A NIGHT TO SHINE FOR OUR JUNIOR STARS
Moonee Valley’s stars of the future – and some who have already arrived – were celebrated at our Junior Presentation Night at the Ormond Park pavilion on March 15.
Under 16s captain Zac Nilsson won the Sherer Family Trophy as Junior Club Champion – winning for the second season in a row.
At left: Trophies for our Under 16s: L-R: Back - Assistant Coach Tom Morrissy, Miles Needham, Silas Bell, Cullan Morrissy, Harper Eason, Jordy Walsh, coach Wasim Abbas, Hayagreev Bashyam and scorer Charlie Walker. Front - Mark Lubansky, Zac Nilsson, Eden Del Citto.
And Under 10s prodigy Augustus Rogers received a trophy for a feat only achieved once before in our 52-year history – a double hat-trick.
Our only other player to get a double hat-trick is Jesse Felle, who took his for the Thirds in 2016/17. And there’s a further connection to our juniors, as Jesse came all the way through our junior ranks.
MVCC Junior Co-ordinator Paul Simon noted that all our eligible junior teams made finals this season (Under 10s do not play finals) and every senior team also saw finals action – many of them including either current junior players or past juniors.
So our junior program is in good hands.
***For more pictures and full details of the trophy winners, click HERE