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Our Moonee Valley Cricket Club AGM - outcome
The annual general meeting 2022/23 of the Moonee Valley Cricket Club Inc. was held on Monday, August 21 at the Moonee Ponds Club.
 Charlie Walker in his President’s Report outlined a number of highlights, including our 50th anniversary dinner, the elevation of club co-founder Ray Storey to Moonee Valley’s first official Legend, and the Premiership wins for our Fourths and our Women’s team.
The Fourths win was the second in three years under captain Manu Singh – and only the third in 40 years of Fourth Eleven cricket at the Valley. The women’s flag was our third in a row.
The meeting was told that both Treasurer Peter Golding and Secretary Michael Ozbun were stepping down from the Executive, after being part of a stable group for the past five seasons.
Treasurer Peter Golding reported a shortfall in the budget due to a range of factors, including loss of income from fielding two fewer teams than the previous year, the disastrous start to the season because of the weather, and low support for some fundraising functions. He said the income shortfalls were already being addressed.
Around 20 members attended, either in person or via a Zoom link.
The election of officebearers saw:
*Charlie Walker - President (above right) - returned unopposed for his 16th season.
*Mark Gauci - Vice President - returned unopposed for his sixth season.
*Brendan “Jonty” Rhodes - Secretary – elected on the night.
*Allan Cumming - Treasurer - elected unopposed.
*Paul Sevenson – Junior Co-Ordinator – elected unopposed.
*Domenic Gibaldi – Sponsorship Manager – elected unopposed.
*Peter Golding – General Committee – Special Projects – elected unopposed.
*General committee members Dean Jukic, Andreas Skiotis, Paul Simon – returned unopposed.
*General committee members – Jack Newman, Luke Brock – elected unopposed.
The meeting showed strong support for greater female involvement in the running of our club, and recommended further canvassing of members for the committee. Any members interested should contact Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.
Our Pre-Season training schedule
Moonee Valley cricket - recruiting now
Moonee Valley is open to new senior and junior players leading in to 2023/24.
We field men's teams on both turf and hard wicket, and both Saturday and Sunday grades.
Our premiership-winning women's cricket team plays in a Twenty20 competition on Sundays.
We have juniors at Under 16, Under 14, Under 12 and Under 10 level, and these teams play Friday evenings.
Anyone interested in playing for Moonee Valley - seniors, juniors or our women's team - can phone or text Coach Mark Gauci on 0457 778 335, Junior Co-ordinator Paul Sevenson on 0407 556 950 or President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.
OUR NIGHT OF NIGHTS - MOONEE
VALLEY PRESENTATION 2023
Moonee Valley players, partners and supporters gathered at the Moonee Ponds Club on April 16 for our gala event of the season, the 2022/23 Presentation Night.
 It was a night full of recognition, achievement and surprises, with trophies and announcements.
The Moonee Valley Cricket Club's most prestigious honor, the Lindsay Jones Best Clubperson award, was jointly presented to Adele and Charlie Walker.
At right: Proudly holding their Lindsay Jones Best Clubperson plaques - Adele and Charlie Walker.
Salman Afridi was announced our 2022/23 Club Champion, which was no surprise given his stellar season in the Firsts.
The Sean O'Kane Award, for the best player in all other grades, was taken out by Chand Shrestha, who had a great season with bat, ball and in the field and capped it off with the Fourth Eleven premiership.
The Lindsay Jones award was a record-extending fifth for club president Charlie Walker, but the honor was really about wife Adele, and her support for Moonee Valley in opening their home to host overseas players over more than a decade - with 2022/23 house guests being our Pakistan first class players Wasim Abbas and Salman Afridi.
Life Memberships were awarded to Dean Lawson, Pat Taylor and Jack Newman.
First Eleven keeper Suraj Weerasinghe was judged the club's best Wicketkeeper for 2022/23, and Suraj also took out the Coach's Award for most improved - when he was first at Moonee Valley in 2019/20 he had a batting average of 4.0 in the Firsts. This year he was a key top order bat with 376 runs @ 37.6.
****Watch this space for more photos and info from the night. HERE are all the award winners
Buy club clothing, pay your membership, buy tickets to club functions - do it all at www.mooneevalleycricketstore.com.au
Junior Registration - link here - https://play.cricket.com.au/club/moonee-valley-cricket-club/147223ea-86d8-eb11-a7ad-2818780da0cc
Main Club contact details:
* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Allan Cumming - Treasurer 0438 380 990
* Brendan "Jonty" Rhodes - Secretary 0419 491 174
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335
* Paul Sevenson - Junior Co-ordinator - 0407 556 950
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 : August 21, 2023.
For more of our history, including our Premierships, click HERE
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