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Brasilian Fundraiser
Jesse says:
EASTON COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS BBQ & 5-ASIDE FUTSAL TOURNAMENT Autonomous F.C (Brazil) Fundraiser
Sunday 27th September. Easton Community Centre. Midday. Sound system! Food! Booze! Loads of football!
Let your last barby of the summer be with the rest of the cowfolk in a proper club day out at the Easton Community Centre. The tournament will be World Cup styley with group stages and play-offs, and as well as aiming for a good football competition, we would love to see as many people connected to the club represented in the tournament – so mixed male and female/all female/ parent and children/your mates teams all welcome. If you dont think your team can win the winners trophy, why not aim for the ‘Paul Cupis Cup’ awarded to the most outrageous strip. Ideas might be: 50’s/60’s/70s/80s style football kits/cowboy outfits/ full carnival gear/anything else you want. £3 per player. Sound system and BBQ await!
Please register your team name and players with Jesse Tate on jessetate888@yahoo.com.au
The day is serving as fundraiser to try help our friends Autonomous F.C from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to fly over to Bristol next summer, attend the anti-fascist World Cup in Italy and drink in the world famous Plough Inn, Easton.
Something For The Weekend?
03/09/2009
The Cowgirls don’t seem to have played, or at least the league website has not been updated. But how would I know, they never write, they never call…
05/09/2009
The Saturday A Team lost to Ashley 3-1.
The Saturday B Team lost to Clifton Rockets 3-0.
The Suburbans beat Ashton Seniors 5-1 in their 1st ever match in a new the Bristol & Suburban League.
The Netball1 beat Crossbow 84-21. Which is pretty good considering that this is their first match after stepping up a division.
Netball2 did not play.
06/09/2009
The Sunday Team beat White Tree 4-1 in their 1st ever match in the Bristol & District Premier League.
Will ran the half marathon in 1hr 41mins and Amanda did it in just over 2 hours.
The Cricket 2nd Team lost to Blackwell Flax Burton 2nd XI by 6 wickets. The Cowboys were all out for 150 from 38.8 overs with Neil getting 41 and Mackie getting 36. BFB got the runs in 36.5 overs Mackie bowled 6-0-28-1 and Neil bowled 8-2-20-2.
Dunc Reports
Here is Dunc’s report from the last 1st Team match of the season.
“And so the game is played out, on the sinking Wigan Pier.”
Inspired by the best, and indeed, only winning streak of the season, the Sunday 1st team travel to leafy Failand to play Old Bristolians Westbury. This is the new habitat of the former skipper, Chris Hunt. We are not expecting him to face the music by turning out for the oppo.
Duncan won the toss again, 3 in a row, and elected to bat on a lovely dry flat looking covered 1st team pitch. With a reasonable batting line up, he and Bernet headed to the crease in relaxed fashion. A seamer and a leg spinner opened against us and it’s clear that the dry pitch takes turn, however inaccurate. After a brisk start though, Bernet was bowled for 9 by a double bouncing daisy cutting leg break through his legs. How very Cowboy! Justin would have opened but was a bit late so came in at 3 and looked great until he wellied a cut straight to cover with his score on 12 and the total on 45. Evan stepped up and he and the skipper put on 26 until in a bid for quicker runs, Evan called Duncan for a quick single and ran him out on 40. So the collapse began, from there at 71 for 3 to 82 for 4, Evan for 5 and 86 for 5, Dave Flinton for 12. Both caught off the child bowler voted most likely to succeed DC2 as the slowest in Christendom. 89 for 6, Jeff for 3. 92 for 7 Roger for 3. 102 for 8, James Tinx for 8. 104 for 9 Rich Garner for 1. All fell to bowler of the day Ollie Folland, who took 4 for 4 in a 5 over spell off very good off spin. Wayne fell victim to the youngest player on the pitch, bowled for 4 by a ball from outer space. 106 all out on one of the best batting strips in the league, the last 7 wickets lost for 29 runs in 11 overs.
