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Will, Venus and Jess talk about the tour to Palestine on BBC Radio Bristol. Start listening at about 2 hours 7 mins and then keep listening to learn a life lesson from Mother Teresa’s feet.
18/09/2010
Netball reports thus: The A’s have a close Match against Manor Farm but keep thier heads up to gain a 31-27 victory. Caroline gets player from them and Lou from us. Good work berds. The Too’s don’t have a game this week.
The Suburbans beat Lawrence Western (and his chums) 3-0. After three games they are top of the league even though second placed Lawrence Western (and his chums) have played four games.
The Saturday A Team achieved their first victory of the season beating Bristol Barcelona 1-2.
The Saturday B Team lost to Durdham Down Adult School 3-1.
19/09/2010
The Sunday Team managed to take to the field of play for the first time this season and it was worth waiting for, they thumped Shire Sunday 10-1.
Fixture Numerology
18/09/2010
The Suburbans take on Lawrence Western (and 1 presumes his friends) at home, Bristol West Indies on Gordon Road and hope to maintain their form having won 2 out of 2 so far.
The Saturday A Team try to win their first game of the season (drawn 2, lost 1) when they play Bristol Barcelona Res. (fakers). The B Team play Durdham Down Adult School (school for porn stars and blue comedians) and try to get win number 2.
The Downs League have finally sorted out their online result and they can be found on the FA results website.
Netball 1 look to win game number 2 against Manor Farm and the 2s try and improve their maths against Imperial 3.
19/09/2010
The Sunday Team have so far had 2 matches scheduled but have failed to play either; one because the opposition did not turn up and the other because the pitch did not turn up. This weekend they hope for better luck and hope Shire Sunday turn up to BAWA, and that BAWA does not run away.
The infinately old men may be playing as well but only they know who against.
Results
11/09/2010
Netball:
The A’s are reunited on court back in Warmley and have a convincing win over Crossbow 46-18. Mare gets player from them and Caroline from us.
The Too’s try a new team but lose 35-5. Becki gets player from them and Emma from us.
Football:
The Suburbans beat Wessex Wanderers 1-0.
The Saturday A Team lost to Torpedo Res. 2-3
The Saturday B Team beat Clifton Rockets Res. 1-0
12/09/2010
The Sunday Team did not play their home game against Beaufort due to “pitch allocation”. This means that two fixtures into the new season and the Sunday Team have not actually taken to the field.
Other Results
04/09/2010
The Saturday Suburban Team beat Whitchurch 5-2 (home). Next week they have Wessex Wanderers away
The Saturday A Team drew with Tebby 2-2.
The Saturday B Team lost 1-9 (ouch) to Beachcroft.
Netball starts next week with the 1s playing Crosbow 5 and the 2s playing Longwell Green 3
05/09/2010
The Sunday Team beat Mendip SBW in a walk over, or as Mitto put it “Mendip did not enough complete signing on forms into the league. Provisional 3pts awarded to Easton. To be confirmed by the discip committee”. Next week they play Beaufort at home (BAWA).
Cricket Results
04/09/2010
The Saturday Team beat Avonside by 7 wickets. Evan reports thus:
The last saturday league game of the season was a 3rd place play off. Things began well, Steve O bringing all his experience, wisdom and skill to bear in winning the toss, and in overcast muggy conditions he put the oppo into bat.
Pacemen Joe and Gary opened up and with the ball moving around in the air Avonside were under pressure from the off. Gary took out their best batsman’s middle stump, Joe bowled the perfect length and one beauty of a ball which came in a foot from outside off and hit the stumps, to the astonishment of the batsman who was leaving it. Rob replaced Gary and wickets tumbled until we had them 40 odd for 7. At this point some idiot was heard to remark there was little doubt we’d be in the pub early – will I never learn?
Their number 9 bat clearly had other ideas and set about ruining Rob and Rogers figures, which up until then had been faultless, by bludgeoning both for 20 in a single over and then informing them he couldn’t really see it. One of the sixes he hit was the biggest I’ve seen this year. He was eventually caught on 62 and they were all out for 114 in the 31st over. (more…)
Full Club BGM
The full club BGM is Wednesday 15th September, 7.30pm at Hawks Gym.
Remember that this is where all sections of the Club meet, men’s football, women’s football, netball, cricket etc. Team managers please make sure that 2 people from your team attend.
And So The Ends Is Near
28/08/2010
The Saturday Team beat Oldfield Park by 2 wickets (sort of, but in the spirit of the game more like -3 wickets)
The Saturday Team’s season was going swimmingly until we met bottom of the table Oldfield Park at Frenchay, they posted 108 and in an exciting finish we did not. Our season then headed, if not South, maybe South by South West. Putting a very strong XI out for the return match against a team who were now second from bottom but who could only managing to field 8 players, lightening surely could not strike twice. Oh, but dear reader as you will know by now it not only strikes twice it sometimes strikes thrice.
