Danny Terzini joins the 300 club

                                               
             Danny Terzini joins the 300 
            club at Moonee Valley

Moonee Valley legend Danny Terzini entered rare company in Round 6 when he became just the sixth player in our Club's history to record 300 games.
Above: Team members from Danny Terzini's 300th game: L-R. Back - Nick Taylor, Graeme Bloom, Shaun Rayment, Brendan Rhodes, Krish Kanchan, Michael Cumbo, Anthony Leonardo, Geoff Smith. Front - John Petropoulos, Danny Terzini, Pat Taylor and Peter Smith. Below left: Danny in his 300th. 
The milestone is a testament to a loyal player who has stuck thick with Moonee Valley in good times and bad, and who can always be relied on to lead by example both on and off the field.
And it was only fitting that Danny shared his milestone game with 2013/14 Premiership teammate Pat Taylor, who brought up his 150th game.
Danny and Pat were "the only show in town" - as the Sixths were the only one of Moonee Valley's teams to get a game in on the rain-soaked November 24/25 weekend. 
They couldn't prevail over Caroline Springs, but Danny top-scored for the Valley in a run chase that fell short.
They were able to celebrate the milestone with three of their teammates from the drought-breaking Premiership in Shaun Rayment, Sam Carbone and Michael Cumbo, and there were Life Members on hand to cheer Danny on - including Premiership teammate Joe Ansaldo along with Mark Gauci and Bob Sciacchitano. Other supporters also made the trek to Caroline Springs to show their respects. 
Danny has done a lot for Moonee Valley - and captaining the Sixths Premiership in his 248th game is just one aspect of it. 
Danny is one of just seven Valley players to score more than 6000 runs, and is a past winner of our prestigious Lindsay Jones Best Clubman award.
He's captaining the Fifths this season jointly with Brendan Rhodes, and brings a level head to the games.
There's not much that Danny hasn't done on the field over his career so far - five centuries, including a high of 152 not out scored last season, capable hands with the wicketkeeping gloves and 37 wickets with his deceptive darters.
At right: Milestones: Pat Taylor (left) with grandson Jackson in his 150th match, alongside 300-gamer Danny Terzini.
 Danny has won batting awards in the Thirds, Fifths, Sixths and Sevenths, and twice took out fielding awards in the Thirds.
He was one of the driving forces along with then-President Darren Nagle in nurturing our young talent when Moonee Valley first formed juniors in 1996/97, and has continued to display a strong interest in junior development ever since.
It's perhaps fitting that three of the young men he helped guide through juniors were Premiership teammates with Danny in the 2013/14 flag.