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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.

At this stage we have had a nomination to coach Under 16s from Rahul "Sunny" Sharma. 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.

Any other nominations or expressions of interest should be directed to Tanya McDonald on [contact via the club] or by email to [email protected]

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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.

"We will have a new direction and focus with our juniors, with player Tanya McDonald taking over as Junior Co-ordinator."

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.

We also have two practice games - turf and hard-wicket - at Lucknow Cricket Club in Bairnsdale on Saturday, September 24, and are negotiating games on other September weekends. The season starts on October 8.

Junior training will start after the Junior Registration Day at Ormond Park from 11am to 1pm on Sunday, August 28.

Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley this season should phone Charlie Walker on [contact via the club], Secretary Peter Golding on [contact via the club] or Tanya McDonald on [contact via the club].

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