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.