Congratulations to Maddi Nuss who has been allocated and performed her duties in the U12 Mixed Grand Final tonight as a first year umpire, doing so in the HFL. What an achievement
With a number of our juniors pulling on the greens this year for the first time, we are proud of all of you for putting your hands up for the good of the game and the League along with extending your football knowledge and fitness, plus you still get to do this around your normal game day commitments and make a few bucks.
With the finals season well underway, on behalf of the Committee, I want to say the biggest THANK YOU possible to all those who volunteered their time to help the Mount Lofty District Football Club host the HFL Elimination Finals on Sunday at Heathfield Oval.
Without a doubt, wherever I looked, I came across a cheerful bunch of volunteers, who happily dedicated a couple of hours during their Sunday to roll up their sleeves and ensure the wider HFL community enjoyed a cracking day of Elimination Finals at Heathfield.
The buzz was palpable throughout the day, and I was congratulated several times by members of other clubs and HFL committee members on how well the event was run, and by the warm welcome extended by you all. Our sincere gratitude to every one of you, whether working on the BBQ, or behind the scenes in preparation for the day, in achieving such a successful outcome for the club!
With one premiership in the bag (U17 Girls), we still have four teams competing for a flag (U14 Boys, U16 Boys, U18 Boys and A Grade). With all four teams competing at Echunga this Sunday in do-or-die matches, we are calling out to every member of the Red Army to head out and give them all our support.
I look forward to seeing you there! Go Devs!
Peter Harvey President Mt Lofty District Football Club
It was a tough weekend for the Devs, with our five teams facing strong opposition in the first round of finals. On Saturday, our A Grade went down to Nairne Bremer by 7 points, our U18s lost to Uraidla by 49 points, our U16s went down to Mt Barker by 26 points and our U14s lost to Hahndorf by just 3 points. Then on Sunday, our B Grade faced Blackwood in an Elimination Final at home and came close but sadly went down by 7 points. Thankfully, four of our teams have the double chance, so will play again on the weekend. See you at Echunga on Sunday Devs fans!
A GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def by Nairne Bremer 8.9.57 8.16.64 WILL PLAY IN SEMI FINAL
B GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def by Blackwood 5.10.40 6.11.47 SEASON OVER: GREAT WORK BOYS
U18 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def by Uraidla 4.7.31 12.8.80 WILL PLAY IN SEMI FINAL
U16 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def by Mt Barker 1.3.9 5.5.35 WILL PLAY IN SEMI FINAL
U14 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def by Hahndorf 3.2.20 3.5.23 WILL PLAY IN SEMI FINAL
The HFLW Grand Final was a thrilling day of footy at Nairne, with our U17 Girls and Senior Women both playing in nailbiters. A huge congratulations to our U17 Girls – 2024 PREMIERS – with a 6 point win over Uraidla! A big congratulations also to our Senior Women who gave it their all and went down by just 4 points to Blackwood Green. You made us so proud.
Meanwhile, it was a successful day at Echunga, with our As, 18s, 16s and 14s all recording good wins in the last minor round. Our Bs went down but retained 5th position and will play finals footy on Sunday. All other teams will play qualifying finals on Saturday. See you on the weekend Devs fans!
A GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def Echunga 16.16.112 2.10.22 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
SENIOR WOMEN | HFLW GRAND FINAL Mt Lofty def by Blackwood Green 4.6.30 4.10.34 GREAT GAME DEVS!
B GRADE | HFL Mt Lofty def by Echunga 6.4.40 15.14.104 LADDER POSITION | 5th
U18 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Echunga 15.19.109 3.1.19 LADDER POSITION | 2nd
U17 GIRLS | HFLW GRAND FINAL Mt Lofty def Uraidla 4.6.30 3.6.24 PREMIERS! CONGRATULATIONS DEVS!
U16 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Echunga 11.13.79 2.3.15 LADDER POSITION | 3rd
U14 BOYS | HFL Mt Lofty def Echunga 19.11.125 0.3.3 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.Â
Andy Carracher – Moddies Fixtures Coordinator – U8s & U9s Â
Dan Lindsay – Junior Fixtures Coordinator – U10s to U12s       Â
Sam Barton – Moddies/Junior Coaching Coordinator  Â
Daniel Gannon – HFL Moddies/Juniors Rep on Senior Committee      Â
Sam Begg – Moddies/Junior Committee Coordinator  Â
Angie John – Moddies/Jnr Play HQ Coordinator             Â
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.
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.
