Valley Over-35s do us proud

Our Barooga adventure: Valley Over 35s do us proud

Moonee Valley Cricket Club sent a team to the Barooga Over 35s tournament over the Christmas break, and the guys did us proud.
While we lost our first match of the January 11 to 14 tournament, we recovered well to win our next to games convincingly and end up with the best run rate of any of the teams.
This is the third year now that Moonee Valley has attended.
Our team was: Daniel Phillips (capt), Jim Polonidis, Mark Gauci, Neil King, Troy Eden and his father Tony, Allan Cumming, Dean Jukic, Sean O'Kane, Adam Patchell, Simon Thornton, Charlie Walker and past Valley player Glen Courts.
Our first game was under lights on the Barooga Sports Club main ground, and we went down to the eventual tournament winner Yarrawonga/Mulwala.
We were admirably led by Daniel Phillips, who as well as captaining the side, scored most runs and took most wickets for our team.
Above: A big win on the final day of the tournament: Resplendent in our bright green shirts are L-R: Back - Daniel Phillips, Glen Courts, Sean O'Kane, Troy Eden, Simon Thornton, Dean Jukic, Adam Patchell and Mark Gauci. Front - the real old blokes get down and can't get up again: Allan Cumming, Charlie Walker and Neil King.