by Megan Billerwell | Dec 12, 2021 | General
It is with sadness we let people know of the passing of Beatrice “May” Laffey, the mother of Lynton who played with Stirling Football Club and Helen Hewitt who has been a very hard working volunteer for Mt Lofty. Chris Laffey, Lynton and Margaret’s son, also played for the Devils, with great support from his parents and Grandmother, with Lynton also volunteering in roles at Junior levels and as B Grade Team Manager.
May and her family are another family with strong connections to Mt Lofty and heritage club, Stirling, where her late husband Kevin was an extremely skilled forward who played for the club in the late 1940’s and 1950’s, kicking over 100 goals on several occasions, including more than 100 in just 14 matches..
May was a great supporter of all of her family in football and volunteered for many years at Stirling FC. A very good seamstress in her working days, she spent quite a few of her later years with Helen and always maintained a football interest locally, while keeping across the progress of Glenelg and the Adelaide Crows.
May passed away after an amazing 103 and a half years on 8 December and her funeral service will be conducted at 10.00am Friday 17 December at the Carr Memorial Chapel at 1 Morphett Street, Mt Barker.
On behalf of The Lofty Legends Group and the Mt Lofty District Football Club, we pass on our sincere condolences to Helen and Lynton, Margaret and Chris, who have been such a big part of Mt Lofty and Stirling Football Clubs as well as Denise and Philippe and Grandchildren Kerryn and Stephen, Chris and Kendall, Lara and their families.
by Megan Billerwell | Dec 8, 2021 | General, Heathfield-Aldgate United FC, Heritage, Lofty Legends Group
It is with much sadness that we advise the passing of one of the club and local community’s most dedicated members, Lorraine Pawlak, nee Hampton.
Sadly, Lorraine passed away on Saturday 4 December after various health issues suffered over a period of years. In her typical no-nonsense approach to life, her family and friends were extremely shocked by a deterioration in her health in the few weeks prior. (Refer below for Memorial Service details).
A resident of Heathfield for most of her life and made a Life Member of the Mt Lofty District Football Club in 2004, Lorraine was a member of the Hampton family, which is so prominent in the history of the Stirling, Heathfield, Heathfield Aldgate United and Mt Lofty Football Clubs going back many decades. Lorraine gave so much, never attracting attention in any way, just doing things quietly and efficiently which she knew needed to be done. The Football Clubs were so fortunate in so many areas with her being a very active member of the Junior Committee when her sons Glen and Jason played in the junior grades, going on to be involved for decades in so many roles including Canteen Manager, Catering Manager and a myriad of other tasks. When the club was having difficulty in recent years with obtaining stock for the canteen, BBQ and kitchen Lorraine again came to the fore and continued up until 2020 even during periods of ill health.
Lorraine’s life away from football was also typified by her giving nature, taking care of people less privileged to the general community. A proud Parent and Grandparent who loved looking after her grandchildren, Lorraine also dedicated herself, together with her sisters and brother and families, to the care of her parent’s Jack and Joyce Hampton who themselves also gave so much to the clubs.
The Lofty Legends Group and the Mt Lofty District Football Club offer our sincere condolences to Jack and Joyce, as well as Glen and Jason and their families and to Margaret, Kevin, Robyn and Sharyn and their families. So sad to lose such a beautiful person and as one former Heathfield Aldgate United Life Member put it “An Angel is created.”
Lorraine won the Club Person of the Year award and was also appointed as a Life Member in 2004.
Here she is pictured below with her nephew Josh Healey (now a senior player) on the occasion of him winning the Junior Club Person of the Year in 2007.
A huge family contribution – father Jack won a Club Person award with Heathfield Aldgate United and was also an HAU Life Member and Nephew Joel also won a Club Person of the Year with Mt Lofty.
Memorial Service – details from today’s Courier:
“A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 16 at 2 p.m. at the Mt Lofty Clubrooms (Longwood Road, Heathfield), Afternoon tea and a drink to celebrate Lorraine’s life. Because of COVID-19 restrictions please RSVP to Kevin Hampton on 0407 616 632 or Sharyn Healey 0407 474 934.”
COVID has certainly led to great pressures on the community and with Lorraine’s parents and several friends being quite elderly with health issues, regrettably, the family respectfully ask that people attending have proof of double vaccination available please.
Sadly due to Covid restrictions, limitations on event numbers are in place too. RSVP’s are essentials please, and the family ask that only immediate family children attend.
by Megan Billerwell | Nov 28, 2021 | General, Senior Men
The Mt Lofty Devs Senior Men are thrilled to sign Ash Eckermann for the 2022 season.
Ash is a three time A Grade premiership player for Hahndorf. He has also represented the Hills Football League at interleague level three times as well as selection for the zone team in the State Country Championships – all this by the age of 22.
Ash is a strong, long kicking, hard tackling utility who can play nearly every position. His finals and premiership experience will give a significant lift to the young Devs.
We are really looking forward to seeing Ash in the red and white this year.
Welcome Ash, give ’em Hell!
by Megan Billerwell | Nov 27, 2021 | General, Juniors
With a surge of junior and senior Devils playing football in the past few years, it has been no surprise more and more of our players have been selected to play at SANFL level. This year has been no exception, and has been the biggest year for our junior’s ever.
To all of our Devils that have been selected to play representative, State, SANFL and development training football this year, we say CONGRATULATIONS from all of us here at the Devs!
Season 2021 saw THREE of our U15 girls that were selected in the Sturt team, also get selected to train in the Junior Crows Development Squad. Phoebe Neck, Keira May and Winnie Thornquest will have the opportunity to take on the extra training opportunities, following in the footsteps of past Devil and 2021 Crows draftee Zoe Prowse and past Lofty award winners, now Sturt players Izzy Kuiper (2021 Sturt B&F) and Georgia Swan. It’s clear this selection can pave the way for a great opportunities ahead.
CONGRATULATIONS young Devils! We cannot wait to see what your future holds 👹❤️🤍❤️ Give ’em Hell
by Megan Billerwell | Nov 27, 2021 | General, Senior Men
Welcome back for season 2022, this 2021 recruit and Devs Runner Up B&F, Jameson Bower 💪
We are pumped to have this hard working utility re-signed for 2022! Jamo goes as hard at the ball as any of the greats we have seen at the club before. A smart, quick footballer that can sneak up forward and snag us a few goals, he has been a fantastic addition to the top tier team.
Going as hard off field as he does on field, Jamo’s leadership to training and socialising is inspiring to all.
Welcome back Jamo, give ’em Hell mate!
