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Hillsborough Talk
Hydra Books is opening next Saturday (26th) at 34 Old Market. It is Bristol’s brand new radical and independent bookshop-come-cafe.
One of the opening events will be a talk from Sheila Coleman from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign on the recent developments in their continuing fight:
Date: Sunday, 27 November 2011
Time: 19:00
Venue: Hydra Books 34 Old Market
The recent debate in the House of Commons which culminated in a decision to release all Hillsborough documents was generally perceived as a victory for those fighting for justice. The debate arose because of an e-petition to release documents. The e-petition was initiated after the Hillsborough Justice Campaign issued a statement condemning the government for appealing the Information Commissioner’s ruling that it was in the public interest to release (under Freedom of Information), the minutes of a cabinet meeting, held under Margaret Thatcher in the days following the Hillsborough Disaster.
Sheila Coleman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign does not think that the result of the debate was a victory for either truth or justice. Rather she believes that a potentially dangerous precedent was set when the government agreed to hand over documents to the Hillsborough ‘Independent’ Panel.
Sheila will review the BBC’s FOI request in light of subsequent developments including how it led to Hillsborough being the subject of the first e-petition ever to be debated in the House of Commons. She will also tell of the reasons why families and survivors of the HJC remain unconvinced by recent promises and how the HJC remains marginalised in spite of being at the forefront of the campaign for justice.
34 Old Market, BS2 0EZ, UK
Tickets For Women At The Stadium
Just a reminder we (Cowboys and Cowgirls) have been offered free tickets for Women at the Stadium film introduced by Honey Thaljieh the Captain of the Palestinian’s national team. It is Sunday 4th December, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the Watershed and is part of the Palestine Film Festival. If you want to be on the guestlist email Sue at cowgirls@gmail.com. Be great to get lots of Cowboys and Cowgirls there and show our support.
Women in the StadiumIntroduced by Honey Thaljieh.
Sawsan Qaoud Palestine 52 mins 2011 Subtitled
Women in the Stadium is a brand-new documentary directed by Palestinian filmmaker Sawsan Qaoud and produced by Al-Jazeera documentary Channel . It portrays the personal stories of four players of the Palestinian Women’s National Team. Through their sporting excellence these women struggle against checkpoints, which prevent them from training, and against the perception that women should not participate in public sport events. Girls who have suffered hard times in their lives see these young women as role models realizing their dreams. Football becomes a source of inspiration and hope.
Christmas Party Tickets
The tickets for the Christmas party at The Plough on Saturday 17th December are now available from your team captain/manager/representative type person. They are £5 each.
If you don’t have a team there will be a few spares knocking about and Caz or Otam should be able to sell you one, or maybe they will just look at you blankly.
More Indore
Well, the indoor season is chugging along quite nicely but Rob still can find the shift-key:
well , what can i say/…. this was probably our best performance yet and it almost started with disaster.
at 7 oclock 6 of us took to the pitch , batting having won the toss. the astute of you would notice that it was not a 6aside game but in fact 8 aside higgy and kalu were missing in action!! not missing but in action were robt, justin, al, tall dave, ev and jamest
higgy was cruising the streets of bs6 with kalu but without a clue of where he was or where he was meant to be going, as we struggled along with the batting (apologies as i didnt see much of the batting) wickets fell and still no sign , expletives flew on both end of the phone as directions were given , heeded not heeded confusion and frustration ensued!! still no sign!!!! more wickets tumbled and we were 5 down when i went into bat , a sighting was made and a sheepish higgy and kalu appeared, but too late we were down to lat man standing and the umpire said that was that , we appealed for his understandiing and turning to see the two of them ,w ith the kind permission of bitton’s skipper higgy and kalu were allowed to bat ,there was only 2 overs to go and with many apologies both higgy and kalu had a go and managed to add a few runs before bieng bowled and out hit roof respectively. last man standing again the score eeked it’s way up to 69 no said one of their spectators 70’s the score..thanks that one may proove vital later on.
