Odie and Riverboat - the John and Joe Show

The Johnny and Joe Show - it's on this Saturday
Moonee Valley legends John Talone (left) and Joe Ansaldo (right) are playing their 300th games together this Saturday, and it's fitting that they bring up their milestone at our Ormond Park home ground.

They are both ornaments to the game and to our Club, and we're confident that the December 6 milestone match against Sydenham Hillside in the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association's Barron Shield grade will give them a memorable opportunity to celebrate their milestone.

They're both Premiership players - Joe saluting for the first time only last season - and have made significant contributions to Moonee Valley both on and off the field.

John was Club Secretary for a record 14 seasons during our heyday, when the Valleys won flags at will, and is still contributing by running our Milo In2Cricket program to give youngsters their first step in our great sport of cricket.

Joe is a past committee member, and famous as Riverboat Joe for his wonderful poker night fundraisers.

Only two other Valley players have reached the 300-game milestone - Darren "Spud" Nagle and Ian "Egbert" Denny.

We've already had a strong line-up of past and present players put their hands up for selection in the milestone match, so we'll have a hard time fitting everyone in.

We invite all past and present Moonee Valley players and supporters to come down and cheer on our legends in their milestone match. The game starts at 1pm.

It's been a big couple of weeks for significant milestones at Moonee Valley, with Jesse Felle (250 wickets) and Bede Gannon (200 wickets) both showing the way.