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Cricket AGM
All the fun of the fair…
Mountain Marathon
Many of you have been to Mexico and met Olly, who worked on the KIPTIK projects out there, and many of you will have met him in Bristol. He now lives in Barcelona and reports thus:
On November the 10th, I am running a mountain marathon in the hills of the Montseny, near Barcelona, to raise funds for the projects I worked with in Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, with the NGO Concern America. I’ll be running 42km and with a total of climb/descent of 5400m. Have a look at the route here : it´s brutal!!! I’m expecting the run to take about 7 hours. Ufff…
I’m trying to raise £ 7000 to pay for the construction of water supply systems, fuel-efficient cooking stoves and off-grid solar photovoltaic systems.
£ 100 pays for a fuel efficient cooking stove for 1 family for the next 10 years.
£ 250 pays for clean water supply for 1 family for the next 15 years.
£ 500 pays for solar panels to bring clean power to a rural health post.
I’m running around 50km every week now and training hard. Gave up smoking which I highly recommend to all smokers. Knees are just about holding up and I’ve never felt better! Hope to see you as I hobble to the finish line and thanks for your support!
You can sponsor him here: http://www.justgiving.com/Oliver-Style
Fancy Dress 5-a-side
Wed 25 Sep 18.00 – 19.30. .Easton Community Centre football pitch
Jesse T says:
Brothers and sisters. Lets have a jolly up on Wednesday night! Come before training if you can. The idea is thus: Round Robin fancy dress 5-a-side kickabout on the community centre pitch. Will pick teams once there. So far we have pirates and knights. All fancy dress is good. If you havnt got any hopefully some people will bring extra. Drinkypoos in the plough after. I will film as the Cube wanted a contribution from us for a 70 min film with 70 different filmmakers. I thought this might sum us up quite well ha,ha! Your job: turn up, play football, get drunk, be stupid, love the camera baby! Be great if we have a big raucous crew, the more the merrier but should be good fun either way. I will ask Ang if has some soup for us..so, to sum up: BIG, STUPID FUN..seeya there!
Thanks You
Thank you to everyone that turned out at BWI on Sunday to watch the cricket League decider. Sorry about the rain and the result.
We raised about £70 towards the Udder Mudder Teenage Cancer Trust efforts.
Don’t forget that Udder Mudder will be entering Tough Mudder on Saturday 21st Sepetember.
To donate; .see just giving page on http://www.justgiving.com/Cowfolk1
There is sure to be a bucket behind the plough bar.
Clash Of The Titans
Sunday the 8th of September at The Rose Green Center on Gordon Road.
The Cricketers Sunday League Team take on The Blagdon Blades in the last game of the season, a win will guarantee promotion to the dizzy heights of division one and possibly the League Title ( depending on the difference in net run rate between Us and the Old E).
You have my word it will be a day to remember.
The game starts at 1.30 pm and the bar will be open all day and evening.
It would be great to use our home advantage by having as many supporters as possible to cheer us on, The weather looks good for Sunday and its a nice place to hang out.
There is plenty of room for kids to run about and swings and stuff, so bring the family along.
We intend to put on a BBQ to raise a few quid for the Tuff Mudder Nutters
See you all up there
CACK BBQ
Hope everyone has enjoyed the summer holidays and not feeling too sad that our little lovelies are returning to school!!
BUT summer is not over yet-as stated in a previous email we are holding a CACK BBQ on SUNDAY SEPT. 15TH AT 2.30PM. AT OLDBURY COURT/VASSALS PARK.
We as a club are the proud owners of a BBQ we will bring this and provide charcoal and light the bbq so please bring your food, drink and crockery.You will be able to cook your own food.Bring picnic rugs footballsetc.We will set up behind the play area so kids have easy access to this.If anyone has any easily transportable goals and/or cones please bring them.
This is not a fundraising event just a social.
Do hope lots of you can come.
Still In Bristol?
If you are still and Bristol and not going to Wincanton why not come to Bristol West Indies on Sunday for an Intra-Club game of cricket?
Just turn up at BWI on Sunday at 1pm. 65 Gordon Rd, Whitehall, BS5 7DR.
Udder Mudder
Udder Mudder’s!!! Tough Enuff?!!
