Colin Fletcher, newly appointed Sunday Captain, faces a visit to the park of Oldbury Court with the Sunday team who have been drawn to play Bristol Bangladeshis in the season opener. Last year’s game saw Barrow struggle on the park wicket whilst the Bangladeshis flourished with the bat making one of the highest scores of
Barrow’s First XI, captained by Frank Forge, will visit Chilcompton 1sts on the opening week of the 2020 Bristol & District League season. Last year’s fixture saw a remarkable and thrilling match as Barrow defended a meagre target of 130 after Chilcompton seemed to be cruising to victory, with the captain’s stunning catch turning the
All of us at Barrow Gurney Cricket Club wish our players, volunteers, supporters and friends a very happy Christmas and we look forward to welcoming old friends and new to Hobbs Lane in 2020.
Barrow Gurney CC held its AGM last Sunday at the Angel Inn, Long Ashton and 23 members attended to hear of the progress the club has made in the last year and to elect the committee and captains for the coming year. Frank Forge and Ed Holdaway will continue to lead the 1st XI aiming
Now that the clocks have gone back it seems a long time ago when Barrow Gurney Cricket Club presented its end of season awards. We take a look back at the award winners and celebrate their achievements. Guy Fisher was the winner of a special award in recognition of him scoring 1,000 runs for Barrow
The North Somerset League has issued details of the composition of divisions for next season. Barrow Gurney, will continue to play in Division 4 and will meet Bristol Bangladeshis, Churchways, Charlton Super Kings, Exiles (Bath), Hanham, Harptree, Keynsham, Kilmersdon and Westerleigh in a full programme of 18 matches. Full fixtures will be published on this
Ali Hood triumphed once again at the Autumn BGCC golf day, beating the blustery conditions and occasionally heavy rain, to post a record afternoon score for the tournament at Thornbury Golf Club. As the twelve Barrow players and friends teed up on Friday the relative calm of the morning gave little indication as to what
Barrow Gurney saw the cricket season to a close on Sunday with an enjoyable event at Hobbs Lane, hosted by Premil Fernando. Premil brought together a team of players from his old school to play a Barrow Gurney XI in a friendly T20 game, before an afternoon of fun and a chance to sample some
Barrow Gurney’s end of season celebrations saw a rare, perhaps unique event as brother and sister duo, Frank and Bernie Forge, won the annual double wicket competition. A glorious autumn morning greeted 14 players ready to do battle for the prestigious annual trophy. Players were drawn from 2 pools to make up the pairings and
Barrow Gurney’s Sunday XI finished their league season with a win away at Keynsham. Winning the toss, the Barrow captain, Mark Forge, soon found himself needing to be involved in a recovery after the early loss of Ali Hood without scoring. Forge (10) and Colin Fletcher dug in with a 42-run partnership over 13 overs,