2021
Position 3rd
The A Grade finished third after losing the Preliminary final against the Lions after a huge tussle with Sollies in the first semi-final losing by 4 points and a convincing loss to Lions by 50 points in the Preliminary Final. With only 10 players from last year’s Premiership playing in the Preliminary this year it was always going to be hard to get there when it mattered but we were not far off the mark.
Kriston Thompson finishes in the top 5 players in the Madigan Medal count and Brett Jones who once again polled well in the B Grade Medal voting. South Augusta finished third in the total number of votes ladder for the A Grade
A Grade players who made the SGL team of the year include Kriston Thompson, Caleb Ritter, Craig Shirley and Aziel Stuart. All players were presented with an engraved glass mug from the SGL at the club after the last game.
South having 4 players in the Northern Zone team playing the Country Championships Ethan Reid, Billy-Jo Russell, Caleb Ritter and Kriston Thompson. Kriston selected in team of the Carnival. Under 13s winning the Premiership this year
· After a pre-season movement of players into and out of the club the 2021 season got underway without: Lionel Brown, Lawrence Bradley Brown, Kareem Aitken, Stuart Beaton, William Bolitho, Corey Cuffe, Matt Downey, Lachie Elliott, Cam Faulkner, Josh Forrest, Kahran McKenzie, Clayton Milera, Craig Miller, Cassius Stuart, Ben Trewartha, Jarryd Warren. New players this year from recruiting or juniors who played their first senior games include James Weir, Elijah Highfold, Jamahl McKenzie plus several junior players made their debuts. 69 players were used in A and B Grade in 2021 season.
Kriston Thompson capped off another good year on the field by winning his 3rd consecutive South Augusta Fairest and Best Kittel Cup in front of a large crowd at the presentation night last Saturday.
Kriston won from runner-up and Best Team Man Caleb Ritter with the other trophies in the A Grade being awarded to Craig Shirley,
Stefan Horner, Darcy Kildea, Ethan Reid, Lenny Hoffman for Best first year player, and Jaylon Wingfield and Aziel Stuart for the Coaches award.
In the B grade, the Best and Fairest Waterworth Cup was won by Mitchell French with runner-up going to Dylan Barnett. Others to win
trophies in the B Grade include Ethan Gade, Will Waterworth, Flynn Everett, Jack Magarey, Marcus Kerin and Jake Westwood.
In the Under 18s, the Rod Lamshed Memorial Best and Fairest trophy was won by Micheal Collins and runner-up Rex Waterworth with
other trophies going to Jesse McPherson, Dalton Gade, Lenny Hoffman, Hudson Brazell, Harry Bolitho, Tyson Darley and Sam Chamberlain. William Newberry won the Shillabeer goal kicking trophy at the club.
The Chambers family club person of the year award went to Judith Barnett for her services to the club and presentations were
awarded to the trainers Jacqui Ritter and Nicole McInnis. The Patron’s trophy was awarded to player Caleb Ritter for his contribution to the club off the field in 2021.
Life memberships were awarded to Sue Magarey, Jenny Grantham and Jim Maule for their long service as volunteers, having served the club over many years.
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2022 SEASON
Position 3rd
The A Grade finished third after losing the Preliminary Final against Sollies, who eventually went on to win the Premiership against Lions in the Grand Final.
Named in Best Players the most times in A Grade: Kriston Thompson 16 times; Caleb Ritter 11; Aziel Stuart, Cameron Tiggemann and Billy-Jo Russell 6 times.
In the Madigan Medal, Corey Davey from Sollies won the award with 22 votes and Kriston Thompson had 16 votes, to finish fifth in the voting. Next best for Souths were Darcy Kildea and Aziel Stuart with 8 votes.
Cameron Tiggemann, Caleb Ritter and Kriston Thompson played in the SA Country Championships at Whyalla this season (pictured, below left).
