It was an unexpectedly happy start to the year as the club heard the news that our First XI have been promoted to Division 4 for the coming season. After finishing third in Division 5 last season, it seems that another team could not meet the facilities criteria of playing in the higher echelon of
Barrow Gurney CC would like to wish all our players, volunteers, supporters and friends a very Happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you at Hobbs Lane in 2023.
At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Club, Barrow Gurney have appointed Connor Jones as the new First Team Captain for next season, he succeeds Frank Forge who has stood down after 4 years at the helm. All rounder Connor, had a particularly successful season with the ball taking 17 wickets at an average
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club’s annual awards evening was held at the iconic venue of the County Ground in Bristol. Organised this year by Connor Jones, members and guests enjoyed a lovely 3 course meal, while Mark Fisher had provided a presentation of some of the best action photos of the year and slides with all
Ali Hood reports on a day of sunshine and good golf: It was pretty much perfect conditions at Thornbury with soft, receptive greens, no wind & the sun shining which was reflected in some very good scoring generally – although the recent course maintenance on the par 3 made the greens something of a lottery We had
Barrow Gurney’s season ended last Sunday in traditional style at the Double Wicket Competition. A beautiful sunny autumn day saw 9 teams of two battle it out in 6 over segments with teams earning points for runs scored, wickets, catches and stumpings taken but with points being lost for wickets lost and catches dropped or
Barrow Gurney CC has published its final First Team Batting averages. Mark Brown tops the batting averages for the First Team after an outstanding season. First Team Batting Averages Rank Player GAMES INNS NOT OUTS RUNS HIGH SCORE AVG 50s 100s STRIKE RATE 1 Mark Brown 10 10 3 453 105 64.71 3 1 100.24
There was an end of term feeling surrounding the final league weekend as Barrow Gurney ended in style with both teams recording good wins. The first team were away at Timsbury and decided to take part in a football shirt challenge to celebrate the end of season, and also the final match of Frank Forge’s
Barrow Gurney’s promotion hopes ended after yet another game settled by the barest of margins. Barrow and Frenchay 2s were in a direct fight for the second promotion place in Division 5 and Frenchay were the visitors at Hobbs Lane on Saturday. Put into bat, Frenchay’s Isaac Stell started positively, and despite an early strike
Barrow Gurney came out on the wrong side of another close game at Abbots Leigh last Saturday. Batting first Barrow lost 3 early wickets before opening bat Kieran Owen found some good support from Ed Holdaway (28) in a fifty partnership. Owen batted almost throughout the innings being run out in an effort to
