It was another clean sweep for our boys at home on Saturday with some important wins recorded against Onka Valley as we head towards finals. For our B Grade, it was a critical win, cementing their place in the top 5. Meanwhile, our Senior Women took on Onka Valley in a prelim final on Sunday. It was a tight battle for three quarters, but our Devils kicked away in the final, recording a 33 point win and securing their place in the Big Dance! Head to Nairne Oval on Sunday to support our amazing U17 Girls and Senior Women in the 2024 HFLW Grand Final. See you there Devs fans!
A GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 12.16.88 8.5.53 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
SENIOR WOMEN | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 8.8.56 3.5.23 WILL FACE BLACKWOOD IN GRAND FINAL SUNDAY
B GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 9.14.68 2.5.17 LADDER POSITION | 5th
U18 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 5.5.35 4.6.30 LADDER POSITION | 2nd
U17 GIRLS | HFL Weekend Off WILL FACE URAIDLA IN GRAND FINAL SUNDAY
U16 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 6.6.42 1.3.9 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
U14 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 8.9.57 2.1.13 LADDER POSITION | 2nd
We are thrilled to announce our revitalised Junior Football Committee, set to lead our Junior and Modified football programs in both the HFL and SANFL for 2025!
A huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to Tamara Harley for her incredible dedication in coordinating the Moddies over the past two years. Your hard work has made a lasting impact, and we can’t thank you enough.
Andy Carracher – Moddies Fixtures Coordinator – U8s & U9s
Dan Lindsay – Junior Fixtures Coordinator – U10s to U12s
Sam Barton – Moddies/Junior Coaching Coordinator
Daniel Gannon – HFL Moddies/Juniors Rep on Senior Committee
Sam Begg – Moddies/Junior Committee Coordinator
Angie John – Moddies/Jnr Play HQ Coordinator
Rose and Mick Peake – Auskick Coordinators
We are still on the lookout for a SANFL Juniors Representative and a Junior Volunteer Coordinator. Please contact secretary@mtloftydevils.com.au if you can assist in 2025.
The lovely Sue was back this week for 💯 draws and we have done ALL rounds of the 💯 Club R12-18 were drawn at Reunion Day. If you haven’t heard from us yet, expect comms shortly.
Remember if you win in the minor rounds, your ball stays out of the barrel now until the major rounds – which means they go back in the draw now ready for Senior Presentation Nights final draws!
Saturday 10 August after the Lobethal match and reunion game we had U9’s and U10’s matches under lights at the Devil Dome. Not only that, some of our littlest Devils were treated to the pre-match chat with Bawds and the boys in the change rooms!
It’s round 3 of the HFLW finals series and week 17 of the HFL minor round. Now, more than ever, we need you out in your red and white getting our Devils across the line.
Head to Balhannah Oval on Saturday from 8.45am to support our 14s, followed by our U16s, U18s, Bs and As, as they take on Onka Valley. It’s a must win for our B Grade, sitting 5th.
Then on Sunday, head to Maccy Oval to help get our Senior Women into the big dance! They take on Onka Valley in a prelim final at 1.30pm and they need your support.
Our U17 Girls have the weekend off – they beat Blackwood in the qualifying final on Sunday and went straight through to the Grand Final on Sunday 25 August. Yeah the girls!
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.
BD testing out his tossing skills on Reunion Day, losing this one but the Devils got the win for him on the day. Bruce Dawes after flipping the coin with brother Leith who had just finished as a HFL Umpire of the BGrade Both Bruce and Leith are HFL Umpires and MLDFC Life Members2024 Reunion. Two Life Members Bruce Dawes, 2014 A Grade Coach and 2014 A Grade Team Manager, Jeff Pistola and reminiscing about the amazing season.