So it was that we arrived in an odd little cleft where the climate was warm, wet and windy (like my men). A pitch inspection revealed that it to be so soggy that no one was willing to risk their car keys. The opposition skipper with only 8 players at his disposal suggested to Uberpops that we should forgo the toss and allow them to bat first so that we could at least “make a game of it”. Prophetic words indeed.
With the wind whistling down the cleft, making controlling the bowling difficult, Garner and Budge opened up. The batsmen stood firm and tried not to do anything rash on a treacherous strip. They chugged along at a comfortable 3 an over until, after the first bowling change, their number 1 stood on his own wicket. Not that most of us had noticed, so his sudden departure without so much as an appeal caused a little confusion until Gretch pointed out what had happened.
Fighting the wind Dodger also struggled with his line and was not helped by an umpire who called a wide for anything missing middle. His first over included an impressive 5 wide deliveries which prompted him to ask Gretch if it was swing or just shit. With lots of wickets left the foe enjoyed a little thrash at the end and reached 143 for 5. Not a bad score in terrible batting conditions. Roger ended up taking 3 wickets and Rob got 2. Budge in an impressive display of controlled bowling went for 22 off his 8 overs even though he was bowling at the death while the foe made hay.
There was an eccentric mix of fielding on display. Garner fell over to produce a stunning stop on the boundary and Ev let the now obligatory one go through his legs. Rob, haring round the boundary went for a catch but ended up palming it for six before tumbling to the ground head first and almost rendering himself unconscious. Seeing a chance to get us down to 10 men the batsman tried to persuade Rob to give up and go home but our brave boy continued manfully if a little groggily. (more…)
D-feat
21/08/2010
No game
22/08/2010
The Sunday 1st team lost to Bristol Indians by 51 runs. Bolts reports thus:
If tension, sledging, bickering and all-out gamesmanship are your thang, then this was the match for you as this table-topping clash continually threatened to spill over. The cowboys versus the Indians in the wild west wasn’t this rough.
The captaincy team had been working on a plan for the Indians for the last few weeks; step one fell into place as we won the toss and put the Indians in to bat on a wet and sticky wicket at Coombe Dingle. The second part of the plan fell into place too as a determined effort in the field and a cunning change of bowler order left the Indians all out in the 38th over for ‘just’ 151. Two rare run outs, 7 wickets shared between the Afghans and 1 from Aran saw them off. The centurion from the last game between us: Sahil Patel still managed to top score for the Indians but this time only made 25 and saw much, premature, rejoicing. It wasn’t in the plan that the Afghan / Indian banter would begin to escalate into feuding and vitriol. gathering the team together on 30 overs could not stem the flow of insults between each team but at least it stopped us bickering at each other as the tension and adrenalin coursed through our veins.There are things to work on in this team, staying positive with each other, not screaming to ensure a catch is about to be dropped, not winding up the opposition when you are on top – thus making them play harder, all things that can be addressed with some carefully chosen words and some more experience for the Afghans in game situations. (more…)
Fantasy Football
David Owen says the Down’s League Fantasy Football is back. Pick four players from across both Saturday A and B teams, cost’s £3 to enter the league and manage your team throughout the season. This year’s rules are new and improved with players getting extra points for running the line, or attending club meetings. Resounding success last year – funds raised are going back into the club plus a portion put aside for prize fund. Get in touch with me if you want a form. All teams must be submitted before the start of season 4th September.
David Owen Down’s League Fantasy Football is back. Pick four players from across both Saturday A and B teams, cost’s £3 to enter the league and manage your team throughout the season. This year’s rules are new and improved with players getting extra points for running the line, or attending club meetings. Resounding sucess las…t year – funds raised are going back into the club plus a portion put aside for prize fund. Get in touch with me if you want a form. All teams must be submitted before the start of season 4th September.
Kiptik 10 Year Anniversary Party
As you might know, Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls have been visiting Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico and raising money for projects out there for the last 10 years. We’ve set a date for our anniversary party – Sat 30th Oct – so get that on your calendars now and start planning your Halloween / Day of the Dead fancy dress costume, and start building up your muscles for piñata bashing and your stomachs for tequila downing.
The venue is still to be confirmed, so if anyone has any suggestions please get in touch. We also gladly welcome offers (from anyone, whether you’ve been to Chiapas or not) of help to organise the event and help on the night. We have tried to contact the many Cowfolk who have been out to Chiapas, but if you were missed off the list let us know!
Email kiptik@kiptik.org