Thirds bring up winning milestones for Sagar

and David

The big win for our Thirds on February 2 helped to celebrate two important milestones - the 100th game of skipper Sagar Bhatia, and the 50th senior game of young gun David Lubansky.
Sagar took three wickets to celebrate his milestone and David took a sharp catch. David was stiff to be given out caught to a ball which flicked his pads, and Sagar didn't need to contribute much with the bat as Chand Shrestha, Maks Rahman and Vinny Singh scored the bulk of the runs in the match, which saw Melbourne City fall almost 70 runs short of the 8/220 target which Moonee Valley set. 
        

In the Ormond Park rooms celebrating the double milestone: L-R. Back - Amolak Singh Saini, Joshua Norsetter, Vinny Singh, Sunny Singh, Chand Shrestha, Maks Rahman, Pankaj Chohda, Sukhi Jaiswal and Andreas Skiotis. Front - Sagar Bhatia, David Lubansky and Logan Shrestha.

LAST BALL THRILLER: DOWN TO THE WIRE FOR

WEBB-JOHNSON/PASCU CUP
Moonee Ponds had just one ball to spare when they edged past our Moonee Valley team in the Webb-Johnson/Pascu Cup match to raise awareness for men's health issues. Their No. 8 bat edged a four off the fifth ball of the 20th  over to overhaul our total of 7/137cc in the Twenty20 fixture, played at their Aberfeldie Park ground on January 23.
The win gives Moonee Ponds hosting rights again next season.
Heath Webb-Johnson's widow Lezanne and their children Reid and Bree were there to watch proceedings, along with good attendances from both Moonee Valley and Moonee Ponds.
The Cup was first contested in 2020/21 following the passing of Moonee Valley's Heath and Moonee Ponds' Gary Pascu, and both clubs saw the need to promote and highlight men's health.
It is a perpetual reminder of two loved and respected players and mates no longer with us.
Above: Honoring Heath and Gary: Captains Jack Newman (left - Moonee Valley) and Patrick Didham (Moonee Ponds) with the Cup and Heath Webb-Johnson's children Reid and Bree.
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The Moonee Valley Cricket Club is participating in the Toyota Good For Cricket Raffle this season, and all the proceeds from your ticket purchases go direct to our Club.
That's right - tickets are $5 each, and every $5 sale comes to our coffers.
The link above is exclusive to the Moonee Valley Cricket Club, so click on it and you're ready to go.
You will see from the info in the link that we're not exactly on the leaderboard yet in terms of ticket sales, but we've got through to March 3, 2025.
Apart from the cars, prizes include coaching clinics for club members with Cricket Australia players, special experiences at cricket matches and signed memorabilia.
There are no costs for the club and no need to organise permits or prizes. Toyota has everything organised, so it's free, easy and contactless. So hop in now, buy some tickets and support Moonee Valley.

Junior and Senior Registration - link here - CLICK

*SENIOR TRAINING - THE DETAILS 

Coach Brayden McGregor and assistant coach Tony Gleeson run senior training each Tuesday and Thursday at our home ground, Ormond Park in Pattison St, Moonee Ponds.
Training starts at 6pm.
Moonee Valley has five senior men's teams - four of which play on turf - and a women's team, as well as juniors across all age groups and a Blast program for the younger players.
We still have spots available in all teams. Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley can phone Brayden on0429 559 797, junior co-ordinator Paul Sevenson on 0407 556 950 or President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.

     
Main Club contact details:

* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Allan Cumming - Treasurer 0438 380 990
* Sarah Fenn - Secretary 0438 141 179
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335 
* Paul Sevenson - Junior Co-ordinator - 0407 556 950   

Emails: mooneevalleycricket@gmail.com
        charlie.walker@optusnet.com.au 

For more contacts, see " Office bearers & Officials " under "Club News & Info" at the top of the page

Last updated : February 10, 2025.
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