Valley family comes together

The Moonee Valley Cricket Club family showed its true colors when it came together in the new pavilion on November 24 for a fundraiser.
Well over 100 people gathered in the pavilion for an afternoon of fun and festivities to support Tien Polonidis, while the Fourths and the Sevenths took to the field on adjoining grounds.
At right: Tien (left) and husband Jim enjoy the afternoon with some of their friends.
Many of the gathering and players were wearing pink MVCC caps, curator Ian “Spider” Beel painted the boundary lines in pink and both games were played with pink stumps.
The fundraiser was to help raise some money for medical bills for Tien, a 46-game player at Moonee Valley and wife of Life member Jim Polonidis.
The Fourths game was umpired (at his request) by past MVCC coach Lou Raffaele, who also donated a number of items of sports memorabilia for a silent auction as part of the fundraiser.
The bar did brisk business under the control of Committee members Mark Gauci, Channa DeSilva and others, with the profits going to the fundraiser.
The day was a reminder of why we’re a big family at Moonee Valley.
***More photos HERE