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May 2026 Newsletter

Wed, 27 May 2026 03:22:45 GMT

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Hello Club Members,

I hope you are enjoying your off-season. I am keen to provide a couple of off-field updates as we plan for next season. We are looking for some new sponsors to partner with the Club and we have also established a new Future Fund to support our ongoing care and investment into our wonderful new facilities - more info on both of these opportunities is below.

But before that, it is my absolute pleasure to inform you that one of our Club stalwarts - Stephen Golding (Goldy) - was inducted as a VSDCA Life Member at the RM Hatch Awards night last Thursday. This is a great honour for Goldy and the Club. There are fewer than 100 life members of the VSDCA, a competition that has 32 Clubs and has been around for 118 years.

Goldy’s CV is outstanding! Having joined the Club as a junior, he commenced playing senior VSDCA cricket in 1998, and his achievements since then have been enormous:

345 senior matches
Four time premiership player
Eight seasons as 3rd XI captain, including one premiership as captain
5,800+ runs, third all-time for the Club and highest among 3rd XI players
Served on Committee since 2004 - 22 years continuous service
Club Secretary for 17 years
VP Operations for 4 years
VSDCA Delegate for 4 years
Council Liaison Officer for 10 years
Junior Coach for 2 years

As Secretary and VP Operations he has contributed to the rapid expansion of our Club over the last 20 years. Helping us transform from a just another senior turf Club with some junior teams, into the second largest Club in Victoria and one of the largest in the country.

Goldy is a role model for a Club volunteer administrator and a wonderful example of personal commitment to making their Club and the competition they play in better.

Congratulations Goldy. We are incredibly proud of you and to count you as a teammate and fellow Club member.

Regards,

David Grossman

Stephen Golding (left) receiving his Life Membership. Stephen joins Ian Boyle (right) as our only two VSDCA Life Members.

JOIN THE CLUB AS A SPONSOR

Our Club is very fortunate to be supported by a number of great local partners, including among others Lexus of Blackburn , Jellis Craig & GB Galvanising.
We would love to welcome more sponsors to help our Club continue to grow and provide the experience of community cricket for our players and their families.

If you’re interested, you will be joining one of the biggest community cricket Clubs in Victoria and Australia, which has a track-record of on and off-field success across all of our programs.

For more information, click here for our our Sponsorship Prospectus and feel free to contact David Grossman on 0408 611 722 for a discussion.

BEYOND THE BUILD? OUR NEW FUTURE FUND

We were excited to open our new facilites at Mount Waverley Reserve last season and many of you have had the chance to to experience them on the field, in the training nets or cheering on from the social rooms. A few lucky people have even got to score from the best scorers box in local sport!
With a big new building comes more maintenance and opportunities for enhancement and we want to make sure we keep investing in these facilities to build and sustain excellence at the Club.

So we are launching our new Future Fund , which is a way for members to contribute to a fund that will be used to continue to enhance these assets, including additional furnishings and fit-out, improving player amenities, upgrades and future replacement of our electronic scoreboard and many other potential projects.

Any donations to this fund will be tax deductible and can be made via our official Australian Sports Foundation website .
We welcome donations of any size - every dollar is helping further strengthen our Clubs future!

THINKING ABOUT A NEW CAR?

Thinking about your next car… make sure you visit the team at Lexus of Blackburn .

Lexus of Blackburn have been a Platinum Partner of the Club for close to a decade and are a great supporter of community sport.

They have an incredible range of vehicles from the city friendly LBX , family sized NX and RX and the off-road capable GX .

If you’re thinking about upgrading your car, make sure you check out their amazing showroom at 146 Whitehorse Rd, Blackburn and tell the team you’re from Mount Waverley CC.

THINKING ABOUT PROPERTY?

Thinking about selling, buying or renting?

Then you need to speak to the #1 real estate agency in the Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley area's - Jellis Craig Monash .

The team at Jellis Craig Monash know our local area better than anyone and they can help you, no matter what your property needs are. And, they are great supporters of both our Club and the Waverley Blues - demonstrating their support for our local community.

