Our much-loved Heathfield Aldgate United Life Member and Number One Ticket Holder of the Lofty Legends Group, Jack Hampton, passed away this week at age 99.
Jack has battled ill health for several years and with the wonderful support of his family, he remained in the family home which he and Joyce built on Longwood Road Heathfield in the early 1950’s, at which time he decided that he should play with the local club and transferred from Stirling to Heathfield.
The amalgamation with Aldgate saw Jack become a key person in the Heathfield Aldgate United Football Club. His service to football in the Hills saw him as a Premiership player, Premiership Coach and an official who took on so many roles, including the ceiling installation in the old change rooms as well as many other tasks required when the Heathfield Oval was constructed. The dedication to the club which he showed, along with Joyce, set the way for his family where both Lorraine, who was sadly lost almost two years ago, and Kevin, were both made Life Members of the Mt Lofty District Football Club. Seven Grandsons have since played for Mt Lofty with Josh Healey now a Premiership Player after another win in last year’s B Grade side.
Our much-loved Heathfield Aldgate United Life Member and Number One Ticket Holder of the Lofty Legends Group, Jack Hampton, passed away this morning at age 99.
Jack has battled ill health for several years and with the wonderful support of his family, he remained in the family home which he and Joyce built on Longwood Road Heathfield in the early 1950’s, at which time he decided that he should play with the local club and transferred from Stirling to Heathfield.
The amalgamation with Aldgate saw Jack become a key person in the Heathfield Aldgate United Football Club. His service to football in the Hills saw him as a Premiership player, Premiership Coach and an official who took on so many roles, including the ceiling installation in the old change rooms as well as many other tasks required when the Heathfield Oval was constructed. The dedication to the club which he showed, along with Joyce, set the way for his family where both Lorraine, who was sadly lost almost two years ago, and Kevin, were both made Life Members of the Mt Lofty District Football Club. Seven Grandsons have since played for Mt Lofty with Josh Healey now a Premiership Player after another win in last year’s B Grade side.
Notices will appear in the paper in coming days.
We extend our sincere condolences to Joyce and their children Margaret, Kevin, Sharyn and Robyn and families and Lorraine’s family.
Jack and Joyce are pictured above in their family home several years ago, and at the 2021 reunion with Vin Pistola and Garry Earl.
2018 Reunion Day – 1968 HAU Junior Colts Premiership – Jack Hampton, Daryl Hampton, Andy Fletcher, David Evans, Kevin Hampton.
We were sadly advised of the passing of Margaret Clements recently who was a dedicated volunteer with the Heathfield Aldgate United Football Club. Margaret was the incredibly supportive wife of Frank, a past Mt Lofty Chairman and Life Member of both Heathfield Aldgate and Mt Lofty Football Clubs and mother of 6 children and their families including Mt Lofty Life Member, Paul who was President during the Triple A Grade Mt Lofty Premiership sides of 2006 to 2008.
Margaret’s family has been synonymous with the Aldgate, Heathfield Aldgate United and Mt Lofty Football Clubs where she was always a significant support to the family which played such a large role in the three clubs, spanning over 4 decades.
With Frank’s heavy involvement, daughter Lyn relates that Margaret eventually decided “if you cant beat ‘em’, join ‘em” which saw her host selection meetings, work in the canteen, making sure young players were provided with a decent meal, (especially with what became known as “Marg burgers”) and washing countless footy jumpers and hanging them in numerical order (even doing that again in her 70’s when Paul was President). Lyn adds “…yes OCD runs so deep in the family that we call it CDO as of course it must be in alphabetical order J There was one occasion when a shower of rain came over, so Margs dashed to the line, grabbed dry jumpers, and then rehung the still damp ones, again in numerical order. Once they were all dry and folded, in numerical order ready for game day, Margs was beside herself as there was one missing! When she gave Frank this information, he asked her which one and promptly started laughing when she told him the number…..apparently this was the jumper of one of the neighbours who had obviously jumped the fence to grab his jumper, not to mention to do Margaret’s head in!”
We will always remember Margaret with her wonderful disposition, a friendly manner, and who amazingly juggled a large family with her career as a nurse. After some years of ill health, she passed away last Friday, but while her family are in mourning, they are relieved that their very much-loved Mother is now at peace.
We extend our sincere condolences to Lynette, Richard, Debra, Heather, Andrew and Paul and their families.
Notice of Margaret’s passing appeared in 14 June Courier.
Margaret pictured with Rick at the 2016 Club Reunion.
We’re back at Arkaba Oval on Saturday for another Iron Raiders clash, starting with our U14 Boys at 8.45am, and ending with our A Grade Men at 2.30pm. On Saturday, we also welcome our wonderful partners for SPONSORS DAY. Come and say thanks to this amazing group of business owners from 12pm upstairs in the changerooms.
It’s also Reunion Round – thanks to the Lofty Legends Group for putting these events together every year.
But first on Friday night, our U13 Girls kick off the action at home, taking on Plympton at 6.10pm, followed by our U12 Reds V Echunga at 7.30pm.
On Sunday, our U17 Girls and U15 Girls are both playing away, while our Senior Women take on Iron Raiders at home at 1.30pm.
Check out all the action in the fixtures below and on PlayHQ.
We’ve raised $2,170 through the Toyota Good For Footy Raffle so far. That means we’re 22% of the way to our fundraising goal of $10k. All money raised will go towards the new digital scoreboard.
You can buy a ticket HERE or via one of the unique team links below. The raffle closes on 18/9/23 and winners will be announced on 22/9. You could win a brand new car, with three up for grabs!
TEAMS COMP UPDATE:THE RACE IS ON!
The U8 Black team is still in first position with $400 worth of tickets sold so far.
The U12 White team have stormed into second place with $375 with of tickets sold
The U15 Girls slipped into third with $345 worth of tickets sold!
The U8 Red team holding on in fourth with $175 worth of tickets sold.
The U13 Girls team has jumped into fifth place with $135 worth of tickets sold.
The only teams yet to sell a tickets are: U11 Mixed, U10 White, U10 Red, U9 Red and U8 Green.
A reminder that the team that sells the most tickets will win a $200 voucher to the Aldgate Pump Hotel.
As a special treat, normal kitchen meals will be available Thursday, FRIDAY and Saturday this week.
We look forward to seeing you in the club rooms for a meal and catch up.
Menu includes: This weeks special: Chicken or Vegetarian Laksa Kids meals Drumstick Icecreams, if you can beat Sammy McTaggart and Aishy to them!
A friendly reminder that Arkaba Oval is a licensed venue as are all Hills Clubs, this includes the carpark. BYO alcohol is not permitted and breaches our liquor licences. Please be respectful to all the clubs and DO NOT BYO alcohol to any matches.
