Being Chairman of Barrow Gurney Cricket Club is not just about getting the best seat to watch the cricket as Pete Holdaway will tell you. There are many things that are required to run a successful club, those who look after the finances, the ground, the pavilion, organising the fixtures, the refreshments, and, of course,
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club’s annual dinner brought together players, families, supporters and players of yesteryear for a splendid meal at Barrow Gurney Village Hall. Wonderfully organised by Jane Holdaway, this has long been a highlight of the Club’s social life. After the meal there were the formal presentations of the senior division awards. Nick Moore was
Barrow Gurney’s playing season ended in September. The traditional double wicket competition was organised, as ever, by Mick Hardy, and 8 teams competed against each other scoring points for runs, wickets, catches and run outs and, of course, the first ball challenge which saw Ali Hood required to duck under the ball whatever was delivered.
Barrow Gurney’s Captain, Phil Milton, pays tribute to Mick Hardy as he retires from 1st team cricket: In many walks of life adjectives and superlatives are thrown around with careless abandon, in our much loved game for example I hear team mates proclaim ‘great spell’ being used when someone has just completed an ‘ok’ spell of
The Second XI entered the game which could define their season facing Patchway, who had celebrated winning the division the previous week, knowing that just a win would leave them tantalisingly close to promotion but to guarantee it they needed maximum bonus points. The other team who were chasing the final promotion place, Portishead, were
The 1st team began their final game of the season knowing they did not have a great deal to play for other than pride. Hampset however knew that they needed a maximum bonus point win in order to secure their promotion so they however did have plenty to play for. Winning the toss Phil Milton decided to
The weather intervened in all the matches this weekend. Barrow Firsts possibly welcomed the heavy rain that arrived during tea whilst they were pondering the prospect of chasing a massive 358 set by West United. The Seconds were less welcoming of the elements having posted 243, with Will Kerswell hitting another half century supported by
Having watched most of the first team game on Saturday, surely the Sunday fixture at Winscombe could not match it for run-scoring and excitement. Well the runs scored were a couple of hundred lower but the game produced some excellent cricket and plenty of excitement… Winning the toss Mark Forge put Winscombe in on a
The dozen or so spectators on Saturday witnessed one of the best Barrow First Team run chases in recent years. Losing the toss, second bottom team Woodpeckers, decided to bat first but got off to a horror start when James Riley bowled their opener Tim Britton, the destroyer of many Barrow attacks down the years, first
Last Saturday Barrow Gurney Second XI played Twyford House, a team who, despite being near the bottom of the table, had won 7 of their last 9 games. Of the 2 they didn’t win, one game was abandoned and the other they lost against top of the table Patchway. Mark Gracey lost the toss and