The Mt Lofty Football Club is excited to announce Oscar Kerr, Dan Peake and Hudson Spencer as our U14 Boys Coaches for the 2025 season.
In doing so, we would like to thank Brad Burch as the outgoing U14 coach for all of his time and dedication over the last three seasons in this role. He has certainly brought his own flare to the team. We are excited to keep Brad’s expertise within the club for other roles in 2025.
2025 will be an exciting year for our young Devils, as three of our passionate and talented young footballers advance to the next level of the coaching careers.
Having been involved in Assistant Coaching, mentoring and even constant figures at Auskick for a number of years, Oscar, Dan and Hudson are very excited to further develop this group of footballers. The trio have developed their philosophy and focus for the upcoming season:
Positive outlook: Have a positive outlook on and off the field, this includes not dropping your heads during games as well as positive attitude towards training.
Teamwork: This starts with treating all of your team mates like family and getting around each other after every good performance/thing
Player development/setting and achieving personal goals: The goal is to have every player achieve at least 1 of their personal goals by the end of the year.
We look forward to seeing the impact of the boys leadership in the 2025 season 💪 Give ’em Hell Devs 🔥
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!
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.
ONE OF OUR OWN TURNS 100 ❤️🔥 What an amazing life story for Cliff and his family!
2025 Australia Day saw one of Heathfield Aldgate United’s most inspirational Life Members, Cliff Chaplin, turn 100. The Chaplin family, Cliff and Mabel and their children Barry and Diane, were a very big part of Heathfield Aldgate United and the family organised a celebration yesterday. Unfortunately, Cliff was unable to be present as he was not up to it on the day. A resident of Heathfield his entire life, his wonderful approach to all who have known him, saw those closest to Cliff honour and celebrate his milestone birthday and recount a century of treasured memories.
Cliff is a significant part of Mt Lofty Football Club’s heritage, commencing his playing days with Stirling, becoming a foundation member of the Heathfield Football Club and later Heathfield Aldgate United where his incredible dedication to the clubs’ and the Heathfield community was recognised with Life Membership of Heathfield Aldgate United in 1975.
HAU was an amazing Football Club and Cliff did so much to build the culture of the club. Volunteering for many roles including Goal Umpire and Trainer, we will never forget the amazing Scurvy Pirates and the Heathfield Heartthrobs created by Cliff. A fair dinkum Aussie who proudly served his country in the Navy in the Second World War, he really brought some of the fun songs to life with the A grade teams over the years at the annual presentation. He could never have done it so well without Mabel’s talented accompaniment on piano. A selection of photos below show the contribution of Cliff and his family over the years – Mabel as a dedicated volunteer also, Barry as a 6 time Premiership player across the grades and Diane one of the passionate supporters.
Recently, Cliff also did us the honour of joining the club days festivities and conducted the life member coin toss in June of 2022 at home against Uraidla. It was such an honour to have the family back at the club for the occasion!
An inspiration to us all, keep on kicking goals Cliff, and much love to you and your family from your football family!
We thank Cliff for his amazing contribution to the Mt Lofty Heritage and particularly the Heathfield Aldgate United Football Club and congratulate him on his wonderful 100 years. Loved by so many people of the community.
The Lofty Legends Group & Mt Lofty District Football Club
Cliff and Mable with A Grade Coach Michael Bawden at the MLDFC Life Member Coin Toss 2022Cliff’s family celebrating ’99’ last year – Cliff, Mabel, Barry and DianeCliff (far left third row) Goal Umpire for the 1967 A Grade Premiership side the first of the 9 Premierships won over the 12 seasonsCliff (far right) leading The Scurvy Pirates accompanied by Mabel on the piano in the background
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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.
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
