It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Ian White, who played for Barrow Gurney CC in the 1980s with some of the legendary Barrow players. Ian was a tall and effective off spin bowler who took lots of wickets. He loved the ground at Hobbs Lane and took a particular
Barrow Gurney’s members met at its 150th AGM in November to thank its Chairman, Pete Holdaway, for over a decade of leading the club. Pete was presented with a print of Jack Russell’s painting of Cheltenham College’s ground, which he said was his second most favourite ground, after the Hobbs Lane ground which he has
Barrow Gurney CC held their annual awards evening last week in the unusual surroundings of a city centre canteen with the opportunity to eat and drink and catch up with what our colleagues had been doing since the season ended. Of course the focus was the annual awards presentation. Jason Cryans took away the First
Guy Fisher won the inaugural Pool League at Barrow Gurney Cricket Club. Played over 5 weeks after the end of the cricket season, the League featured 10 players in all. Although each player played a different number of matches, as far as possible everybody played each other, and the ultimate winner was to be the
Ali Hood reports on the BGCC Autumn Golf Day: Our latest golf day took place on Monday (2 October) depending on whether you have the Gardy view on life or the more positive outlook we were either unlucky or blessed with the weather! The morning conditions were fine but we did get some rain
Barrow Gurney are delighted to acknowledge the charity London Hearts, and the funding provided by the DAM Foundation, who have provided the club with a Defibrillator which could save lives. Installed in the pavilion the equipment will be available whenever there is play or training. Club Secretary, Mark Forge said “Although I hope it will
After losing 4 out of 6 pre-season games to the weather, the first weekend of the Bristol & District League was washed out in its entirety. In common with many other teams, players desperate to get some match practice, were left disappointed as overnight rain left ground staff everywhere with standing water on their squares
Saturday was a special day at Hobbs Lane as the club launched Barrow Gurney TV, with the help of our sponsors Audioistic, this will allow play from home games to be live streamed and watched at home or from the comfort of the Pavilion Bar. Players too will be able to scrutinise their techniques and
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club are delighted to announce a new partnership with Capio Recruitment, a Bristol-based recruitment company which specialises in the insurance, legal and wealth management sectors. Capio Recruitment have made a major investment in the club as one of its headline sponsors, and Barrow players will proudly wear new shirts with the sponsor’s
We welcome M J Patch & Co to our family of sponsors for the coming season and thank them for their kind support of local cricket.