A grade players from South Augusta who played the SGL game this season were Caleb Ritter, Billy-Jo Russell, Trent Ritter, James Weir, Paul Glass, Stefan Horner, Clayton Milera, Ethan Reid, Jamahl McKenzie, Darcy Kildea and Coach Kriston Thompson
Pre-season 2022 got underway without premiership players Daniel Glass, Vinny Urbancic, Marcus Kerin and Marcus Gill. On the plus side, Clayton Milera, Kahran McKenzie, Cassius Stuart and Kareem Aitken all returned to us. New recruits included Mitch Bunworth and Cameron Tiggemann. Some of our younger players including Jakeem Cox, Tyson Darley, Patrick Fisher, Ethan Gade, Eddie Hannes, Lenny Hoffmann, Connor McMillan, Rex Waterworth and Lionel Jackson got some valuable A Grade experience. Overall, 35 players played A Grade, a staggering 54 played B Grade, 36 played U18 and 25 played U15 games in 2022.
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2023 SEASON
Position 6th
The A Grade finished 6th for the season but finished the year off well after the last pleasing month of football including three A Grade wins against Central, West and Port and a very competitive effort against Solomontown.
After a pre-season movement of players into and out of the club the 2023 season got underway without Billy- Jo Russell, Kahran McKenzie, James Weir, Jak Kerin, Jamhal McKenzie, Jaylon Wingfield, Elijah Highfold, Dylan Barnett, Stefan Horner, Brett Jones, Jack Magarey and Mitchell Bunworth. Casey Amos and David Schooling were amongst the small numbers of recruits the club was able to bring in to replace these A grade players.
Highlights for the 2023 year include: South Augusta wins 2023 Australia Day Community event award
· Player Milestones including Aziel Stuart and Jake Westwood 100 club games and Caleb Ritter 150 club games. Caleb Ritter made the SGL team of the year
· Caleb Ritter, Cameron Tiggemann, Darcy Kildea, Aziel Stuart , Casey Amos and Patrick Kennedy made the training squad for the SGL Match against Whyalla. Darcy Kildea, Aziel Stuart, and Caleb Ritter all played
· Ex South Augusta junior and St Kilda draft pick Isaac Keeler having a good start up year with Sandringham and Connor Rozee selected as All Australian
for the second year in a row
· Over 380 members for the club in 2023
· Successful events including the Hall of Fame dinner, Mid-Summer Night Ball, Jodi Lee Foundation dinner, Family Day and Red and White Ball , plus catering for the Naidoc Balls.
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2024 SEASON
After a different look & feel for preseason, unfortunately we kicked off 2024 with a big loss to Lions who went on to win the premiership against Sollies this season. Our first win came against Centrals in Round 2 and a close loss to Westies followed on ANZAC Day. Our next block of games showed mixed results as we
played good footy for three quarters but failed to put up a real fight in the last quarter far too often. We ticked off another win the second time we played against Westies and our third & last win of the season came in Round 17 against Centrals at ETSA. This win meant we climbed off the bottom of the ladder and avoided the wooden spoon.
After a pre-season movement of players into and out of the club the 2024 season got underway without players Kareem Aitken, Sydney Waye and Tyrone Waye, Declan Franks and the Parkinson brothers to name a few. Harley Bodger, Daniel Sumner were recruited together with Sam Maule returning from Whyalla, Craig Shirley from Karratha and Clayton Milera from Lions were amongst the small numbers of recruits the club was able to bring in.
The A Grade finished 5th for the season, just escaping bottom position by defeating arch rival Central Augusta in the last game of the year. The B Grade had an improved year becoming a lot more competitive and they also finished fifth after defeating Central in the last game. It was reward for what has been a challenging year for the senior coaches and staff.
We must thank A Grade Coach Kriston Thompson, B Grade coach Stuart Beaton and U18 coach Marcus Gill on their hard work and dedication in getting their teams on the ground each week. In the 2024 season.