at the interval thanks and apologies were made to bitton and higgy blamed a cyclist for giving him duff directions from underneath the bumper of his 4 x 4 . ‘no worries mate i’ll only be pissed off if we lose’ said their skipper.
ev got our bowling off to a good start taking an early wicket, i didn’t get off to such a good start , going for at least 9 in one ball and being a bit wayward, really annoyed i bowled a maiden !! probably the first of all our games so far, but enough about me , it only just made up for the first over. tall dave came onto bowl and the bat proceeded to hit two firm off drives straight to ev at mid off , thinking to himself he looks a good ground fielder i wonder if he can catch , hit the next one a foot off the ground straight at him. which he gratefully bagged, in answer to the question. tall dave got another wicket , yes, hit roof!
james had an over and took another wicket, combined with some good sharp fielding, and moral support from all to all we really started putting the pressure on bitton but they only needed 23 off of 5 overs , surely they wouldn’t buckle, higgy’s and kalu first overs were tight and they managed to keep the runs down both taking wickets and two excellent stops from tall dave ( finable and hospitalising in the big game) until their skipper was the only one left requiring 6 to win off the last over, higgy seeing the chap only had one shot bowled so he couldnt play it, 4 to win off the last ball , no chance and with great concentration higgy bowled the last delivery and the chap played his other shot for one…. almost to our own disbelief we had won…. it was never in doubt , positive mind set . ‘think bridge and the bridge will be there’ etc
we bowled well fielded extremely well and never excepted we were going to be bitton , congrats and high 5s all round and we all retired to talk about how funny it was almost not having 8 players and how ace sat nav isnt, over a couple of nice tasting winning pints.
Justin Fashanu Cup
Justin Fashanu Cup Poster 2011
There are still places for men’s team if anyone wants to go.
Pick-A-Team Scratch & Sniff And Other Sports
10/11/2011
The Netball Team and “special” guest won the gardening quiz thing in The Plough. The prize was cake.
12/11/2011
Netball 1 beat somebody by 21-24 or something. But they won. I was told the score in the pub but a few light ales and a win on the pick-a-team scratch and sniff later and I couldn’t remember. Also, Jo has been unable to update their facebook page because she has an ouchy on here boo boo (A.K.A quite horrific injury).
If you would like to play pick-a-team scratch and sniff get to The Plough for about 4:30pm when the teams get in from their sundry venues. Scott and Chris will be there to crowbar your money from your well concealed purses, in return you pick a team and when 30 people have done likewise you might win £15. The other £15 goes towards the 2012 tournament fund. If you would like to take pick-a-team scratch and sniff to your team get some cards from Scott or Chris in The Plough.
After a “good” nil-nil last week the Suburbans beat Avonmouth Res. 2-1. After 8 games they are now 5 points clear at the top of the league.
The Downs A were thumped 5-0 by Beachcroft LLP.
The Downs B beat Saints Old boys 2-1.
13/11/2011
In the local derby the Sunday Team were narrowly beaten 1-2 by Lebeqs.
Those Were The Days
Remember This. This is what tournaments can be like.
Our Biggest Fan
Graeme Swann admits that the Easton Cowboys are the best cricket team in the world.
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Over The Wall
On the 8th December at The Cube you can see the world premier of Jesse Tate’s film:
Over The Wall
Dir: Jesse Tate UK 2011 31 mins
This engaging documentary follows the endeavours of Bristol-based sports team Easton Cowboys as they return to the West Bank for a second time. The film provides an insight into the realities of the occupation as seen by Palestinian and Israeli people and explores how football can build connections between communities across the world.
There is even a trailer:
Kev’s band Skimmity Hitchers invading Easton next weekend!
If you are looking for a debauched, hedonistic, yet somehow cultural night out on the 18th or 19th November, then look no further…
Kev’s band the Skimmity Hitchers are being released into the wilds of Easton for the weekend. They ‘would’, as Kevin Keegan might say, ‘love it’ if you could come along… (more…)
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