LILYDALE Football Club have locked in incumbent coaching duo Thane Bardenhagen and Colin Lockhart for season 2017.
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Demons president Barry Hawes said Bardenhagen, 24, would remain senior coach with Lockhart his sideline deputy. “Last year we were down near the bottom of the ladder and the improvement we have seen this year has been great,” Hawes said.
Bardenhagen, an under-16s Lilydale premiership player, said he was happy with the club’s position in third spot on the NTFA Division 2 ladder but that there was more work to be done.
“It’s exciting… so far our rebuild has been a success but there is plenty still to work on and build on what we have started this year,” the first-year coach said.
“Every club goes through a cycle and it’s great that we’ve got a lot locals back to the club.
“Seventeen of our 22 senior playerd either played juniors at Lilydale or lived out there at some point.”