Trent Ritter kicked the most goals in the A Grade with 37 goals. Caleb Ritter & Zech Amos was mentioned in the best players an impressive 14 times during the year, Craig Shirley and Ethan Gade 8 times, Harley Bodger and Zech Amos 7 times and Cam Tiggemann 6 times. We used a total of 81 players in both A Grade and B Grade in 2024 which is very high for the 2 grades. Young names who have had a taste of A Grade senior football to watch out for next season include Joe Clancy, Tom Clancy, Jack Franklin, Ethan Maloney, Nate Munzer, Anthony Truong and Addysan Di Paulo.
Of the 30 players used in A Grade this year it should be noted that 19 of these players or 63% have played less than 50 A Grade games (11 of these less than 20 A Grade games) , 6 players have played 51-100 A Grade games and only 5 players have played over 100 A Grade games which outlines the inexperience within the senior team this year. Only 5 players from the 2020 A Grade Premiership side were still consistently playing in 2024, that is a big turnover in 4 years and a big drain of talented players from the club. Of all the players who played in any of the A Grade 5 Premierships in a row from 2016 to 2020 only 10 are still playing at the club. Despite this the club is still equal with Ports with winning the most A Grade Premierships in the SGL with 13 Premierships. Lets get back up there in 2025.
Highlights for the year included:
·Junior teams winning Premierships including the Under 15’s, 14 Girls and the Under 11 team
·Over 500 members for the club in 2024, the highest membership numbers for many years, many thanks to those who supported the club this year.
·Successful events including the Family Day, Aussie Icon Night and Red and White Ball, plus catering for the Port vs Crows Women’s match.
·A Grade players who played in the SGL game include Aziel Stuart, Jayden Warne, Harley Bodger and Ethan Gade with Kriston Thompson as Coach
·Player Milestones including Paul Glass 100 club games, Craig Shirley 100 club games and 100 A Grade games and Caleb Ritter 150 A Grade games.
·Caleb Ritter made the 2024 SGL Team of the year
·The completion of successful projects including the Indigenous Participation project and Indigenous Round, Past players day including the 1964 and 1994 A Grade Premiership reunion, Past Players day at Glenelg, Respectful Club Environment and Road Safety workshops and over $12,000 raised in grant funding.
·Fundraising events such as the Kennel Club, Racing and Footy Tips, Players Auctions and Augusta Markets BBQ to name a few.
·One hundred and two (102) sponsors for the Senior and Juniors, either business, families or individuals, an excellent level of support for the club and greatly appreciated.
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2025
After a pre-season movement of players into and out of the club the 2025 season got underway without players Cohen Boscence, Kyle Aitken, Daniel Sumner, Aziel Stuart,Tyson Darley, Heath Green, Clayton Milera, Pat Fischer, Chris Heron, William Newberry
and Matthew Webb.
The A Grade, B Grade and under 18s all finished 6th for the season, for what has been a challenging year for the senior coaches and staff. We must thank A Grade Coach Adam Grantham, B Grade coach Stuart Beaton and U18 coach Marcus Gill on their hard work and dedication in getting their teams on the ground each week.
In the 2025 season Trent Ritter kicked the most goals in the A Grade with 24 goals.
Caleb Ritter was mentioned in the best players an impressive 15 times during the year,
Craig Shirley 8 times, Darcy Kildea 7 times and Trent Ritter 5 times.
We used a total of 90 players in both A Grade and B Grade in 2025 which is even higher than the 81 in 2024. Of the 28 players who played A Grade during the year only 4 have played over 100 A Grade games, and another 6 have played over 50 A Grade games
which leaves 18 who have played less than 50 A Grade games.
350 CLUB GAMES Brett Jones plus passing Gary Kernahan Club games record of 337
Daniel Dohnt includes 250 A Grade games played
Tom Clancy, Declan Franks, Rogan McMahon, Layton Paige
Patrick Kennedy, Rex Waterworth
The Kittel family have a long history with the club, with Les Kittel having served on
committees and as President for several years, together with his sons having played for the
club.
Awarded to: Caleb Ritter
RUNNER UP FAIREST AND BEST – DONATED BY THE WHITE FAMILY
Trevor and Joylene White were great volunteers for the club over many years.
