Congratulations to our little Devil Lily Smart for being pick 11 in the AFLW Pre-Season Draft to the West Coast Eagles 💪
With speed, versatility, endurance, skill and acumen, Lily is a machine!
Your MLDFC family cannot be more proud to support you in the next stage of your journey out West Lily.
Give ’em Hell mate 🔥
MORE RE LILY INFO ON WEST COAST EAGLES WEBSITE HERE
Heathfield High School Oval Upgrade Announced as State Election Commitment
Mount Lofty Districts Football Club welcomes the announcement by Premier Peter Malinauskas that a re-elected Labor Government will commit $1.45 million to upgrade the Heathfield High School Oval and associated facilities.
The commitment—announced this week alongside Labor candidate Marisa Bell, club committee members and players—includes:
These upgrades will significantly enhance the usability and safety of the oval for both Heathfield High School students and local sporting clubs, including the Mount Lofty Districts Football Club, which continues to experience strong growth across junior, moddies, girls, women, and senior teams.
“This is fantastic news for our club and the wider community,” said Greg Bond, President of the Mount Lofty Districts Football Club. “A $1.45 million upgrade will make a huge difference. With more than 500 registered players, we are bursting at the seams. There simply aren’t enough ovals to provide every team with the training and game time they need—a great problem to have for a thriving football community.”
“Improved drainage, new lighting and upgraded retaining walls will mean safer, more accessible facilities for everyone—from Heathfield High School students to our growing footy family.”
The Club will continue to work with all sides of politics to ensure this commitment is matched or strengthened, recognising the essential need for upgraded community sporting infrastructure to keep pace with participation growth.
I would like to send my sincere thanks to both Peter Harvey and Chris Illman for the initiation and support of this project. Their tireless work has lead us to this point and for this we should all be immensely grateful.
Greg Bond
President, Mount Lofty Districts Football Club
0401 934 353
president@mtloftydevils.com.au
MLDFC AGM was held Tuesday 11 November.
With more information to follow:
The Devils would like to thank Chris Illman who has stepped down as President after a superb season in 2025. Chris’ dedication, support and voluntary hours given are a true testament to community club spirit.
The Devils congratulate and welcome incoming President Greg Bond. Greg, with kids in the junior program, a history on junior committee and a strong business acumen, is sure to be a fantastic attribute to our already strong club.
Thank you Chris and welcome to the next tier of the Devils family Greg.
Welcome to the 2025 football season with the Mt Lofty Devils.
We are looking forward to having you all as part of the candy stripe family.
The best news for the upcoming season… Subs remain static, despite CPI and increases in club costs!
Please remember when registering that volunteers are the only way our club operates, so if you are a parent, or have a family member that can participate, please reach out!
REGISTER NOW TO AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE YOUR $30 EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT
Last day for early-bird registration 31 January 2025
All South Australian children in Reception to Year 9 are eligible for up to two (2) SA Government $100 Sports Vouchers
This means children aged 5 (or becoming 5 in the calendar year) to 15 years old are eligible.
In 2025, eligible children will have a birth year from 2010 to 2020.
* To claim the SA Government Sports Voucher, select the Government Vouchers dropdown at the final checkout for ‘Sports Vouchers (SA)’ fill out the required information and click ‘APPLY’.
The $100 or $200 will then be removed from the final total. If the discount doesn’t apply before checking out, DO NOT complete your purchase, please contact registration@mtloftydevils.com.au for further information.
Auskick is for all children aged 5-12 and our program is mixed gender
HFL Moddies program is mixed gender with teams in U8, U9, U10, U11 & U12
SANFL Girls U12 & U14
HFLW Female U17 & Seniors
HFL Male U14, U16, U18 and Seniors A, B & C Grade
All Moddies teams in 2025 will receive a guernsey kit supplied by the club therefore the club will supply participants with a training top when registering for the season.
Registration must be complete by Friday 14 February 2025 or NO Moddies Merch Gift will be included with your registration.
REGISTER HERE:
HFL MODDIES, JUNIORS & SENIORS https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/7abde2
SANFL JUNIOR GIRLS https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/c749ea
AUSKICK https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/d91386
• Auskick Registration open from 10am Saturday 1 February
• Auskick Term 2 – 10:30am-11:30am Sundays 4 May – 29 June
*No early-bird discounts for Auskick as a National program hosted by Mt Lofty, Govt voucher available
• Please contact Rose for any enquiries auskick@mtloftydevils.com.au
PlayHQ support and FAQ please visit https://support.playhq.com/hc/en-au
MLDFC registration enquiries please email registration@mtloftydevils.com.au
MLDFC general enquiries please email secretary@mtloftydevils.com.au
Mt Lofty District Football Club
We would like to thank Bruce Dawes, who did us the honour of tossing the commemorative Life Member Coin for the match against Lobethal on Saturday 10 August 2024 whilst joining his mates for reunion day.
Bruce played his entire junior and senior career at Mt Lofty, and with 362 senior club games, is still the current record holder for the Devils. Bruce won the A Grade Best and Fairest in 1996 and was an A Grade Premiership player in 2006 and 2007, later adding 2 Premierships in the B Grade and one in the C Grade. He then went on to coach our A Grade between 2014 and 2016, becoming a Premiership Coach in 2014 and being recognised as the Senior Country Coach of the Year by the SANFL. He also coached our senior womens team in 2019 then going onto coach SANFLW League where he coached at Sturt FC and now resides at West Adelaide. Bruce is also a HFL umpire and on the HFL board.
Back home at Mt Lofty he has been an avid volunteer over many years, helping all over the club. Over the years Bruce has continuously helped with oval maintenance and line marking. He is also one of our beloved MC’s at Quiz night, Presentation night and other functions, and chips in whenever the call out comes.
We are extremely lucky to have Bruce Dawes as a part of the Mt Lofty Devils Family.
Thank you sincerely on behalf of everybody at Mt Lofty District Football Club for all that you do BD.
We’re seeking donations to fund the purchase of an LED scoreboard that will benefit the entire Hills community.
The maths:
DONATE NOW TO HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!
There are two ways to support the Mt Lofty scoreboard project:
THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS COMMUNITY WE ARE SO CLOSE! LET’S GET THIS SCOREBOARD BUILT IN 2024!
