Anyone else realise this week that the fixtures are 1v2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8 and 9v10 Some interesting games for sure.

That Under 18s grade seems to be struggling for numbers all over Australia at the moment. I've seen facebook posts from some clubs over in Vic offering free Xbox's to any new kids that sign up to play! Cant totally think of Mt Barker as a one club town because a lot of people live there and play for other nearby clubs but yeah we also 100% shouldnt struggle to fill any grades.

I live in WA now and the league I play in all clubs fill every team except for the U18 grade where only 5 of the 8 clubs have a team and even those who do have a team are borrowing players from the U15s to fill the team. So I don't know if it's just kids those ages would rather be doing other stuff these days but something needs to be done across the board to get them back in to footy I think.

Will there be a C grade in the HFL in 2021?

Any idea when the U18 fixture will be out?
There will be C Grade this year. Even Kangarilla is putting up a C Grade team for this season.
I believe the U18 draw is taking a little while because it is 1 comp with teams from clubs in both divisions so fixturing is a bit trickier

Macclesfield looking to return to A Grade for the first time in a while to make a 10 team A Grade in A&EH

So Round 1 this weekend for A&EH

Langhorne Creek v Strathalbyn
Should be a good game I'm going with Strath because of the Creek's poor Rnd 1 record.

Woodside v Nairne
Another good game hard to go against the reigning premiers

Macclesfield v Hahndorf
Tipping a bit of an upset. Thinking maybe Maccy will be up and about for their first A Grade game in about 15 years.

Bremer Callington v Lobethal
On the new turf at Cally but Lobethal will be very hard to beat this year.

Armchair expert wrote:I've never played on the roll out matting, is it any different to play on than the permanent stuff?

If it's rolled out properly it's no different.

And Lobethal chased it down fairly comfortably for their first A&EH premiership
Nairne 10/122
Lobethal 4/123 (37.3 overs)

And Lobethal chased it down fairly comfortably for their first A&EH premiership
Nairne 10/122
Lobethal 4/123 (37.3 overs)

Minor Premiers curse strikes again
Last 4 Minor Premiers havent won the Flag with 3 of them not even making the decider despite the Double chance these days :shock:

Premiers

A Grade - Lobethal (3rd)
A2 Grade - Woodside (4th)
B Grade - Strath (2nd)
C Grade - Ashbourne (Minor Premiers)
D Grade - Nairne (2nd)
Good point about the minor premiers. Good to see 5 different clubs winning across the grades as well.

Stats now appearing on PlayHQ

Definitely love the work that some of the clubs have done (Eg. Bridgewater and Ironbank) combining to get teams on the field is alot better than those kids going elsewhere to play or not even playing at all.

So the Grand Finals for next week:

A's: Hahndorf vs Lobethal
B's Hahndorf vs Mt Lofty
Senior Colts: Blackwood vs Mt Lofty
Junior Colts: Onkaparinga Valley vs Blackwood
Mini Colts: Hahndorf vs Blackwood

I like the idea of playing on if a game is won.

Especially in 40 over games it can be difficult to get everyone involved especially if you have a couple of cricketers who are genuine guns with bat and ball.

Second innings should be about ensuring blokes get an opportunity to be involved and therefore stay playing at your club for longer. Wouldn’t think many sides in pdca don’t have that number 7/8 bat who doesn’t bowl. Second innings are for those blokes.
Yeah when I played in Perth if I did crack into the 1st Grade team I would be that player 7/8 non-bowling player. One season I played 4 weeks in a row without batting or bowling and it was a bit disheartening as you a literally just a fielder in that case.
Our comp was a mix of half two-dayers and one-dayers but even if you passed the other teams score in the 40 over games you would bat out the overs. This worked well if you had a good captain who would share it around after you've passed the other teams score.

9 team A Grade comp in the HCA this year.
Aldgate
Bridgewater
Mt Lofty
Stirling
Meadows
Uraidla
Kangarilla
SCIB
Mylor

Fixtures out for most grades of A&EHCA.

Like has been mentioned Woodside with 7 teams (Some of their poor teams playing home games all over the place including Mt Torrens, Meadows, Milang). Mt Barker 2 teams in B Grade.

A Grade
Bremer Callington
Hahndorf
Lobethal
Strathalbyn
Nairne
Langhorne Creek
Macclesfield
Woodside

A2
Mount Barker
Strathalbyn
Hahndorf
Wistow
Ashbourne
Nairne
Echunga
Woodside

B Grade
Woodside x2
Mount Barker x2
Wistow
Finniss
Langhorne Creek
Lobethal
Macclesfield
Nairne

C Grade
Wistow
Woodside x2
Nairne
Langhorne Creek
Echunga
Ashbourne
Strathalbyn

D Grade
Woodside
Bremer Callington
Lobethal
Mount Barker
Hahndorf
Langhorne Creek
Macclesfield

T20 fixtures are up for A&EH. Mt Lofty joining with Victor Harbor and Port Elliot also joining from the Great Southern.

