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It's official: Valley's the biggest cricket club in Victoria!
Moonee Valley is officially Victoria's biggest cricket club. Our North West Region's Cricket Victoria Cricket Manager, Stuart Clark has advised that with the 26 teams we fielded in 2008/09, we're officially the State's biggest.
Stuart advised that the club census carried out by Cricket Victoria earlier in the season established us as the team on top.
MVCC president Charlie Walker said it was a big feather in the cap for our Club, given our phenomenal growth over the past eight years.
"In 2007/08 Cricket Victoria advised that we were one of the four biggest clubs going around," Charlie said.
"Now, with an extra two teams added last season, we're the biggest club. Each week during the season we put some 300 men, women and juniors on the park.
"In 2008/09 we fielded 10 men's teams, two women's teams and 14 junior teams. It's a fantastic result for a fantastic Club. We retain our commitment to ensuring we have teams and spots available for anyone who wants to play for the Moonee Valley Cricket Club.
"We're already looking towards an exciting 2009/10 season, and having the honor of being Victoria's biggest club gives us extra impetus.
"We're officially the biggest Club. We want to make sure we do everything to enable us to also call ourselves the best Club," Charlie said.

Moonee Valley Cricket Club is pleased to announce the reappointment of Lou Raffaele (left) as our Senior Coach for the 2009/10 season.
And Mark Gauci (right) has been reappointed as captain of our First Eleven for his fifth season.
It will be Lou's third season in charge of the biggest cricket club in Victoria.
Club President Charlie Walker said Lou's reappointment followed the advertising process required under our bylaws, and was made after other applicants were closely considered.
"Lou has led significant improvement in our playing group in his time at Moonee Valley," Charlie said.
"His coaching and leadership played a major role in our top three teams making finals in 2008/09, and other improvements across the Club.
"We welcome his reappointment, and we are sure that the improvement under Lou will continue."
Club Vice-President Sandro Capocchi said the combination of Mark and Lou provided stability to the Club last season and led to the First Eleven playing off in a Grand Final.
He said Mark was now an experienced captain, and the Gauci/Raffaele leadership meant the Club could be confident of a competitive season in 2009/10.
The Club is also able to announce that our champion overseas player, Arosha Perera, is back at Moonee Valley for 2009/10.
Anyone looking for a great club to play in the coming season should ring Lou on 0433 854 549 or Charlie on 0409 237 543. 

Call for applications for Assistant Coach role

As the 2009/10 pre-season approaches, we are keen to finalise the positions of Assistant Coaches.
Arosha Perera (left) has been appointed as one of our two assistants to coach Lou Raffaele, and we now seek nominations for our second Assistant Coach.
The Assistants will play an important role working with Lou to run and set out training drills, and help players with individual tuition and advice.
Applicants should have a good technical knowledge of cricket and be able to explain and pass on important information and advice.
We are keen to have the appointment finalised before our first pre-season sessions at the start of August.
Those interested should send a short application to our Club email address, mooneev@club.cricketvictoria.com.au or phone President Charlie Walker on 0409 237 543.
Applications close on July 17, and we would be keen to conduct interviews and finalise the position promptly after that.