Join us on Friday 4 December 2026 at the MCG Members’ Dining Room for CCF Victoria’s annual President’s Lunch. This is your opportunity to bring your team, host clients, and celebrate a big year for our industry in an iconic Melbourne setting. At this year’s lunch you will:

connect with industry
hear from MC Simon O'Donnell on leadership, resilience and teamwork
celebrate a year of industry achievement with peers and partners
recognise our Heritage Members who have contributed to CCF Victoria for 25 years
discover who will be awarded the annual Ken Edgley Medal

Event details

Date: Friday 4 December 2026

Time: 11:30am To 3:30pm

Venue: MCG Members Dining Room

Dress: Business Casual

Pricing

Member Ticket $195

Non Member Ticket $250

Member Tables of 10 $1,850

Non Member Tables of 10 $2,400

Master of Ceremonies - SIMON O'DONNELL

Simon O’Donnell’s sporting career reads like a schoolboy’s dream come true. After excelling in sport at Assumption College in Kilmore, he played two successful seasons of Australian Rules Football with St Kilda before making the difficult decision to concentrate on cricket.

It was a decision that took Simon to the highest level of the sport. He represented Australia and was a member of the victorious 1987 World Cup team. Shortly after returning home, however, Simon was diagnosed with cancer. He fought the disease for 12 months and survived, continuing his cricket career until retiring after the 1992–93 season.

Not only did he survive, but in 1993, Cleo readers voted him the fourth-sexiest man on the planet!

Since retiring, Simon has pursued his lifelong passion for thoroughbred horse racing and built an extensive media career, including roles as a Nine Network cricket commentator and host of The Cricket Show. More recently, he has focused on his business interests as a founding director of Teamapp, co-founder of grassroots streaming service Sideline Sports TV, and a member of the Marshall White real estate team’s rural lifestyle division.

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