Barrow Gurney’s up and down season, took a big step forward this week with success in the Bateman Cup Quarter Finals and both Saturday teams winning albeit after another nail-biting encounter at Hobbs Lane. On Wednesday, Barrow faced Alveston in the Cup and, batting first, put on an impressive 200-3. Opener Mark Brown batted throughout
Barrow Gurney First XI just came out on the wrong side of another close game this week. Travelling to Pak Bristolians, some good bowling and some excellent catching appeared to be about to restrict the home side to a manageable total, but some late hitting moved them onto 231-7. There were wickets for Matt Owen
Barrow Gurney bounced back after last week with 2 good wins on Saturday. At Hobbs Lane the First XI were in action against the Bristol Lions. Batting first on a beautiful day, Barrow lost an early wicket but then began to build good partnerships. Bernie Forge (40) and Mark Brown (23) put on 55 for
Barrow Gurney’s spring golf day which was delayed due to the Covid lockdown finally took place last week at Thornbury Golf Club. 16 Barrow players past and present gathered for 18 holes on the Par 3 course followed by an after lunch 18 holes on the full course. Sam Turner took the honours on the
Bernie Forge, Barrow’s First team opener and wicket keeper, hit another century (101) for Bridgwater Ladies in the Vitality ECB Club T20 championship on Sunday to take them through to the regional finals. This was her 2nd century for Bridgwater having helped them to the Vitality ECB Plate in 2018. Bernie was the first woman
Barrow Gurney had a disappointing weekend with losses for all its 3 teams. The First XI endured a frustrating encounter with Abbots Leigh, where the home side made 145 all out in the face of some good bowling from Kieran Owen (3/41), Frank Forge (2/20) and Ed Holdaway (2/22). Barrow’s batters found it hard going
Barrow 2s tasted a first success of the season at Patchway where a slow pitch made batting tricky. Opener Mark Gracey (48) led the way with good judgement of what to defend or attack, and after some early scares at the other end, he eventually found good support in Peter Rooney (27) and David Smith
Barrow Gurney First XI enjoyed a double success last week after winning their opening round of the Batman T20 cup before completing a league win over Hanham 2s on Saturday. In the cup, Barrow travelled to near neighbours Abbots Leigh and put the home team in on a slow surface after the recent rain. Accurate
Barrow Gurney’s season, like that of so many other clubs, has stalled due to the unseasonal weather, with all games rained off for the last two weekends without a ball being bowled. However the club’s friendly T20 season was able to get off to an exciting start last week during a brief dry spell. Barrow
Barrow Gurney defied the weather on Saturday to play and win their game against Claverham 2nd XI at Hobbs Lane. Batting first in gloomy but dry conditions Bernie Forge and Phil Milton put on a solid 50 opening partnership, before a couple of quick wickets set the home team back. Phil though, having enjoyed a
