Barrow Gurney Cricket Club are pleased to launch an upgraded website, with a new look but still having all the essential features of the old one. As well as having a new feel about it our new front page will display stories in full with pictures to show the Barrow Gurney story throughout the year.
Want to play cricket in 2018? Then where better to play than at the beautiful Barrow Gurney Cricket Ground, with stunning views of the Dundry Hills and the reservoirs, and the well-maintained playing surface and outfield at Hobbs Lane. Barrow Gurney offers opportunities for experienced players, juniors and those who have not played since their
Barrow Gurney’s Geoff Saunders runs the rule over the changes to the Laws of Cricket which come into effect for the 2018 season. Geoff reminds us how important it is that all those who umpire or score in games this season are aware of the changes. There are umpiring courses available for those who would
With the recent release of the league fixtures it has been confirmed that Barrow Gurney’s First Team are bound for Bath in their league season opener to face Bath 4ths, meanwhile the 2nds start the season at home playing Twyford House A XI. In a repeat of last year the Sunday 3rd XI start their
Tour organiser Rod Reeves has been working hard over the off season to line up fixtures for the BGCC summer tour to Devon. This year the tour will take place a couple of weeks later than in previous years between 6th and 9th August 2018. Opposition looks likely to be against many of the teams
We wish all our players, friends and supporters a happy and peaceful Christmas, and we look forward to seeing everyone again, and maybe some new faces, in 2018.
All members, families, friends and supporters are warmly invited to join us for our Christmas party in the welcoming surroundings of the Princes Motto in Barrow Gurney next Sunday (17th December from about 8pm). Catch up on what everyone has been doing in the “off-season” and take part in one of Rod’s fiendish quiz challenges.
As the nation prepares to cast its vote for another Sports Personality of the Year, all cricket lovers will be hoping strong vote for Somerset’s own Anya Shrubsole after her World Cup winning exploits last summer. This month the BGCC website gives Barrow Gurney members and supporters the chance to vote for its very own
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Mike Gibbs (known to his teammates as “Gibby). Geoff Saunders described hearing of the news as “an innings that ended far too soon.” Mike was a regular player for Barrow Gurney in the 1980s when the club had only one side, and he was
Barrow Gurney has a long tradition of welcoming and developing boy and girl cricketers to join its Cricket Club, being a small family village club which attracts players from all over North Somerset and south Bristol. In fact many of the senior players once played in the age group teams and have enjoyed playing cricket