Awarded to: Craig Shirley
A Grade Trophy Winners
BEST TEAM MAN – DONATED BY PAT HYNES
There is not much that Pat hasn’t done around the Club – Premiership player, Premiership
Coach, Madigan Medallist, Fairest and Best, played at a higher level at Port Adelaide,
played over 200 SGL games and SGL Life Membership.
Awarded to: Caleb Ritter
BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER (APPLEBEE MEMORIAL) – DONATED BY BILL APPLEBEE
Bill Applebee is Souths’ oldest surviving Life Member and served the club as a player and
trainer over many decades. This trophy honours Bill’s son Kym who played for the club,
including in Under 18s and B Grade Premierships in the 1970’s, and has since passed
away.
Awarded to: Addysan Di Paolo
MOST CONSISTENT (OWEN COOK MEMORIAL) – DONATED BY PAT COOK & COOK
FAMILY
Owen Cook served as a Head Trainer at the club over the successful period of the early
1980s when Souths played in four A Grade Grand Finals in a row, winning two of these in
1981 and 1983. Owen also was Head Trainer at Willsden Football Club and served that
team and the SGL well for many years.
Awarded to: Darcy Kildea
MOST DEDICATED – DONATED BY GRAEME COUTTS AND KEAN PARRINGTON
Graeme and Kean are great sponsors of the Club, and have both previously been involved
with the Club’s committees.
Awarded to: Mitchell French
FRANKO FARR MEMORIAL TROPHY – DONATED BY ROUND TABLE GROUP
Franko Farr was a great clubman at Souths, was a Life Member, played in several B Grade
premierships and was generally a great character. He also served in the capacity of Team
Manager for B Grade for several seasons.
Awarded to: Caleb Ritter
LEADING GOALKICKER – DONATED BY THE SHILLABEER FAMILY
The Shillabeer family has produced many fine footballers for the club, together with Mark
who has been a trainer and helper at the club for many years. David played at Norwood and
was the leading goalkicker at Souths and the SGL for several years when he returned, as
well as coaching the B Grade to four premierships.
Awarded to: Trent Ritter (24 Goals)
COACH’S TROPHY – DONATED BY ADAM GRANTHAM
Awarded to: Rex Waterworth
BEST AND FAIREST (WATERWORTH CUP) – DONATED BY WATERWORTH FAMILY
The Waterworth family have been part of the club for many years and are still serving the
club as officials or Committee Members. Elsie Hearne, Val, Harry, Margaret, Jarrod,
Colin, Jason and Tricia Waterworth are all Life Members of the club.
Awarded to: Whitlam Arndt
RUNNER UP BEST AND FAIREST – DONATED BY THE BARNETT FAMILY
B Grade Trophy Winners
The Barnett family have been Club volunteers for many years. Judith is a current member
of the Management Committee and has been Club Secretary for the past 9 years.
Awarded to: Joshua Niamak
BEST TEAM MAN (RITA BAKER MEMORIAL) – DONATED BY THE BAKER FAMILY
Rita Baker served on the Ladies Committee for several years and the Baker family
provided many fine footballers at the club including Billy Baker, who played in the 1964 A
Grade premiership.
Awarded to: Jake Westwood
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – DONATED BY GARY KERNAHAN
Gary is a Premiership Coach, four-time Premiership player, leading A Grade games
record holder at Souths, and has served on Management Committees for several years.
Awarded to: Jake Collins
MOST DEDICATED PLAYER – DONATED BY THE SHIRLEY AND KERIN FAMILIES
Both families have been involved with the club for many years, both at a playing and
Management Committee level.
Awarded to: Andrew Willis
BEST DEFENDER – DONATED BY WENDY AND ANDREW BLACK
Wendy and Andrew have been great volunteers at the club for many years, together with
Andrew being a trainer and club goal umpire for many years for the club. Wendy is a Life
Member of the club.
