Barooga - off to a flying start

Moonee Valley's campaign in our 11th Barooga Over 35s tournament got off to a flying start on January 13, with a strong win over Beaconsfield under lights.
As the reigning title holder, we dismissed Beaconsfield for 106 in the 27th over of the 40-over match, then racked up the runs three down in 17.4 overs.
Moonee Valley only just got to play under lights - the match was done so quickly that the towers at the main Barooga Sporting Ground had only just come on, and the final runs were scored before they had any effect.
Our Moonee Valley team consisted of past and present players - current players Mark Gauci, Allan Cumming, Glen Courts, Jason Ripa and Charlie Walker, past players Sean and Peter O'Kane, Craig Pridham, Barooga-based players Kale Watkins and Ben Lucas, Peter "Pirate" Richardson and Shepparton-based Cameron McGregor - the father of Moonee Valley senior coach Brayden.
Above: Our Barooga team for Game 1: L-R. Back - Kale Watkins, Sean O'Kane, Peter O'Kane, Craig Pridham, Mark Gauci, Brendan Rhodes, Cameron McGregor. Front - Glen Courts, Jason Ripa, Ben Lewis, Charlie Walker, Peter Richardson and Allan Cumming.
We've got reinforcements coming up from Moonee Valley for the next games.
Stats highlights from the Beaconsfield game were Ben Lucas 40no, Mark Gauci 28 and Cameron McGregor 12no. Our bowling stars were Kale Watkins 4/10, Mark Gauci 2/13, Sean O'Kane 2/14 and Cameron McGregor 2/22. Our fielding was a highlight, with sharp catches to Sean and Pirate.
And thanks to our non-playing team member Brendan Jonty Rhodes for scoring.