Yeah I don't have an issue with juniors returning to their home Club if their district club has a bye.
Problem with the marquee Players is it would probably be the bigger stronger clubs that seem to attract them making their teams even stronger.

So A&EH Finals for this weekend

A Grade
Langhorne Creek vs Lobethal @ Langhorne Creek
Nairne vs Strathalbyn @ Nairne

A2s
Mount Barker vs Ashbourne @ Mt Barker (Showgrounds)
Woodside vs Strathalbyn @ Woodside

Bs
Lobethal vs Finniss @ Lobethal
Macclesfield vs Langhorne Creek @ Macclesfield

Cs
Langhorne Creek vs Ashbourne @ Milang
Woodside red vs Woodside blue @ Woodside #2

D's
Lobethal vs Bremer Callington @ Oakbank Area School
Langhorne Creek vs Macclesfield @ Callington

U16s
Echunga/Wistow vs Nairne @ Wistow
Hahndorf vs Mt Barker @ Hahndorf

U14s
Lobethal vs Ashbourne @Lobethal
Woodside vs Hahndorf @Woodside

Langhorne Creek get it done pretty easily through to the GF after a comprehensive win over Lobey at home.

Lang Creek 4-239 (45 overs)
O'Dea 124
Warren 49

Lobethal 10-101 (31 overs)
Weeks 38
Kropp 4-24
Blackwell 2-25
Humphries 2-19

Nairne had a similar victory over Strath to see them take on Lobethal for the remaining spot in the grand final.

Nairne 6-239 (45 overs)
Kenney 99no
Llewellyn 48
Timmins 42
Matt Abbott 2-36
K Gaiter 2-45

Strathalbyn 10-132 (36.2 overs)
L Cousins 84
Williams 5-16

Lobethal win it!
Batted first and made 166 and bowled Langhorne Creek out for 91

TV hasn't had juniors for quite a while now. Most of the junior teams play in the A&EH already if clubs have them.

Mclaren short in the B’s on Saturday, needing 5 senior colts to fill in. Probably not unusual for some clubs but geez that’s unheard of at Mclaren.

Creeks who were 3rd in the B Grade were forced to use 4 Senior Colts on Saturday at Myponga to fill a side such is the unavailability list predominantly due to injuries. Earlier in the season a dozen players were missing out on a game weekly

Coming to the pointy end of the season at it seems there are a quite a number of clubs battling long injury lists that are sure to impact finals
Seems to be a higher than normal amount of people crook at the moment as well.

I don't mind teams from other associations but the marquee player is crap.

Great day for us yesterday winning the A2s and Cs.
A2s was a tough tight game all day with Nairne setting us 132 to win and we only got it done with 6 balls to spare in a great game.
Cs were interrupted by a huge downpour of rain and hail which delayed the game for quite a while before they were able to defend their score of about 160 odd bowling Ashbourne out for about 120.

Hahndorf won B Grade while Nairne took out the D Grade.

Ye Olde Place Kick wrote:Any one got any comments on how the C Grade comp is going this year?

Pretty good season this year and the top end of C Grade is a pretty good standard these days. It's been great having Maccy in it this year and they even got a win against Hahndorf last week.

Wistow back in A Grade next season!

It’s finals time…

A Grade- Lobethal have come back to the pack somewhat since Xmas, but will still fancy themselves on the big stage. The other 3 teams seem pretty evenly matched.

A2 Grade- After finishing bottom a couple of years ago Echunga have continued their rise to finish minor premiers. Have the strongest batting line-up, while Lobethal a little more dependant on their bowlers. Nairne at full strength will also give it a shake.

B Grade- Can’t say I keep a close eye on this grade. Appears a tight top 4 with a big gap back to the 2 teams that missed out.

C Grade- Bremer-Cally moved up from D’s and have finished minor premier and will host a semi on turf. Nairne their biggest threat, while Strath and Lenswood edged out a large chasing pack for the final 2 spots.

D Grade- Mount Barker are odds on to go back-to-back, not having dropped a game this season and featuring a few guys clearly playing the wrong grade…

From a Lenswood perspective the A2’s season faded after a strong start, which has been the frustrating norm over the past 4-5 seasons. To have both C’s and D’s in the finals is a great result though, as major round appearances in any grade for the club have been few and far between since the turn of the century.

In the TVCA it’ll again be Birdwood v Cambrai in both grades. The Skunks comfortably claimed the A’s last season, but I sense this week might be different.
Great to see your lower grades make the finals Saintal, reward for the best facebook posts in the comp. :D

A long season for our young A's team but plenty of positives to learn from. Hopefully our B grade can get the job done tomorrow.