You can see the team in their office - 280 Stephensons Rd, Mount Waverley - or call them on 8849 8088. Tell them you're from Mount!

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

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peter.kotaridis@playhq.com (Kotaridis) — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:59:21 GMT

Premierships Across the Club cap off a great season at Mount

Our VSDCA 2nd XI Team - our first 2nd XI VSDCA Premiership

Well, it was a pretty dramatic, but ultimately successful end to the season having claimed premierships across our boys, mixed (boys & girls), girls, men’s and women’s programs in another very successful season for the Club.

I’ll start with the drama!

Two weekends ago, there was a major act of vandalism of the electrical infrastructure at Mount Waverley Reserve and the majority of electrical cabling (copper wire) was stolen. This meant there was no power to the pavilion, changerooms, lights, scoreboard and curators shed. And all while we were in the middle of hosting a 2nd XI semi-final, and the 3rd and 4th XI’s were contesting grand finals.

On the day we had a great response from fellow players and Club members helping with spare gear and equipment to help the 2nd XI finish their match, win and progress to a grand final.

Monash Council were also incredibly supportive and mobilised teams throughout the week to re-lay all the cabling and re-connect power ahead of last weekend – allowing us to host the 2nd XI Grand Final without interruption. I can’t overstate how amazing the council were in prioritising this work and getting us back on track.

And the 2nd XI added the final chapter to a dominant season by going on to win the flag. Despite being in some strife at 6/69, the lower order led by Shaan Loganathan (76) and number 11 Patty Schmitt (40*) got us to a competitive 216. With something to defend the bowlers went to work and skittled Melton for 79 on a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon at Mount. This was our first ever VSDCA 2nd XI flag – meaning we now have the full set across each grade in this competition. Shaan’s innings plus a wicket with the new ball secured him the player of the match award - a wonderful achievement for our 16 year old star.

Congratulations to first-year skipper Aden Shanahan and the whole team. Our 3rd and 4th XI’s also made it to grand finals, but couldn’t quite get over the line unfortunately. But they both had fantastic seasons. Congratulations to both Harris Shah and Tim Mackay for their leadership.

Overall, we finished 7th in the VSDCA Club Championship (out of 32 Clubs) – our fifth consecutive top 10 finish and very strong measure of the depth of our talent and competitiveness across every grade.

Two weeks earlier our senior women’s team added to their formidable CV since the program re-started five years ago, winning their third flag from four grand final appearances. Having shifted to the Eastern Women’s & Girls Cricket competition (EWGC) this season, the team had a wonderful season, finishing on top of the ladder before two convincing finals victories.

The grand final was emblematic of the season with an even performance with the ball matched by a strong top-order batting display to defeat Clifton Hill. Gabriella Goldman capped a sensational season to win the player of the match with an undefeated 43* and finish the season with 479 runs and an average of near 80. Anannya Mardolkar was not far behind with 451 runs at 50.

Congratulations to Leanne Veli who skippered a young, but very talented team through another successful season.

Our junior program finished the season on a high as well. Of our 25 junior teams, 21 of them play in competitions with finals.

Of those, 14 qualified for semi-finals – an amazing performance across the board. Our under 13 ISEC program had all six teams make finals, which is an incredible effort from everyone involved. Four teams went onto win premierships, including:

Under 13C Sun Boyce (ISEC, mixed)
Under 14A Wed Mackay (AGCC, girls)
Under 15A Fri Viccars (ISEC, mixed)
Under 15A Sun Roach (ISEC, boys)

This is a repeat of our success from last season and is another great result for everyone involved in our junior program – every player, their families, team managers, coaches and committee members – well done!

With the final matches of the season played I want thank everyone involved in the Club this year, across all of our programs, for their contributions on and off the field. Opening our newly developed facility at Mount Waverley Reserve has started a fantastic new chapter for the Club. We have been able to host matches from every part of our program throughout the season, we hosted the first ever day-night matches under lights in the VSDCA and have already witnessed some great finishes and famous victories. Wonderful new memories.

Thanks,

David Grossman

Club President

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peter.kotaridis@playhq.com (Kotaridis) — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:58:59 GMT

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