200 GAME CONGRATS TO DANIEL PHILLIPS

Congratulations to Daniel Phillips on reaching his 200-game milestone as part of a wonderful career at Moonee Valley.
Daniel brought up the significant milestone in our Thirds on December 20, playing with great mates Mark Gauci and Dean Jukic.
Life Member John Talone gave a quick speech in the Ormond Park rooms before the game, acknowledging Daniel’s great contribution to our club.
And other Life Members visited and watched the game during the afternoon.
It’s been a long time coming for Daniel, since playing his first game in the 1994/95 season.
Daniel has done the hard yards for Moonee Valley, living for a number of years in Kilmore but still maintaining his commitment to our club. With his shift work, there were many times when Daniel would finish his work and grab a couple of hours sleep in the Ormond Park carpark before his game or training session.
As captain, he did all the hard work to set up our Second Eleven premiership in 2009/10, but he stepped aside that season for a break.
Daniel got his reward though, a key player in the Seconds premiership in 2014/15.
His off-field contributions to Moonee Valley include a number of years on the committee, including the past three seasons.
Daniel’s onfield record also stands the test of time, with 3500 runs and almost 200 wickets.
He’s been a stalwart of our commitment to the Over 35s masters tournament at Barooga each year, and along with Gauch has played every game in every tournament we’ve entered.
Daniel, we congratulate you.
Above: Daniel Phillips and his teammates for his milestone match: L-R Dean Jukic, Mark Gauci, Harry Pickering, Domenic Gibaldi, Mitchell Britton, Daniel Phillips, Maks Rahman, Sunny Sharma, Sunil Bhandari, Dominic Rettino and Sagar Bhatia.

Noah, we take our Hat off to you!

Under 16s player Noah Nimorakiotakis has been steadily gaining senior experience over the past two seasons, and the hard work all came together on December 6 with a senior hat-trick.
Coming into the attack for the first time in the 21st over, Noah reduced Aintree from 5/111 to 8/111 in the blink of an eye, with wickets off the first three balls of his over.
The first two went to catches to Nick Pigitsakis and Dylan Pleban, but Noah showed nerves of steel to bowl sharp and straight to secure his hat-trick with a plumb LBW.
At left: Noah Nimorakiotakis shows off his hat-trick ball, with teammate George Manousos (left) and dad/captain Bill.
He took another wicket to finish with 4/11 as Aintree was bundled out for 140 runs - well short of the 301 runs it made the previous week.
The weather intervened after Moonee Valley went in to bat, and the match ended in a draw when the rain began to fall steadily.
Noah now has five wickets for the season, at a respectable average of 12.
It's pleasing to see that our last two senior hat-trick takers at Moonee Valley have been still in juniors, following on from Dejan Gilevski in 2019/20.
Noah is one of just 25 players in Moonee Valley's 50-year history to have taken a senior hat-trick.
Want to see the hat-trick ball - click HERE . 



   First-up win for our women's team


Moonee Valley celebrated our return to women's cricket after a 10-year layoff with a first-up win.
Travelling to Burnside Heights for the season opener, we compiled 3/117 from our 20 overs then bundled the opposition out for 93. Our two youngest players were the stars - Under 12s player Katherine Baker with 24 not out and Audrey Brown with two wickets.
Above: Our team for our first home game at Ormond Park: L-R: Back - Sarah Ronayne, coach Channa DeSilva, Brigid Kruspe, Tanya Intagliata, Tara Newman, Isabella Kruspe, Madeleine McLeod. Front - Kelsie Armstrong, Sarah Gooden, Katherine Baker and Audrey Brown.
We couldn't repeat the dose in Week 2 when we played at home, but kept all our wickets intact as we scored 75 off our 20 overs. We took three wickets in reply, but were unable to prevent Grand United passing our score.
Moonee Valley had women's teams from 2007 to 2011, then they went into recess.
Tanya Itagliata, who came all the way through Moonee Valley's juniors and played in our inaugural women's teams, played a key role in putting the team together for our return to women's cricket.
Tanya is fast approaching the 50 senior game landmark - so congratulations will soon be in order.

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Senior cricket training – Tuesdays and Thursdays

Moonee Valley seniors are training Tuesdays and Thursdays - with our women's team booked to train Wednesdays.
Coach Glen Courts is at Ormond Park early to get training  under way by 5.30pm, and we are training in accordance with COVID-19 compliance and safety.
There are strict requirements from the Victorian Government and from Cricket Victoria which have enabled us to return to play, and they have been endorsed by our Associations.
As part of staying safe: 

*Players should come dressed ready to train or play - minimise use of change rooms.
*There is no sharing of food or drinks. Players should bring their own food and drink - or can buy an individual, clear-wrapped meal at the canteen.
*Sanitizer is provided at the ground, and players are expected to sanitize hands on a regular basis.
* Any shared equipment has to be sanitized before it can be passed to anyone else.
*Balls will need to be regularly sanitized.
*Social distancing is required, and players are required to wear masks at all times unless batting, bowling and participating in drills which require exertion.
*We all have masks from the lockdown, so players should bring their own mask.
*Players and anyone staying on game day or for training more than 15 minutes  MUST sign in and sign out for training with the QR code – and this can be done on mobile phones. People who come into the pavilion must also sign in and out with a separate QR code.
*Under the return to play provisions, players MUST train in groups of up to 11 on each night, and are not allowed to mingle or interchange with the other groups at the session.
*Anyone who feels ill or has any symptoms of COVID-19 must stay away from Ormond Park and other players, and as per Government directives should get tested. 
Players interested in joining Moonee Valley can ring Glen Courts on 0403 329 652 or club President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.
 See you at training.
Charlie Walker.
President,
Moonee Valley Cricket Club

     Main Club contact details:

* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Peter Golding - Treasurer 0419 009 721
* Michael Ozbun - Secretary 0448 548 860
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335 
* Peter Pickering - Junior Co-ordinator - mooneev@club.cricketvictoria.com.au    

Email: mooneev@club.cricketvictoria.com.au 

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Last updated : January 4, 2021.
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