A great games milestone for Dynamic Dean

Above: Dean Jukic and his teammates for his 350th game: L-R Shiva Chhabra, Frank Ripa, Luke Sevenson, Mukul Sharma, Lachlan Smith, Sudarshan Devkota, Chris Love, Dean Jukic, Andreas Skiotis, Ben Baldacchino, Joey Ripa and Jason Ripa.
Dean Jukic has become just the sixth player in more than a half century of Moonee Valley history to play 350 games for our club.
Pulling on the whites for the Fourths at home on December 7, Deano hit 22 runs as we easily accounted for Barnawartha.
The popular Life Member has also brought up 450 wickets - our fourth-highest tally, and his 22 runs on Sunday took him to 5493 runs for the club - our ninth-highest at Moonee Valley.
A few of his teammates from across the years came down to Ormond Park to wish Deano well for his milestone.
At left: Celebrating the milestone with great mates and fellow Life Members - L-R Mark Gauci, Jim Polonidis, Dean Jukic and John Talone.
He has been a stalwart of our club since making his Moonee Valley debut in 1998/99 and has always been willing to pitch in and help, including several seasons on the committee.
Deano was honored with Life Membership in 2015/16.
He is a four-time Moonee Valley Wisden Player of the Year, and has been selected in the Moonee Valley Wisden Team of the Year six times.
Deano is the current Most Valuable Player winner for the Fourths, and jointly holds the record for most MVP awards with Jim Polonidis - six each.
He holds First Eleven cap No. 122 - debuting in our highest grade in Round 5 in his debut year.
Across the seasons the three-time Premiership player has won four batting awards and six bowling awards, underlying his value to any team he plays in.
Deano also won the Sean O'Kane Award - the club champion for all grades other than the Firsts - in 2019/20. He's a true ornament of our Club, and here's to many more milestones in Deano's career.