A mixed team of mad and bad cowfolk and friends are taking on The Tough Mudder challenge!! A 12 mile mud obstacle course with 24 rediculus obstacles ……The Udder Mudders (i much prefer Udder Fuckers ) will be raising money in memory of Saffy for Teenage Cancer Trust. The event will take place Saturday 21 st September at 12 pm …Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell, Powys ,Wales Np8 1lp………..its about 1 hour drive from Brizzle …if you would like to come support /laugh as these crazy fools run through 10.000 volts of electricity, jump in to freezing water, crawl through mud etc etc then heres your chance; specter tickets are £10, or you can volunteer which 5 people have signed up to do (gets you a very good discount on future events ) go on to http://toughmudder.co.uk/ for more info…… oh an not to mention there is a festival atmosphere at the event so there will be a bar an music…all donations and support will be very much appreciated by The Udder Mudders.
To donate; .see just giving page on http://www.justgiving.com/Cowfolk1
There is sure to be a bucket behind the plough bar.
One Result
04/08/2013
One of the weekends matches escaped the rain this weekend: the Saturday 2s beat Bath Exiles by 2 wickets. Exiles hit 158 with Barny getting 2 for 26. In reply the Cowboys got the runs for the loss of 8 wickets with 3.2 overs spare. Ubberpops scored 47 not out and Gandpa Kelly scored 28.
The match started late due to the grim and grey rain, which itself meant that we were in for attritional cricket with a wet, slippery ball and soggy pitch and outfield making control difficult for the bowlers and timing and boundaries problematic for the batsmen. Ahad generated some pace opening the bowling down the hill, but the edges that went in the air fell between the fielders and some variable bounce made life difficult for Jeff behind the timbers, and Olly was soon in the attack.
Cowboys began to control the game at both ends, with Wayne’s very accurate and miserly spell complemented by some tidy flight from Olly. By building pressure with tight bowling Cowboys caused the Exiles openers to crack, and Jonnsie made no mistake in a cool gather and throw to run-out the more loquacious of the Exiles openers. DC1 conjured a catch from nowhere to give Olly his first wicket bowling for Easton, and 2 wickets for Barnaby and another run-out left Exiles on 87 for 5 with 10 overs to go – with Alex Hooper’s threatening length causing the batsmen to try and force the pace at the other end.
A further storm, complete with vivid rainbow and rumbles of thunder, had us taking an early tea (super stuff from Treach in the tea department). On resumption the Exiles employed their big geezer to take the long handle to the bowling, and a flurry of boundaries saw the score climbing rapidly until DC1 induced a false shot to send the big geezer back. Exiles finished their 40 overs on 158 for 6.
Maybe it was the quick turnaround, with no tea-break between innings, but usually we’d expect one of a top three of Barnaby, Ollie and DC1 to at least get some runs. Not this time – Barnaby goes first ball of the innings, playing something of a hoick, then DC1 was bowled and Olly caught and bowled and before the end of the third over Cowboys batting is in tatters at 5 for 3.
At this point Cowboy youth Ahad Syed took it upon himself to begin to rebuild the innings, and stayed calm and collected through partnerships of 9 with Jonnsie, 19 with Jeff and 14 with Crowley. Still, when Ahad was chipped out, Cowboys were still in deep peril at 47 for 6 and soon in deeper peril again at 56 for 7 with Crowley’s departure for a very long duck (23 runs added whilst he was at the crease).
Suddenly, with Steve-O and Alex Hooper at the crease, 3 wickets in hand and just over a ton behind, the sun started to shine from clear blue skies and the game seemed to change as the Cowboys began to steadily accumulate runs, taking quick singles and turning ones into twos, with no obvious alarms. Alex and Steve-O put on 49 before Mr. Hooper was eventually bowled, bringing veteran cowboy campaigner Wayne Kelly to the crease with just over 50 more runs required.
Given the ribald chirps that had flowed freely between Steve-O and Wayne whilst Cowboys were fielding there was some concern that the partnership would be shortlived but run-by-run the pair dragged us closer to the target, with boundary blows interspersed with some sharp running. The only chances offered to Exiles came from some mix-ups in running, Steve and Wayne colliding at one point, and also they were seen both running flat-out toward the same end. These self-induced scares aside a win which had appeared impossible was beginning to feel inevitable. C’mon Cowboys! C’mon Easton!
Man-of-the-Match – Steve Ormesher (votes for Jeff and Wayne also)
Cider Moment – DC1 catch (votes also for DC2#5&out, comedy running between Steve and Wayne)
