News
If the Cowfolk are doing it, this is where it’s at…
A Good Week All Round
26/02/2009
The Cowgirls won 15-7 against Calloway Ladies.
28/02/2009
The Saturday A Team beat Lawes Juniors 2-1
The Saturday B Team drew 0- with Ashely Res.
The Avon Netball Association are shit and still have not had any results on their website since 31st January. However, I happen to know that the 1st team won and remain top of the division and the 2nd team lost but were not thrashed.
The Basketball Team lost a play off game 23-34 against Tubes.
01/03/2009
The Casual Casuals Won their 1st ever game 3-1 against Windmill Hill Irregulars.
The Sunday Team beat Fellowship 5-1.
The Casuals beat somebody by a lot of goals as per. Boys against men init. Well old men against old men actually but our old men are far more manly than the other old men.
Gig Watch
There is a gig at Easton Community Centre on Saturday 7th March £6 on the door 9pm ’til 2am. Bar by Kaz and Otam.
Yeah Boy Presents A Night Of Roots Dub And Jungle. With Flynn (Flynn And Flora), Peter D Rose (More Rockers, Smith And Mighty), Darcus Sound Clash (Dubrovnik, Zion Train), Kid Kamaya (Parenthasis Pandemonium).
Full Club BGM
The Full Club BGM will be held on Monday 16th March in Hawks Gym at 7:30pm. This is one of those rare occations on which all of the teams can get together and tell each other how much they love each other.
Remember for the meeting to be bonafide all of the following groups must have at leat one reprasentative there: men’s football, women’s football, netball, basketball, cricket & legends/supporters. Also there must be (I think) a minimum of 15 people there, so all sections of the club should try and get as many people to the meeting as possible.
Items on the agenda include the end of winter-season awards do, tours and tournaments, money etc. On the subject of money, if any of the teams wish to put in a request for monies from the Club funds they should do so at this meeting because the next meeting is not until September.
If you have any other items for the agenda contact Jess O (Beloved Chair).
A Really Casual Game
The Casual Casuals who have only been training for three weeks have got thier first match booked in for 11am this Sunday on Muller Road. Will they make the full 90? Are they match fit? Can they remember which end of a football is which? Why not turn up an find out.
Remember that their training is on Wednesday nights at 6:30pm at Brunel Achademy (Speedwell Tech that was) and that the Cowboys expect evrey man (over 35) to do his duty and turn up.
Reaults And A Little News
12/02/2009
The Cowgirls lost 16-5 to the Beer Factory.
19/02/2009
The team that the Cowgirls were due to play seem to have disappeared from the league.
21/02/2009
The Saturday B Team won 3-2 against Portland Old Boys Res.
The Saturday A Team lost to 1-2 to Cotswool.
There have been no results posted on the Netball League Website for the last three weeks.
22/02/2009
The Casuals beat Hillcrest Doggers 8-1 in the second round of the Harry Motram Cup.
The Sunday Team did not play.
Top of the Table Clash
On Saturday 28th February the Saturday B Team will be playing top of the table Ashley Res. and will go level on points if they win. So turn uop and cheer on our brave boys, kick off is at 2pm. If this weren’t enough excitement for a Saturday afternoon Jesse will be showing the pop video that he has made for Who’s Afear’d in The Plough after the match.
Ooops
The Webgimp is sorry if you have tried to access the website over the last couple of days but he accidentily managed to delete the whole site. Unfortunately the last week of posts have been lost. Luckily the webgimp had backed the site up not so long ago so that the rest has been saved.
Sandsy’s New Masterpieces
Sandsy has produced 5 new masterpieces to illustrate the 5 sports for the website.
Snow
31/02/2009
Netball 1 beat Manor Farm 27-19
Netball 2 lots to Jets 2 14-39
05/02/2009
The Cowgirls were either postposned or the results are not up on the league website, but I am guessing that the match was snowed off.
07/02/2009
No news from the Netball Team or their League’s website.
The Basketball Team won with a walk over.
The Downs League was snowed off.
08/02/2009
The Casuals were snowed off.
The Sunday Team were also snowed off.
EDO Decommissioners
On 17th January some activists includong several from Bristol “decommissioned” the EDO plant in Brighton. EDO say “We are committed to helping our defence and aerospace customers achieve their transformational, capability and mission success goals through the application of innovative, integrated engineered solutions. We are actively driven by both customers’ current needs and by proactively applying technology to meet anticipated future requirements.” Smash EDO say “EDO MBM’s supply of weapons systems for the illegal aggression and subesquent war crimes committed in Iraq makes their directors war criminals.”
One of the accused has sent the following to the Easton Cowboys Website:
The Bristolians who took action to decommission the EDO military hardware manufacturer in Brighton need our support, and in particular the 2 who remain on remand. We need to be clear that not only do they all face a serious criminal trial for their action, they also face a political trial. Not only because they themselves are making a political defence – that they acted to prevent the greater crime of war crimes – but also because any such action is treated politically by the state. The state cannot allow itself to be seen to tolerate in any way such an attack on the military industrial complex, also known as ‘making a profit from wars’. Whilst the majority of defendants are at least out on bail and able to enjoy the support and solidarity of friends and other campaigners, 2 defendants remain on remand and that is not a good place to be. Getting locked up in the repressive prison system is not fun, particularly when you know the state wants to nail you. Being alone in prison can be quite scary, staring for hours at a ceiling or blank wall can begin to play tricks with your mind, and you need to stay strong. For that you need support. Every anti-war and anti-militarist campaigner needs to be clear that supporting fellow activists doing time should be an intrinsic part of their activity. It could after all be them one day soon!
So here are a few practical things everyone can do:
- Write to the 2 defendants in prison. Even if you don’t know them, a simple postcard expressing solidarity would suffice. Maybe send an SAE too so they can write back. If you aren’t sure how to go about it see here and here. Write to:
Elijah Smith, VP7551 (his prison number), and Robert Alford, VP7552. Both at HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1E - Check out the defendants website and get in touch with the campaign. Help with publicity, fundraising, meetings, even the legal case. Whatever you can do.
- Sign their petition. Help put pressure on the authorities in any way you feel comfortable doing. Support and/or take other action against the arms race and wars.
- Support fundraisers for the campaigns (and have a good night out too). We have made a small donation to the defendants campaign, and are helping out with a fundraiser at the Plough, in Easton on February 14th. Do come along.
The gig at The Plough is on Saturday 14th February from 8pm. The line-up includes The Autonomads, Clayton Blizzard and DJ BOC [British Oxygen Company]. Requested donation £4.
Tournement Invites
We have been invited to two tournaments in Germany this summers.
One is the Neckarstrasse tournament from Friday 31st July to Monday 3rd August. The other is is organised by
Bunte Liga Köln and is from 14th to 16th August.
See the messageboard for more details.