Awarded to: Jake Westwood
MOST CONSISTENT – DONATED BY JARROD WATERWORTH & ANTHONY ANNO
Jarrod and Anthony are both long term players at the club with over 300 Club games and
over 200 SGL games. Both are SGL Life Members, South Augusta Life Members, have
won A Grade and B Grade premierships at the Club and have won A grade Fairest and
Best Awards.
Awarded to: Declan Franks
COACH’S TROPHY – DONATED BY STUART BEATON
Awarded to: Dalton Gade
BEST & FAIREST (RODNEY LAMSHED MEMORIAL) – DONATED BY THE LAMSHED FAMILY
Rod Lamshed played senior football for the club from 1979 to 1987, amassing over 130
senior games, two A Grade premierships in 1981 and 1983, was the B Grade premiership
coach in 1985 and member of the Best SGL Team of the First 50 Years in 2001. Rod was
a South Augusta Fairest and Best player in 1981 and was recognised as courageous,
hard at the ball and a loyal team member.
Awarded to: Ethan Maloney
Under 18’s Trophy Winners
RUNNER UP BEST AND FAIREST – (HANRAHAN MEMORIAL TROPHY) DONATED
BY CHRIS HERITAGE
Ray is a Life Member, played over 180 league games including as a Port Augusta and
SGL representative, named in the Best SGL Team of the First 50 Years and was a
member of the 1964 A Grade premiership side.
Awarded to: Addysan Di Paolo
BEST TEAM MAN (HERITAGE MEMORIAL TROPHY) – DONATED BY CHRIS
HERITAGE
John Heritage was a great supporter of the club over many years and his son Chris
played in three A Grade premierships, was Captain of the club for four years including a
premiership and still serves the club by assisting with junior coaching.
Awarded to: Ethan Maloney
MOST DEDICATED (BOWMAN FAMILY TROPHY) – DONATED BY THE BOWMAN
FAMILY
Harold Bowman was inducted into the Port Augusta Hall of Fame for his services to South
Augusta. Robert Bowman, also a Life Member, is current Club Patron and played over
150 games, served on committees and coached B Grade. Mark Bowman also played
over 100 senior games for Souths and played in the 1983 A Grade premiership. John and
Garth Bowman also played at South Augusta; and Lorraine and Donna have served the
club as volunteers and officials.
Awarded to: Kormac Benson
BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER – DONATED BY JAN BLACK
Jan has been a great supporter of the Club over many years and a great stalwart for the
Port Augusta Netball Association for many years.
Awarded to: Addysan Di Paolo
MOST VALUABLE – DONATED BY VAL WATERWORTH
Val has served on the Club’s Management Committee and retired as Head Trainer after
many years of service.
Awarded to: Nate Munzer
EMERGING TALENT – DONATED BY ANDREW AND SUE MAGAREY
Andrew and Sue have been involved with the management of the Club for many years
and are great supporters and Colts sponsors of the Club and are both Life Members.
Awarded to: James Heritage
MOST CONSISTENT – DONATED BY MAX SERVICES
Max Services have been a valued sponsor of the club for several years and joined the
SGL as a sponsor of runner’s outfits for each club.
Awarded to: Oscar Williams
MOST IMPROVED – DONATED BY MARCUS GILL
Awarded to: Hamish Blinman
CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR – DONATED BY THE CHALMERS FAMILY
Prestigious Award Winners
This award was introduced in 1987 and has been sponsored by the Chalmers Family in
honour of great Southies, the late Colin “Snow” and Francie Chalmers. The Club Person
of the Year is someone who works tirelessly and voluntarily for the Club without seeking
recognition.
Awarded to: Nicole McInnis, Jake Collins
PATRON’S TROPHY – DONATED BY THE BOWMAN FAMILY
A player who has greatly contributed to the club on and off the field during the season.
Awarded to: Marcus Gill
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Awarded to players or members who have served the club over many years.
Awarded to: Simon Owens
SAFC would like to thank all trophy & award donors
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