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!
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.
What a turn out for reunion day! Thank you so much to everyone that joined us to make such a memorable day! Our Lofty Legend Convener Haydn Cutting was diligent as always, and grabbed a few snaps on the day.
Thank you to everyone that made the day the success is was.
2024 Reunion. Shane Wissell who’s Grandfather was a member of the 1934 Aldgate Premiership side. Shanes family goes back to the formation of the Aldgate club with every generation playing for Aldgate and Mt Lofty. Shane with Mt Lofty was 4th generation and his sons 5th generation, James playing in the U16’s and Harry playing in the U14’s.2024 Reunion. Allan Miller – 1954 Stirling A Grade Premiership player, Martin Ellis and Chris Chardon – 1963 and 1964 Stirling Colt Premiership players and David Miller on the left.2014 Mt Lofty Premiership players and officials at the 2024 reunion. L to R. Jill Dawes, Jeff Pistola, Bruce Dawes, Sarah Bennett, Michael Stapleton, Tom Morgan, Peter Sanders, David “DK” Stevens, Matt Pistola, Steve Drake, Perry Edwards, Ben Phil, Sam Broadbridge, Wade Hall, Stuart Gould, Tom Maslin, Joel Van Paridon, Scott Huff, Henri Tonkin, Steve Drake, Sascha Oerli, Mark Drake, Brad Burch.2024 Reunion. Premiership players from HAU 1974 and Mt Lofty in 1984 and 1994. L to R Kevin Hampton, Keith White, Rob Sampson, Daryl Hampton, Robert Penny, Trevor Ranford, Perry Edwards, Ben Anderson, Lionel Kerr, Dave Bennett, Bruce Dawes, Jeff Pistola, John Bowes, Malcolm Foale.2024 Reunion. Two Life Members Bruce Dawes, 2014 A Grade Coach and 2014 A Grade Team Manager, Jeff Pistola and reminiscing about the amazing season.
It was a clean sweep for our boys at home on Saturday with some big wins recorded against Lobethal. With two weeks left of the minor rounds, our teams are looking good for finals. Meanwhile, our Senior Women and U17 Girls both took on Blackwood for round two of HFLW finals yesterday. Our U17 Girls had a good win and are straight through to the big dance. Our Senior Women played a great first half but couldn’t keep up with the undefeated Woods Greens in the second half and went down by 44 points. Thankfully, they have the double chance and will play Onka Valley again on Sunday. Our U12 Girls played in an elimination final yesterday and went down to Payneham, ending our young Devs’ 2024 season. Well done on a great year girls. See you on the weekend Devs fans!
A GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 22.13.145 8.11.59 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
SENIOR WOMEN | HFL Mt Lofty def by Blackwood Green 3.4.22 10.6.66 WILL FACE ONKA VALLEY IN PRELIM FINAL SUNDAY
B GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 5.10.40 6.14.50 LADDER POSITION | 5th
U18 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 25.19.169 3.3.21 LADDER POSITION | 2nd
U17 GIRLS | HFL Mt Lofty def Blackwood 6.4.40 3.3.21 STRAIGHT THROUGH TO GRAND FINAL 25 AUG
U16 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 16.15.111 1.1.7 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
U14 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 8.22.70 0.2.2 LADDER POSITION | 2nd U12 MIXED | HFL Mt Lofty def Lobethal 4.1.25 2.3.15 LADDER POSITION | 7th SEASON COMPLETE: WELL DONE DEVS
U12 GIRLS | SANFL JUNIORS Mt Lofty def by Payneham 1.3.9 3.4.22 SEASON COMPLETE: WELL DONE DEVS
