Pennant Hills Demons AFC
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Pennant Hills Demons is an Australian rules football
club competing in the Sydney AFL
league and based out of the Sydney suburb of Pennant Hills
. Their home ground is Ern Holmes Oval.
The club has twice won the premiership. Their first premiership was in 2000, when they defeated North Shore 15.12 (102) to 12.7 (79) at Macquarie University
. Their second was in 2006, in driving rain on a quagmire at Henson Park. The Demons scored eight behinds in a row, all of them on the run, to come from six points down to defeat the previously undefeated East Coast Eagles
by just two points. The final score was: Pennant Hills 5.20 (50) defeated East Coast 7.6 (48).
, who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
. Mark McVeigh
also played for Pennant Hills before being drafted by the Essendon Football Club
, as well as his younger brother Jarrad McVeigh
who was drafted by the Sydney Swans
.
The most recent rising talent in the AFL who started at Pennant Hills Demons AFC is Kieren Jack
, son of West Tigers and rugby league
legend, Garry Jack
. Jack currently plays for the Sydney Swans
and is one of the competitions elite taggers.
Current AFL Scholarship Players:
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club competing in the Sydney AFL
Sydney AFL
The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:...
league and based out of the Sydney suburb of Pennant Hills
Pennant Hills, New South Wales
Pennant Hills is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pennant Hills is located 25 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire...
. Their home ground is Ern Holmes Oval.
History
The club was formed in 1971. The best and fairest in the first season was awarded to Edward "Nobby" Clark, an ex Sydney Naval player and NSW representative with a classy left foot, originally from Western Australia. Pennant Hills were promoted to the top Sydney grade, the SFL (now Sydney AFL Premier Division) in 1977.The club has twice won the premiership. Their first premiership was in 2000, when they defeated North Shore 15.12 (102) to 12.7 (79) at Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
. Their second was in 2006, in driving rain on a quagmire at Henson Park. The Demons scored eight behinds in a row, all of them on the run, to come from six points down to defeat the previously undefeated East Coast Eagles
East Coast Eagles AFC
East Coast Eagles is an Australian rules football club competing in the Sydney AFL competition and based out of the Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill, New South Wales....
by just two points. The final score was: Pennant Hills 5.20 (50) defeated East Coast 7.6 (48).
Famous players
The club produced Lenny HayesLenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield....
, who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. Mark McVeigh
Mark McVeigh
Mark McVeigh is an Australian rules footballer. He made his debut for Essendon Football Club in 1999 after representing NSW/ACT at Under 18 level...
also played for Pennant Hills before being drafted by the Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, as well as his younger brother Jarrad McVeigh
Jarrad McVeigh
Jarrad McVeigh is a New South Wales-born AFL player with the Sydney Swans. He is the younger brother of Essendon's Mark McVeigh.- Biography :...
who was drafted by the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
.
The most recent rising talent in the AFL who started at Pennant Hills Demons AFC is Kieren Jack
Kieren Jack
Kieren Jack is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League .- Early life :He is the son of former Balmain Tigers Rugby League star Garry Jack....
, son of West Tigers and rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
legend, Garry Jack
Garry Jack
Garry Jack is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He was a representative in the Australian national team and star player with the Balmain Tigers. Jack was a for the Tigers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, under the captaincy of Wayne Pearce and the coaching of Warren Ryan...
. Jack currently plays for the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
and is one of the competitions elite taggers.
Current AFL Scholarship Players:
- Joshua Fenaroli (CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
) - Scott ReedScott Reed (Australian rules footballer)Scott Reed is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL. He plays as a tall forward and was drafted to Collingwood with the 78th selection in the 2009 rookie draft...
(CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
) - Ranga EdiriwickramaRanga EdiriwickramaRanga Ediriwickrama is a former rookie listed Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
(GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
) - Joshua Duncan (St Kilda)