What an amazing story. Leithal Dawes’ U17 Girls have made the Prelim Final to be played at Ironbank this coming Sunday August 15th vs Onkas. The winner will take on Hahndorf in the Grand Final.
This is a HUGE achievement on a number of fronts.
Last year we didn’t have enough players to make a team so we formed an awesome amalgamation with Nairne Bremer Football Club. Our first match in 2020 was a 10 goal loss, turning our season around with our last match (to the same team) with a 1 point win, giving the girls a taste of finals footy where they gave it a fair crack in the 1st Semi.
In 2021 we still don’t have quite enough players, with at least 8 talented girls having played up from the U15s, and some will continue do so through the finals. A shout out goes to U15G coach Micheal Smart for sharing his team with ours, and for coaching them to such a high quality standard that they are able to hold their own in upper level football. The focus on a team game these girls play and the football that is produced is a credit to all involved.
Congratulations on making it to the Prelim Girls. GIVE ‘EM HELL!!
The Devils are very excited to be back out playing footy this weekend and after all of the changing of restrictions over the last few weeks, we are also very excited to be able to have everybody back out to watch us doing it from Friday night.
Please remember a few things when you head to either Arkaba Oval, or any other oval to cheer us on:
Sports clubs will be able to resume competition and sport events can go ahead up to 1000 people
People must wear masks
Seated consumption for food and drinks – both indoor and outdoor
Remember to sign in on entry with the QR code check in or sign in sheet
The Round 11 and Round 12 games that were missed will now be played after Round 14 on the weekend of Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd August (Round 11) and Friday 27th – Sunday 29th August (Round 12).
SANFL Juniors Finals will be played the weekends of 5 September, 12 September and 19 September.
Please talk to your coaches/team managers if you have any questions about your fixtures.
To all members, coaches, players, parents and care givers:
The Mount Lofty Football Club would like to notify all those above that as of midnight tonight [27.7.21], ALL TRAININGS Including Thursday Night Meals will be back on at the club as per the original team training schedule.
Return to play will commence the week after [Friday night] 6th August.
We thank you for your patience and understanding and we look forward to seeing you all out playing and supporting Mt Lofty in the weeks ahead.
The club has put in a formal request to the HFL to have any games missed [juniors, women and men] played at the grounds they were originally scheduled at to allow the teams to play those games. We are waiting on their instruction.
We are also waiting on a directive from the SANFL on how they propose to handle the missed games.
Our current 1 person / 4m2 allows us to have 78 people in the club rooms at any given time. We will work through the current restrictions and what it means for the club, but would appreciate all of your help and understanding around the directions given by SA Health moving forward. We must remain compliant at ALL times and your help in achieving this is very important to the club and all of its members.
