BENDIGO ADDY'S DECADE IN REVIEW SERIES:
HDFNL - NORTH BENDIGO
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HDFNL - MOUNT PLEASANT
HDFNL - LOCKINGTON-BAMAWM UNITED
HDFNL - LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER
HDFNL - HUNTLY
HDFNL - HEATHCOTE
HDFNL - ELMORE
HDFNL - COLBINABBIN
LVFNL - PYRAMID HILL
LVFNL - NEWBRIDGE
LVFNL - MITIAMO
LVFNL - MARONG
LVFNL - MAIDEN GULLY YCW
LVFNL - INGLEWOOD
LVFNL - CALIVIL UNITED
LVFNL - BRIDGEWATER
LVFNL - BEARS LAGOON-SERPENTINE
NCFL - ALL EIGHT CLUBS
IN what was a decade littered with premierships across the club, senior football success again eluded White Hills during the 2010s in the Heathcote District league.
Across all grades of football and netball the Demons won 23 flags for the decade - 10 more than any other HDFNL club.
Yet for the senior team it was a barren decade, as was the 2000s and 1990s, with the Demons' last senior premiership remaining a distant 1988.
The Demons were the only senior team not to get beyond the second week of the finals for the decade, with their best result a pair of first semi-final appearances in 2011 and 2015.
The Demons - who won 68 games - were clearly a middle-of-the-road side throughout the decade.
While they never seriously threatened to win the premiership, they never bottomed out either, winning between five and 11 games each year apart from 2018 (three victories).
The only time the Demons sat on top of the ladder for the decade was after round three of 2017 when they started the season 3-0.
The standout players of the decade for White Hills were headed by skipper David Wright, who in 2017 played his 200th senior game for the club.
Wright amassed 289 best player votes (six for being named best, five for second best and so on) throughout the decade, with the consistent half-back/midfielder featuring in the Demons' best players 71 times.
Only Huntly's Stacy Fiske (294) earned more best player votes across the decade.
"He's one of those heart-and-soul players of the club who all the boys love to play with," former Demons coach Brent Millar said of Wright on the eve of his 200th game.
A distant second to Wright in the best player voting at the Demons was ruckman Matt Lehane (182), who cruelly suffered two knee reconstructions during the decade - the second of which came representing the HDFNL in inter-league in 2017.
Meanwhile, the only White Hills player to kick more than 100 goals for the decade was Matt Sawyer, who booted 164, including eight hauls of five or more, while Ricky Symes was the competition's leading goalkicker in 2014 with 59 after crossing to Scott Street from Sandhurst.
Sean Christopher's 11 on debut against Elmore in round one of 2017 were the most goals kicked in a game by a White Hills player during the decade.
YEAR-BY-YEAR:
2010
Finished - 5th (6-11)
lost elimination final to North Bendigo
Most best player votes:
Matt Sawyer - 52
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Sawyer - 22
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2011
Finished - 4th (11-7)
lost first semi-final to Heathcote
Most best player votes:
David Wright - 44
Leading goalkicker:
Ryan McNish - 35
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2012
Finished - 8th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Matt Lehane - 37
Leading goalkicker:
Jack Threlfall - 37
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2013
Finished - 7th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Matt Lehane - 44
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Sawyer - 37
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2014
Finished - 5th (8-9)
lost elimination final to Mount Pleasant
Most best player votes:
Matt Lehane - 39
Leading goalkicker:
Ricky Symes - 62
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2015
Finished - 4th (10-8)
lost first semi-final to North Bendigo
Most best player votes:
David Wright - 60
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Sawyer - 58
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2016
Finished - 7th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Jake Dickens - 34
Leading goalkicker:
Jake Ward - 37
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2017
Finished - 5th (7-10)
lost elimination final to Huntly
Most best player votes:
Jake Dickens - 50
Leading goalkicker:
Sean Christopher - 48
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2018
Finished - 7th (3-13)
Most best player votes:
Jake Allport - 51
Leading goalkicker:
Kris Bedford - 32
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2019
Finished - 5th (8-9)
lost elimination final to Mount Pleasant
Most best player votes:
Kris Bedford - 41
Leading goalkicker:
Jed Lamb - 55
BEST PLAYER VOTES:
1 - David Wright
Votes: 289
Times in best: 71
Top 3: 44 No.1: 21
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2 - Matt Lehane
Votes: 182
Times in best: 44
Top 3: 30 No.1: 13
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3 - Hayden Wright
Votes: 176
Times in best: 47
Top 3: 26 No.1: 9
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4 - Gavin Bowles
Votes: 154
Times in best: 43
Top 3: 22 No.1: 10
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5 - Matt Sawyer
Votes: 127
Times in best: 31
Top 3: 22 No.1: 8
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6 - Jake Allport
Votes: 122
Times in best: 33
Top 3: 18 No.1: 7
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7 - Jason Curtain
Votes: 115
Times in best: 37
Top 3: 16 No.1: 5
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8 - Jake Dickens
Votes: 106
Times in best: 24
Top 3: 17 No.1: 9
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9 - Eddie Dickins
Votes: 97
Times in best: 28
Top 3: 14 No.1: 5
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10 - Mitch Curtis
Votes: 94
Times in best: 26
Top 3: 16 No.1: 4
TOP 10 GOALKICKERS:
1 - Matt Sawyer
Goals: 164
High: 7 Games: 68
5+: 8 10+: 0
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2 - Gavin Bowles
Goals: 93
High: 4 Games: 63
5+: 0 10+: 0
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3 - Hayden Wright
Goals: 89
High: 7 Games: 47
5+: 1 10+: 0
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4 - Jake Ward
Goals: 67
High: 6 Games: 27
5+: 3 10+: 0
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5 - Eddie Dickins
Goals: 65
High: 4 Games: 37
5+: 0 10+: 0
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6 - Sam Kerr
Goals: 63
High: 9 Games: 22
5+: 3 10+: 0
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7 - Ricky Symes
Goals: 62
High: 6 Games: 17
5+: 7 10+: 0
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8 - Kris Bedford
Goals: 59
High: 5 Games: 31
5+: 1 10+: 0
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9 - David Wright
Goals: 56
High: 3 Games: 46
5+: 0 10+: 0
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10 - Jed Lamb
Goals: 55
High: 8 Games: 12
5+: 5 10+: 0
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
v Colbinabbin
Record - 4-16
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v Elmore
Record - 15-5
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v Heathcote
Record - 12-9
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v Huntly
Record - 10-12
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v Leitchville-Gunbower
Record - 8-12
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v LBU
Record - 6-14
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v Mount Pleasant
Record - 8-14
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v North Bendigo
Record - 5-18
DECADE RECORD:
Played - 168
Won - 68
Lost - 100
Drawn - 0
Winning % - 40.5%
Average for/agst - 83/95
Seasons in finals - 6
Finals record - 2-6
Premierships - 0
RESERVES:
Total wins - 151
Seasons in finals - 10
Premierships - 4
UNDER-17S:
Total wins - 112
Seasons in finals - 8
Premierships - 1
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