Ben's Hur-culean effort

Congratulations to Ben Thomas on reaching his 250th game at Moonee Valley - a place where only 11 Moonee Valley players have gone before  him in our 50-year club history.
It's a remarkable achievement, given that Ben initially showed no interest in joining brother Matt at the Valley, and instead played his junior cricket at Barkly Street.
But once we got Ben down to Ormond Park in 2003/04 he's stuck fast, and has forged his own history at our Club.
At the start of this season Ben sat 10th on our all-time runs leader board, and is rapidly closing on 5000.
At right: Milestone man Ben Thomas (right) with fellow life member and teammate Dean Jukic.
He's had an interrupted 2020/21 season so far, missing most of the early games due to an ongoing back problem. But in the past couple of weeks in the Thirds he's hit his straps and hit some runs.
Ben brought up his milestone game in a solid win over Flemington on February 7 and top scored with 29.
Such is his unassuming character, he tried to let the significant milestone go unnoticed.
The Thirds are finals-bound this season, and Ben is sure to be a key cog in the push for a flag.
Ben's already a two-time Premiership winner, and a third medal would look very nice in the trophy cabinet.