Grand Final Results (Melton won by 6 wickets)
Diamond Valley 7/180 (C.Millar 3/20, M.Brus 2/25, A.Hibbert 1/37, J.Buttigieg 1/23) def by Melton 4/182 (B.Hodges 65, A.Hibbert 65, J.Buttigieg 29no)
A.Hibbert awarded Man of the Match Award

Semi Final Results (Melton win by 19 runs and advance to Grand Final)
Melton 129 (B.Hodges 18, J.Spencer 17, M.Paull 17, J.Porter 13, J.Booth 10) def Heidelberg 108 (B.Hodges 4/14, M.Brus 2/19, C.Millar 1/21, A.Hibbert 1/15)

Melton finished 2nd and will now play Heidelberg in the Semi Final at Melton Rec Res on Friday 16 Jan 2009.

Round 7 Results (5th win) (30 overs only due to extreme heat)
Melton 7/165 (A.Hibbert 52, J.Buttigieg 47no, C.Millar 21, B.Hodges 14) def Ringwood 9/155 (J.Buttigieg 3/32, C.Stalker 2/33, A.Hibbert 1/22, J.Spencer 1/17)

Round 6 Results (30 overs only due to extreme heat)
North Metro 6/177 (J.Spencer 3/21, C.Stalker 2/19, A.Hibbert 1/36) def Melton 148 (B.Hodges 44, J.Booth 36no, M.Paull 15, J.Nedlekovski 12, J.Spencer 11, A.Hibbert 10)

Round 5 Results (4th win)
Box Hill 167 (M.Brus 4/31, C.Millar 2/23, B.Hodges 2/28, A.Hibbert 1/31) def by Melton 9/185 (A.Hibbert 72, J.Spencer 21, B.Hodes 20, C.Stalker 17no, J.Nedlekovski 15)

Round 4 Results (3rd win)
Melton 5/150 (A.Hibbert 71, B.Hodges 35, J.Buttigieg 17) def Yarra Valley 8/149 (J.Buttigieg 2/17, C.Stalker 2/25, C.Millar 1/21, M.Brus 1/14)

Round 3 Results (2nd win)
Eastern 151 (C.Millar 2/18, C.Stalker 2/15, A.Hibbert 2/27, B.Hodges 2/27, J.Buttigieg 1/18, J.Booth 1/17) def by Melton 5/156 (J.Buttigieg 92no, C.Millar 43)

Round 2 Results (1st win)
Melton 6/93 (J.Spencer 28, J.Buttigieg 22, B.Hodges 13, A.Hibbert 13) def Heidelberg 87 (C.Millar 2/15, M.Brus 2/12, B.Hodges 2/14, C.Stalker 2/4, A.Hibbert 1/12, J.Booth 1/14)

Round 1 Results
Gisborne 8/113 (J.Buttigieg 3/13, A.Hibbert 2/18) def Melton 108 all out (C.Millar 28, J.Buttigieg 13, J.Nedlekovski 12, J.Porter 10) 

Fixtures for Under 16s are as follows, venues will be added when known:

Mon Jan  5 Gisborne v Melton at Salesian College Melways 382 E3
Tue Jan 6 Melton v Heidelberg at Melton Rec Reserve
Thu Jan 8 Eastern v Melton at Macleay Park #2 Melways 46 B4
Fri Jan 9 Melton v Yarra Valley at Melton Rec Reserve
Mon Jan 12 Box Hill v Melton at Vermont Rec Reserve Melways 62 J2
Tue Jan 13 North Metro v Melton at Barling Park Melways 19 C7
Wed Jan 14 Melton v Ringwood at Melton Rec Reserve
Fri Jan 16 Semi Finals (1st - 4th)
Sun Jan 18 Grand Final

Draft Fixtures have been prepared but cannot be published until confirmation has been received from the VMCU. Teams in our group are as follows: Box Hill, Eastern, Gisborne, Heidelberg, Northern Metro (Jika), Ringwood, West Gippsland, West Metro, Yarra Valley. I am hoping to avoid West Gippsland. The format of the competition is that there will be 7 home and away games. No quarter finals. Playing dates are as follows: Mon 5th, Tue 6th, Thur 7th, Fri 8th, Mon 12th, Tue 13th, Wed 14th. Semi Final on Fri 16th & Grand Final on Sun 18th

PLAYERS MUST PROVIDE LUNCH FOR HOME MATCHES.

The Under 16 MJCA representative team has been nominated for the Keith Mackay Shield for season 2008/09. John Buttigieg has been appointed as coach. Training & tryouts will commence in mid October. A date will be advised asap. Please contact John if there are any questions or queries or if there are players that are interested but can't make training etc. John's number is 0416 197 628.

Update: Training has been moved to the Melton Rec Reserve on Mondays at 5.30pm

The Selected team for Keith Mackay Shield for the 2009 Carnival is as follows:

Congratulations to all those who made the attempt of trying out. Unfortunately there were many great players to chose from that we could only fit 13 into the squad. Good Luck to those who made it. For those who didn't - Keep trying as you might make it next year.