Lockhart forward Dwayne Weetra clocking up the kilometres playing for Demons

Up until a fortnight ago, Weetra was making the eleven hour round trip from Mildura each weekend to play.

But the key forward recently relocated to Barham and is now faced with a much more manageable six hour round trip each Saturday.

Weetra followed coach Mitch Carroll from Coleambally where he played in 2019.

"I rate Mitch highly as a coach after I played under him at Coleambally but I was living in Griffith back then," Weetra said.

"I know it's a big commitment to travel from Mildura each week but it was something that I was prepared to do to keep playing under Mitch.

"I've missed playing the past fortnight because I was moving house and I now live in Barham.

"So it is a lot less travel for me and I plan to play every match for the rest of the season."

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Previously to joining Coleambally, Weetra had stints at Cairns and Barham.

Weetra has provided a strong marking target deep in attack for the Demons and has booted 17 goals from seven matches.

The power forward said he hoped to be able to overcome a case of the goalkicking yips which has plagued him so far this season.

"I've been clunking my marks fairly well but unfortunately my kicking has let me down a bit," he said.

"I've found the Hume league is a bit quicker than the Farrer league and have adapted to that.

"I feel comfortable in my role as marking forward deep in attack.

"The delivery from my teammates has been good and I just need to work on my conversion and reward them for their hard work further up the ground."

Weetra, 29, is on track to have a career best season in front of goal.

"I'm not a big goalkicker and the most I have kicked previously would be 40 goals," he said.

"So if I can beat that and if we can sneak into the finals, I'll be pretty happy.

"I feel we have got a team capable of playing finals and can be more than competitive if we make it.

"It's just a matter of putting together four consistent quarters in contrast to playing good in patches.

"Hopefully we can get on a bit of a roll in the countdown to finals.

"We have got a few home games in a row coming up and we know most sides hate making the trip to Lockhart."

The Demons host Rand-Walbundrie-Walla on the weekend and will be desperate for an upset win against the third-placed Giants.

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