Our Firsts open our account in Div 3 

              
Above: Our victorious First Eleven team: L-R. Back - Nathan Waites, Steve Hazelwood, Luke Brock, Jack Newman, Krish Kanchan, Luka Anderson. Front - Harry Simpson, Luca Nimorakiotakis, Dejan Gilevski, Henry Thomas and Zac Nilsson.
Moonee Valley Firsts put up a strong showing to announce our arrival in Division 3 of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.
In our first full outing since being promoted from Div 4, the team amassed 4/303 declared after cleaning up Sunshine Heights for 175 on our Ormond Park home ground, then got them 1/63 in their second dig.
The October 26/November 2 Round 3 game was our first full outing, after Round 1 was washed out and Round 2 was abandoned on the second day due to rain.
At left: A good win in a higher division is enough to warm the hearts of the Life Members - L-R Daniel Phillips, Mark Gauci and Darren Nagle.
Division 3 is the highest we've been in the grades since we won promotion to North Division in 2010/22 - just one grade below the top division.
Our team against Sunshine Heights had seven players aged 22 and under, so we're setting ourselves up for a sustained run of success. Captain Jack Newman bludgeoned 93 runs off just 44 balls, while young guns Luca Nimorakiotakis (80) and Krish Kanchan (60) set the tone for our innings as our openers.
And on another promising note, our Seconds also had a solid win - bowling Sunshine Heights out for 106 and declaring seven down for 199.