Back to Barooga - it's our 12th year

 Our winning team for Game 4, which played under lights on the Barooga No. 1 ground. L-R: Back - Glen Courts, Stephen Ward, Ben Lucas, Tony Gleeson, Matt Thomas, Cameron McGregor and Channa DeSilva. Front - Allan Cumming, Jason Ripa, Maks Rahman, Craig Pridham and Peter O'Kane.

Moonee Valley played its 12th annual Over 35s tournament in Barooga, and it was a chance for current players to get together with some past greats of our Club and to meet some new friends.
We played four games across the January 12-15 tournament - two 40-over fixtures and two Twenty20s - for two wins and two losses.
At left: Allan Cumming prepares to face up in the first game.
We came second overall in the tournament, with the winner determined on net run rate.
Our team comprised current players Mark Gauci, Allan Cumming, Jason Ripa, Maks Rahman, Tony Gleeson, Glen Courts, Brendan Rhodes, Daniel Phillips, Stephen Ward, Frank Ripa and Charlie Walker, past greats Sean O'Kane, Craig Pridham, Channa DeSilva, Peter O'Kane and Matt Thomas, and friends Cameron McGregor and Ben Lucas.
Our batting stars were Jason Ripa with 94 runs @ 47, Glen Courts with 91 @ 30.33 and Tony Gleeson with 61 @ 61. Buddha's 91 runs took him past 3000 for Moonee Valley.
Our bowling was even, led by Peter O'Kane with 6 wickets @ 11.5, including a match haul of 5/22, and Craig Pridham with 5 wickets @ 18.2.
We presented Moonee Valley MVP medallions for the matches - Glen Courts was voted MVP for the first game, Maks Rahman for the combined Twenty20s and Peter O'Kane for the final match.
Club President Charlie Walker said the Barooga tournament is "part of the DNA" of the Moonee Valley Cricket Club and we are already making plans for next year's event.
One of the options we are considering is entering a team in the Over 50s section, as well as our ongoing involvement in the Over 35s.
****For more pictures from our 2026 tournament, click HERE