jenner, J. Burton.
Final table
W L F A Tot Pts %
Great Flinders 3 0 131 101 232 6 56.47
Eastern Eyre 2 1 193 96 289 4 66.78
Mic West 2 1 194 143 337 4 57.57
Port Lincoln 1 2 306 121 427 2 71.66
Whyalla 1 2 165 170 335 2 49.25
Far West 0 3 39 397 436 0 8.94
Trophy winners
Best and fairest: Scott Feltus, Mid West, nine votes. Runner-up: Leigh Fitzgerald, Eastern Eyre, 5 votes.
Best under 21: Tie between Matt Parker, Great Flinders, Jesse Stinger, Mid West, and Ross Campbell, Port Lincoln.
Leading goal kicker: Ross Campbell, Port Lincoln, 13 goals.
Eyre Peninsula squad
Eastern Eyre
Leigh Fitzgerald, Sam Gray (u21), Matthew Lienert, Kyle Jenner, Wayne Piggott, Cody Mason (u21), Matt Franklin.
Great Flinders
Paul Jefferson, Craig Curtis, Michael Curtis, Matthew Parker, Mark Habner, Jim Holman, Brock Jolly (u21), Aaron Castley, Sam Read (u21), Simon Pedler, Jordy Telfer, Brad Hazelgrove (u21).
Mid West
Scott Feltus, Jess Stringer (21), Tyson Montgomerie, Ryan DuBois, Jay Williams (u21), Brayden Holmes (u21), Rohan Jacobs (u21), Aiden Whitford.
Far West
Rohan Scott, Lachlan Brown, Waylon Johncock (u21), Andy Cox (u21).
Port Lincoln
Matthew Goodwin, Matt James, Carl Semmler, Rory Hunt, Andrew Jericho, Harry Miller, Hadyn Parker, Jason Burgoyne, Ross Campbell (u21), Joe Cragg-Sapsford (u21), Derrick Wanganeen (u21), Murray Kelsh.
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