Senior cricket training starts – Thursday, November 5

Greetings Moonee Valley players,

The Council has given us access to Ormond Park to commence training, and our first session is Thursday, November 5.

Coach Glen Courts and Vice President Mark Gauci will be at the ground from 4.30pm, and will be overseeing training as well as initial COVID-19 compliance.

There are strict requirements from the Victorian Government and from Cricket Victoria to enable us to return to play, and they have been endorsed by our Associations.

Training will be held each Tuesday and Thursday, and we will consider further sessions if required.

While we have access to the ground, we still do not have access to the rooms, and won’t until the Council completes the cleaning and handover from the winter season.

*There will be no changing room access, so players should come dressed ready to train.

*Sanitizer will be 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 MUST sign in and sign out with the QR code – and this can be done on mobile phones.

*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.

 See you at training.

Charlie Walker.
President,
Moonee Valley Cricket Club

Gear up for the season - get ready now

Now that we’ve got a tentative timetable for our cricket season, players need to be thinking about getting fit and ready for when we can take to the field.

Coach Glen Courts is urging players across all grades to do the basics to get fit for when we’re due to resume training in the week beginning October 26.
The season will tentatively start on November 14 (NWMCA and Mercantile) and November 21 (VTCA).
Glen "Buddha" Courts is no stranger to Moonee Valley, having played 50 games with us over the years - in our First Eleven from 1999, and then occasional Over 35 games at the Barooga tournament.
Players interested in joining Moonee Valley can ring Glen on 0403 329 652 or club President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.

OUR SENIOR WISDEN - TAKE THE QUIZ AND SHOW YOUR KNOWLEDGE 

Our 2019/20 Wisden is now out, and is published on our website. It’s packed full of current and career stats and records across the club, and this year runs to 129 pages.
There are photographs from across our season, as well as a commentary of the season that was.
We’ve also got the Junior Wisden online.
Here are some testing questions from the Wisden. No prizes, but test your knowledge - and let us know how many of the 10 you answered correctly. Here we go!

*Who’s the only current-day player with a career batting average over 50?
*Who’s the captain of our 2019/20 Wisden Team of the Year?
*Who has bowled the most consecutive maidens in club history?
*Who (a current-day player) has the best bowling average of all time for players with 30 or more wickets?
*Who has scored the most runs in our seven years at the Barooga Over 35s tournament? And who has taken the most wickets?
*The Fifths set a new all-time high score for their grade in 2019/20. Who was it against, what was the match and what was the score?
*Who scored the most runs for Moonee Valley in the summer season? And who was second?
*How many Premiership players made the Wisden Team of the Year?
*Which two players brought up 400 wickets during the season?
*Who has played the most official Twenty20 games for Moonee Valley (37)? And who has scored the most runs?

Read through the Wisden and find the answers. And for a bonus point - who has played the most combined senior and junior games for Moonee Valley? And who has scored the most runs? A hint: They're both life members.

To see the Wisdens, go to these links:  Senior     Junior

     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 

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

Last updated : November 4, 2020.
For more of our history, including our Premierships, click HERE