 An Ace Day at Ace Karts
A group of Moonee Valley cricketers ventured to Ace Karts in Carrington Dve, Sunshine on August 21 for a day of Sunday racing on the track - the biggest in Australia.
Ace Karts is a valued sponsor of our Club, and as many players and supporters as possible were urged to attend to show our appreciation.
At the end of the 20 minute race, Nigel Walker (centre, left) finished first, closely followed by Phill King (right) and Lou Raffaele (far left).
For more information on the day, click on the link at the top of this screen for our News pages.
 WEDDING BELLS FOR OUR JIM AND TIENIt was a real Moonee Valley wedding when Jim Polonidis and Tien Ha were married on July 30.
The guest list comprised 37 current and former players of the Club, with a combined 4357 games between them.
The experience ranged from Life Member and Past President Darren Nagle, with 298 games to his credit, through to one-gamer Robert Goss - a past junior dad.
The 4357 game tally of course included the stars of the show, Jim with 200 games even, and Tien with 46.
There were plenty of wild and woolly cricket tales told at the reception at Ascot House in Ascot Vale, after the wedding at St Dimitrios Church in Moonee Ponds. And unlike a fair whack of the 2010/11 cricket season, the rain held off! Watch this website for more info and photos. **To see more pictures, click HERE
 We're on Facebook and Twitter
Moonee Valley Cricket Club has signed on to Facebook and Twitter to better keep our members up to date with what's happening via social media.
We will be posting score updates on Twitter as regularly as our Captains can get them  in during the course of the season, while Ryan Fairclough and his team will supplement our long-standing communication on this website via Facebook updates.
There are also direct links at the foot of this page.
To access Facebook and if you don't have access to click on our links, go to http://www.facebook.com/MVCC.Cricket
To access our Twitter accounts, go to www.twitter.com. You can either search for #mvcricket to get the latest posts, or type in mv_cricket to see all the communications. On match days each weekend it's hard to keep track on what's going down onfield across the grounds where we're playing, home and away and on Saturdays and Sundays. That's where Twitter comes in. With scores regularly updated, we will do away with the endless phone calls trying to track down a score. It will apply to the juniors as well.
PRE-SEASON PRACTICE GAMES
We have organised at least two pre-season practice matches to ensure that our senior teams are at the top of their game once the real thing starts.
The games organised so far are:
♦Saturday, September 17, 10.30am - one game on a hard wicket v Haig Fawkner, at Mutton Reserve, Fawkner. Top local umpire Allan Taylor will officiate.
♦Saturday, September 24, 11am - two games (one turf, one hard wicket) v Lucknow Cricket Club, East Bairnsdale.
♦Saturday, September 10, 10.30am - two games on hard wickets v Donnybrook at their home ground at Laffan Reserve, Donnybrook Rd.
For more details on these matches and to confirm your availability, see the "News" item at the top of this page.
 Tanya McDonald's our new Junior Co-ordinator Moonee Valley Cricket Club is pleased to announce that Tanya McDonald has accepted the vital role of Junior Co-ordinator for the 2011/12 season. Tanya, who has played with our women's teams for the past two seasons and has also played a number of games in the men's grades - including one memorable match when she cleaned up West Coburg with three wickets - is keen to ensure our juniors hit the ground running this season. She has already been given the full support of the Club's two previous Junior Co-ordinators - Kevin Gardiner and Charlie Walker, who between them had the role covered for 10 years - and Past President Darren Nagle, who was Prez when we established juniors in 1996 and is now a junior coach. We're calling on players, parents and supporters to give Tanya their full support and ensure she has plenty of back-up to do the important job. Tanya is now calling for expressions of interest and nominations for the junior coaching roles for this season. We have nominated one Under 16 team, three Under 14 teams, two Under 12 teams and two Under 10 teams for 2011/12, plus a Milo program for the youngsters. Rahul "Sunny" Sharma and Vice President Simon Thornton are jointly coaching our Under 16s. Darren Nagle has nominated to coach one of the Under 14 teams in association with Ross Aitken. Kevin Gardiner has nominated to coach a junior team as required, and John Talone has expressed a willingness to either coach an Under 10 team or run the Milo program. Pat Taylor has nominated to coach Under 10s. Any other nominations or expressions of interest should be directed to Tanya McDonald on 0432 165 672 or by email to tanya_l_mcdonald@hotmail.com
Call for new players for season 2011/12 -  seniors, women and juniors Moonee Valley Cricket Club is calling for new players for our teams for the 2011/12 season.
We have entered four two-day teams in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, five two-day and one-day teams in the North West Cricket Association, a women's one-day Sunday team in the Victorian Women's Cricket Association and teams at the Under 16, Under 14, Under 12 and Under 10 age groups in the North West Cricket Association.
Moonee Valley is again running a Milo In2Cricket program for the youngsters.
Club President Charlie Walker said we have spots available for players of all ages and abilities, and interested players have the option of where they want to aim - serious cricket at the top end, or more social cricket in the one-day grades.
"We are looking forward to an exciting season, with Vic Hodge as our new senior coach with a range of new ideas and practices," Charlie said.
Vic Hodge is shown above left with Club Vice President Simon Thornton.
The senior section has pre-season training from 6 to 7pm every Thursday until September 1 at Action Indoor Sports at 90 Gordon St, Footscray. Existing and interested new players should attend. We will be outdoor at Ormond Park after then.
Junior training will start in the week starting September 5. Under 10s will start Monday, September 12.
Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley this season should phone Charlie Walker on 0409 237 543, Secretary Peter Golding on 0419 009 721 or Tanya McDonald on 0432 165 672.
Here's the score on our Senior Wisden  Who's the Captain of our Wisden Team of the Year?
Who are the players who make up the team? What's our balanced attack? Are the quicks or the spinners going to be our front-line attack?
Who reached milestones during the course of the year? Who's leading the pack in terms of most-ever ducks for Moonee Valley?
All these questions and more are answered in our eagerly-awaited 2010/11 edition of Wisden, compiled and edited by Charlie Walker and Phill King.
Click on the link HERE to see all this and more - here's the 2010/11 Wisden.
Printed copies can be arranged by ringing Charlie Walker on 0409 237 543 or wait until pre-season training. Our pre-season starts with indoor sessions on Thursday nights from the start of August. Watch here for more details.
Our Wisden Team of the Year captain is First Eleven captain Mark Gauci (pictured right). To see all the rest of the team details, go to the link above.
Main Club contact details:
Charlie Walker - President 0409 237 543; 9370 1802
Peter Golding - Club Secretary 0419 009 721
Simon Thornton - Vice President 0417 570 779
Tanya McDonald - Junior Co-ordinator 0432 165 672
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