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.
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.
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.
Excitement is building at the Devils, with our Senior Women and U17 Girls both playing qualifying finals on Sunday against Blackwood at Blackwood. Let’s go Devs!
Our U12 Girls are also playing finals footy in the SANFL Juniors comp – for them an elimination final V Payneham at Goodwood Oval on Sunday morning. Good luck girls!
Before that, our boys take on Lobethal at home for Round 16, with the action kicking off at 8.45am. It’s also the Lofty Legends Reunion Round, so make sure you get to the Arkaba Clubhouse to join in the fun and reminiscing.
It was a fantastic day at Uraidla on Sunday as our Senior Women (3rd) faced the second-placed Onka Valley in the first round of HFWL finals. Our Devils put on a display of skill and won by 44 points. They will now take on Blackwood in the second final, details TBC. Congratulations ladies!
Our U17 Girls enjoyed a weekend off, as the ladder leaders at the end of the minor rounds. It was great to see lots of them at Uraidla on Sunday, cheering on our Senior Women. #devilssupportingdevils
Meanwhile, our U14 Girls got their first win of the season since being regraded to Div 1, beating Blackwood on Friday night. Congratulations girls!
And our U12 Girls also had their last minor round game, going down to Colonel Light Gardens on Sunday morning. Their finals campaign will begin next weekend. Well done girls!
SENIOR WOMEN | HFLW Mt Lofty def Onka Valley 9.5.59 2.3.15
