in 2008 fielded junior football and netball teams in the Warrnambool and District League. Lewis Taylor, winner of the 2014 AFL Rising Star award is from Mortlake. Mortlake originally fielded the Mortlake Football Club, who went into recess and merged with Derrinallum for the 1999 season to become the Western Lions in the Hampden league. The Western Lions went into recess in 2000. The original Mortlake Football Club then amalgamated with the Terang Football Club in the Hampden Football Netball League and the Woorndoo Football Club in the Mininera & District Football League in 2001, to field two separate teams. Mortlake has both football and cricket facilities at the D.C. Farren Oval, which also contains 10 courts for netball and tennis. Mortlake has a horse racing club, the Mortlake Racing Club, which schedules one race meeting a year, the Mortlake Cup meeting held on Victoria Derby day. Golfers play at the course of the Mortlake Golf Club on Hopetoun Street. Famous residents Leon Harris - footballer Joan Chambers - Victorian State Politician Lewis Taylor - , winner of the 2014 AFL Rising Star. Kate McLennan - Comedian, writer and actor Edward 'Ted' Absalom - Collingwood footballer and Boer War Veteran Luke Rounds- Collingwood Footballer Mary Turner Shaw - Pioneering Architect Ray Anderson - South Melbourne Footballer Marji Armstrong - Equestrian Walter West - Victorian State Politician William Ronald Cumming - Grazier, Soldier, Victorian Politician, Croix de guerre recipient Russel Howcroft - (media personality) References External links Mortlake Mortlake Home Page Mortlake & District Historical Society Inc Shire of Moyne Council Mortlake P-12 College Towns in Victoria (Australia) Australian soldier settlements Western District (Victoria) 1859 establishments in Australia