Moonee Valley Football Club Moonee Valley Football Club Mooney Valley Football Club, is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) and is located 13 km north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Moonee Ponds. Founded in 1933, the club has won one (1) Senior "A" Grade Premiership (Only 14 of the current 26 clubs in the EDFL have won a Senior "A" Grade Premiership), four (4) Senior "B" Grade Premierships and one (1) C Grade Premiership. The Club was first founded in 1933 at a meeting held in Dench's Butcher shop in Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. On
Horse racing in Ireland horses internationally. As early as 1926, the Irish Free State legislated to allow off-course betting, and the Tote was introduced in 1930 to raise funds for the industry. The Emergency that accompanied the Second World War was reportedly beneficial to horse racing, as restrictions on foreign and motor travel led to an increase in spectator numbers. The Irish Racing Board, the predecessor to Horse Racing Ireland, was set up in 1945 to oversee the economics of the industry, followed by the Irish Horse Authority in 1995 and Horse Racing Ireland in 2001. Measures introduced by these organisations have helped the