Footy clubs and training in Adelaide Hills
11 clubs in the Adelaide Hills, and every one of them picks its best side on who can run, tackle and back up week after week. Here is where they play — and how to be the player they pick.
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11 footy clubs have a home ground in the Adelaide Hills (population 40,879 at the 2021 census), across 11 suburbs. Most play in the Hills Football League (10 clubs), with others in the Adelaide Footy League (1).
Community clubs in Adelaide Hills sit in the Norwood or Sturt SANFL zone — Norwood takes the eastern and north-eastern suburbs, Sturt the inner southern and eastern suburbs and the Adelaide Hills. The zone belongs to your club, not your address, and the SANFL club finder shows which one it is.
Footy clubs in Adelaide Hills
Every club with a home ground in the Adelaide Hills, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.
| Club | Home ground | Competition and grades |
|---|---|---|
| Onkaparinga Valley | Johnston Memorial Park, Balhannah | HFL Division 1 |
| Birdwood | Birdwood Oval, Birdwood † | HFL Division 2 |
| Bridgewater | Bridgewater Oval, Bridgewater † | HFL Division 2 |
| Gumeracha | Gumeracha Oval, Gumeracha | HFL Division 2 |
| Hahndorf | Hahndorf Oval, Hahndorf † | HFL Division 1 |
| Mount Lofty District | Heathfield Oval, Heathfield | HFL Division 1 |
| Houghton Districts | Houghton Memorial Oval, Houghton † | AdFL Division 6 |
| Kersbrook | Kersbrook Soldiers Memorial Park, Kersbrook | HFL Division 2 |
| Lobethal | Lobethal Recreation Ground, Lobethal | HFL Division 1 |
| Torrens Valley | Centenary Park, Mount Torrens † | HFL Division 2 |
| Uraidla Districts | Uraidla Showgrounds, Uraidla | HFL Division 1 |
† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.
Which SANFL zone your club is in
Community clubs in Adelaide Hills sit in the Norwood or Sturt SANFL zone — Norwood takes the eastern and north-eastern suburbs, Sturt the inner southern and eastern suburbs and the Adelaide Hills. The zone belongs to your club, not your address, and the SANFL club finder shows which one it is.
Set it up for your club in Adelaide Hills
Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Adelaide guide.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Hills Football League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the footy season. SANFL and community footy in South Australia starts in April, so you can hold the pre-season through March by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
The Adelaide Hills by suburb
40,879 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census.
Coaching a side in Adelaide Hills?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Adelaide Hills: questions
What footy clubs are in the Adelaide Hills?
Which SANFL zone are Adelaide Hills clubs in?
Which league do Adelaide Hills footy clubs play in?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
More of Adelaide’s east & the Hills
Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Bridgewater training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
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