Barrow Gurney 2nds started their 2017 campaign at home against Bedminster 5ths. Skipper Ellie Holdaway won the toss and decided to test the opposition batting. Bedminster started confidently despite some particularly accurate bowling from Steve Owen, reaching 38 before a sharp stumping from Bernie Forge broke the opening partnership. Steve (3/27) then took two more
Barrow Gurney’s 1st XI were looking forward to getting their season underway last Saturday with a visit to Bristol West Indians & Phoenix. With new captain, Paul Glazzard, at the helm, this was a new-look team having lost 3 key players from last year. However, Sam Turner, whose availability was very limited in 2016, was
The sun shone on Hobbs Lane as BGCC’s newest team, the Sunday 3rd XI began its season in the North Somerset Conference against Pak Bristolians Sunday 2nds. The team was mixture of youth and experience. Winning the toss, Captain, Mark Forge decided to bat. Pak Bristolians’ bowlers swung the ball prodigiously but struggled for control,
Last month Barrow Gurney website’s poll of the month showed that nearly 50% of, nearly 40, voters thought that James Riley would be Barrow’s top wicket-taker this year. He will be hoping to make a start to justify this faith this weekend in the 1st team game tomorrow against Bristol West Indians & Phoenix. In
There was no doubting that Jonny Sykes was the player of the weekend scoring 78 not out against Blagdon, as Barrow Gurney played in two otherwise disappointing defeats in the final friendly games of the season. It was not so much the results but the number of dropped catches which littered both performances which gave
In the second of Barrow Gurney’s pre-season friendlies, Barrow ran out 64 run winners over a YMCA XI with Ali Hood, Sam Turner and Jordan Allen (whose innings included 4 6s) all making fifties before retiring. Barrow racked up 235 in their 40 overs with Roger Finnimore also chipping in with 27 including a rare
Never mind about the General Election -last year Oscar Livesey took an amazing 42 wickets in all Barrow games, James Riley 27, Frank Forge 26 and Mark Fisher 25. Who do you think will be top wicket-taker this year. Go the BGCC website and cast your vote in this month’s poll.
Usually Barrow’s opening bowler, James Riley started the pre-season with ambition to bat up the order this year rather than at his customary No 10 or 11. Top-scoring with 78 not out in Barrow’s first pre-season game was a good start in his quest to do so. On a sunny (occasionally), windy (often) and cold
Sunday sunshine greeted the members of BGCC as they gathered to get the lovely Hobbs Lane ground ready for the season last weekend. Groundsman Pete Holdaway has already been working on the square, as well as some improvements to the kitchen and bar area in the pavilion over the winter. Meanwhile the better weather should
It is, at last, officially spring, indoor nets are about to conclude, and we will be preparing the Hobbs Lane ground for the season to come on Sunday. With only two weeks to go until the first outdoor cricket, the BGCC website continues to preview the 2017 season with its series of interviews with Barrow regulars. This