Barrow Gurney CC will hold its AGM next Sunday 11th November at The Angel Inn, Long Ashton. The meeting, which begins at 7.30pm, is a chance for all members of the club to have their say over the how it is developing and growing and to appoint the committee and captains/vice captains for next season.
2018 First Team Captain Phil Milton reflects on the 2018 season: Barrow Gurney CC 1st XI began the season away to Bath 4’s and started with a fantastic win thanks to the late hitting of Matt Owen taking us to 237-9, Oscar Livesey then was the pick of the bowlers picking up 4 wickets giving
Barrow Gurney’s Sunday 3rd XI, who play in the North Somerset Sunday Conference Division 4, have been told they will face a full 18 game fixture list in 2019 despite a re-ordering of the leagues to accommodate some teams withdrawing and others entering the league for the first time. Barrow’s opponents will be: Bitton, Blagdon,
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club held its annual awards evening last Friday. Due to the ongoing good weather it was possible to host the awards at the Hobbs Lane ground where Jane Holdaway had prepared a buffet supper for all to enjoy. Chairman Pete Holdaway had set a fiendish quiz based on the strange mix of
The cricket season ended at Hobbs Lane with the traditional Double Wicket Competition which was won by the partnership of Frank Forge and Rob Figuereido, who beat the sibling pair of Ellie and Ed Holdaway in a close-run final. With teams drawn from a hat, there was little time to plan tactics as the players
As the sun set on another cricket season, a dozen of Barrow’s players headed off to Thornbury Golf Club for an autumn golf championship. The event was very well organised by Ali Hood to allow participation from golfers of differing standards and as Ali was the self-appointed Handicap Committee it was perhaps no surprise that
As Barrow Gurney played their last game of the season against a sporting Axbridge team, it was veteran player, Rod Reeves who enjoyed the late summer sunshine making his first half century since 2010 to set up a Barrow win. Winning the toss, Barrow skipper, Mark Forge, chose to bat. This brought about a
Barrow Gurney finished the league season in style as all three teams recorded wins last weekend. Visiting Abbots Leigh Barrow Firsts won the toss and batted, but soon found the pitch very difficult to bat on as the odd ball popped and several kept low. Losing a couple of early wickets and another to an
After the abandonment against Shirehampton due to rain and Woodpeckers conceding last weeks match the 1st team were definitely safe in Division 5 and were now looking for a mid-table finish. Playing Bristol Civil Service, who Barrow had bowled out earlier in the season for 47, the team were confident of repeating the trick, even more so when Phil Milton won
With only 3 weeks to go of the league season, Barrow Firsts are comfortably mid-table of Bristol & District Division 5 after their opposition (Woodpeckers) conceded on Saturday. At Hobbs Lane though Barrow were fighting for survival in Division 13 in a game against Coalpit Heath 3rd XI. Put into bat, a makeshift Barrow