It’s lucky Mr. Hunt wasn’t there really, wasn’t it.
So to the defence of such a total. Both Martin and Rich G opening the bowling were dispatched for boundaries with their first balls. Thereafter with steely determination, they settled into the task but made only one inroad, Rich trapping the baby opener with the score on 26. Bizarrely, the other opener was given out LBW to Martin, but the umpire changed his mind under duress from the number 3 and that was the Cowboys last sniff of an unlikely charge towards victory. Losing never really looked in doubt though as Duncan, Evan and Roger were all not quite good enough to pressurize the very relaxed batsmen as they cruised to 107 in the 20th over.
A rather damp squib of a finish to the season. But the session at the Plough was cheery and loud.
Well done to all who gave there all during the season, and there is no doubt in my mind it’ll all be better next year.
Second Wind
27/08/2009
The Cowgirls beat Pink Panthers 10-0
29/08/2009
The Cricket 3rd Team lost their final game of the season to Bath Exiles by 107 runs. Exiles hit 209 for 6 from their 40 overs. Ev Bowled 8-3-15-1 and DCII bowled 8-1-40-2. In Reply the Cowboys struggled to 107 all out in 28.2. The Webgimp scored 28.
The Saturday A Team beat AFC Bohemia 4-0.
The Saturday B Team beat Bristol Barcelona Res. 5-0.
30/08/2009
The Cricket 1st Team lost to Old Bristolians Westbury by 9 Wickets. The Cowboys hit 109 all out from 33.3 overs with Dunc hitting 40. Westbury hit them in 19.4 overs, Garner bowled 4-0-18-1.
The Cricket 2nd Team beat Portway by 57 runs. The Cowboys scored 176 all out in 38.4 overs. Reg hit 44. Portway were all out for 119 in 31.3 overs, Harry bowled 7-1-17-4 and Aran bowled 5-0-8-2. This is the 2nd Team’s 1st victory of the season.
01/09/2009
The Saturday A Team lost to Bristol Barcelona 4-0.
1 Over The 40
20/08/2009
The Cowgirls beat Bristol Panthers 10-0.
The Cricket Friendly Team lost to some Cheltenham Council lot by about 10 or so runs. The opposition won the toss and decided to bat despite the fact that half our side had been delayed by not knowing junction 10 on the M5 has limited access. Due to this decision, or shall we be blame the coin for not letting us win the toss, the game started 20 mins late dooming us to another dark finish. They scored 129. Kalu, who was brought up playing cricket with a soft ball, kept wicket for the first time using a hard ball and excelled letting no byes through.
In the dying light the chase was on. Jeff hit 24 in a mutually appreciative stand with Grant. The extras ensured that we were up with the run rate. We had reversed our batting order however, they had reversed their bowling order too and as the darkness descended the extras dried up. In the end we were all out off the last ball as Justine lapped Neil running three to Neil’s two. It was a great joy to have Toby from Brighton playing with us and he performed bravely in the face of an unsympathetic hang over. (more…)
Lunatics
Nico has left more details of the Lunatics’ birthday weekend on the messageboard.
Mugging Meeting
There will be another community meeting discussing what to do about the recent muggings in Easton. It will be in Easton Community Centre at 6:30pm on Thursday 3rd September.
Worth Waiting For
13/08/2009
The Cowgirls lost to Bad Eggs 18-1.
