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Back to Barooga for Tournament 2022

Our team for the win in Game 2 of the tournament. L-R: Back - Matt Thomas, Sean O'Kane, Justin Maley, Nate Wolland, Mark Gauci, Jason 'Guru' Stephens and Trevor Pridham. Front - Craig Pridham, Allan Cumming, Tony Gleeson and Glen Courts.

BACK AT BAROOGA FOR TOURNAMENT 2022
Moonee Valley Cricket Club was back in Barooga for the annual January over 35s tournament, after it was called off last year due to COVID.
It's been part of our annual schedule since 2014, after our initial venture there was organised by MVCC Life Member and Barooga boy Sean O'Kane.
Bowler of the tournament Glen Courts with his trophy and teammate Matt Thomas. We won our first two games quite convincingly, but were 21 runs short when we ran out of overs in the final game. We finished third in the tournament, which ran from January 10-13.
MVCC senior coach Glen Courts was the star of the tournament, winning the bowling trophy with 12 wickets at a miserly average of 6.08.
That's all the more remarkable as 'Buddha' is our wicketkeeper in real life - and indeed kept for part of the innings at Barooga.
At left: Bowler of the tournament Glen Courts with his trophy and teammate Matt Thomas.
We had a solid crew of Valley players, supplemented by a couple of Barooga top-ups.
As well as Sean O'Kane, now living back in Barooga, our Valley contingent was Tony Gleeson, Allan Cumming, Mark Gauci, Nate Wolland, Matt Thomas, Glen Courts and Charlie Walker. Former Valley player Craig Pridham brought his father Trevor, and Allan Cumming brought mate Ian Reid.
Our first game was under the lights at the beautiful Barooga No. 1 ground on the Tuesday, although we had it done and dusted and finished off the game before the lights came fully on. And yes, our official uniform for this tournament was lairy Hawaiian shirts, black shorts and Aussie bucket hats.