15/08/2009
The Cricket 3rd Team beat Timsbury 3rd XI by 2 wickets. It was family day on Saturday and as a large army of small children laid waist to an inflatable Jericho the 3rd Team made a right hash of defeating Timsbury. Ev staggered into view late after a few light ales the night before as Timsbury won the toss, elected to bat and were all out for 159 on the penultimate ball of their 40 overs. Garner bowled 8-3-21-1, Ev bowled 6.5-0-19-2 and Stevo bolwed 5-0-25-3. The Cowboys got off to a good start, after getting hit in the head by a fast beamer the Webgimp went on to score 56 and Stevo hit 37. Dazed and confused the Webgimp managed to run himself out in the 25 over with the score on around 120, Stevo followed him back to the pavilion shortly afterwards. This should have laid the foundations for an easy victory with the Cowboys needing less than 3 an over with 8 wickets in hand, however our middle order and Timsbury’s bowlers had other ideas. Ev having not slept the night before, bowling manfully and then waiting 25 overs to get to the crease had lost his mojo somewhere en route and was out for 1. Roger, who is normally the steadying influence in these situations, was out cheaply playing an ill conceived pull shot before Gretch, Garner and Grant managed only 10 runs between them. Rob and Justine managed to inch the Cowboys to the required target with some eccentric running. Going into the final over the scores were tide and Tinx managed to glance the ball through a close ring of fielders to bring us home. In the end there were 4 balls remaining and the Cowboys had lost 8 wickets.
You can read what Timsbury made of the game here.
16/08/2009
The Cricket 1st Team managed to record their 1st win of the season beating Churchways by 6 wickets. Duncan, who has stepped manfully into the breach to take over the 1st Team in their time of need, inspired them taking 5 for 18 as Churchways were dismissed for 68 in 32.4 overs. Ev took 3 wickets and Bernet took 2 with Roger chipping in with a boring wicketless 8 overs, 3 maidens and 18 runs. Even chasing such a low score the Cowboys managed to put hearts in mouths as they lost 4 wickets and Justine retired hurt. In the end they got the runs in the 22nd over, with Angelo getting 22 beating the extras by 1.
The Cricket 2nd Team had no fixture.
For those that are interested the cricket injusty list for this season now reads thus:
- Dave Littleton – broken figure, well more completely destroyed than broken.
- Wilko – broken thumb.
- Duncan – broken figure.
- DC II – 5 stitches after being smacked in the chops fielding at square leg.
- Grant (aka Pudsey) – several stitches in the eye brow after getting his head in the way of a shot in nets.
- Webgimp bloody ear after getting hit in the head by a beamer from a very fast teenager (very, very fast).
- Justine retired hurt after being hit on the elbow.
Sticky Wicket
13/08/2009
The Cowboys Friendly Team travelled to Gloucester to take on DCI’s work mates last night and lost in the rain and the dark. This is literally what happened and this is not some existential statement about the state of the cricket team. Surrounded by a Travellers’ encampment and on a terribly stodgy wicket the Cowboys got off to a really slow start, the plan of opening with Angleo and the Webgimp backfired when Angelo was out in the first over. The Webgimp and Pudsey struggled to get the ball to the boundary, in fact no boundaries were scored until the 15th over when Alan hit a brisk 27 and made those who had already batted look like chumps. The result was 102 runs in our allotted 20 overs.
The council employees on the other hand got of to a very brisk start and looked like they might get the runs in about 12 overs. However, some dark clouds caused the batsmen to call for the red ball to be replaced with a white one and in the rain and gloom wickets began to fall, the run rate slowed to a trickle and the game became more of a contest. Angelo took two great catches behind the stumps, Andy took a stunning catch in front of the stumps and the Webgimp bowled one batsman but since the bails never came off he was not out. In the end they got the runs needed in the 18th over and we headed to the pub, where a pub quiz master asked us to estimate the total number of balls bowled by Ian Botham in his 110 test matches.
Glorious Sunshine
08/08/2009
The Cricket 3rd Team beat Nailsea 4ths by 29 runs. EC hit 134 for 7, Roger hitting 48 not out and Gretch hitting 41. Nailsea were bowled out for 105 in 28 overs. Ev bowled 8-2-26-3, Grandpa Kelly bowled 5-0-21-3.
09/08/2009
The Cricket 1st Team lost to Filton Wayfarers by 7 wickets. Dunc writes:
At last the sun has blasted it’s way through the dense cloud that has obliterated the second half of the sunday teams’ seasons. Was this the day for the Cowboys Sunday ‘Brothers in Alms’ to get some sunny points on a hot league table board? (more…)