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Hares stuffed and baked in Old Moseley Arms Fit Men assault
From our Special St Helena Correspondent in his last Sunday game before jetting (and sailing) off to the middle of the ocean comes a thorough match report and potted version for those suffering from ADHD. To celebrate the return of the Great British Bake Off, Barford’s very own Mel and Sue (Will and Shawn) produced their…
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Video: Attack with Simon Drage
The next in our video series, he barely needs any introduction. A run machine, part-time quizmaster, full-time social secretary and the ‘Safest hands in Cricket’, he knows only one way of playing and that’s Attack, Attack, Attack! Enjoy Simon Drage like no-one else has.
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Video: Batting with Sandy Peirson
First in an occasional series of videos highlighting Barford’s team-members and their talents. This week it’s the turn of our chairman, wicket-keeper, batsman and bon-viveur Sandy Peirson demonstrating how to bat (and get run out…)
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Skipper Griffin’s Nap-ton sees Hares to convincing victory
From our correspondent Simon H: Barford notched up a big win at Napton today, thanks to a sensational maiden century from Ben, and despite Shawn dropping a catch and then kicking the ball over the boundary like Barry Chuckle. Napton nightmares no more It would be fair to say that Napton has not been a…
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Behind the scenes with BCC, tour preps and caption competition
With less than a month to go before the tour, Messrs Herring and O’Reilly have been spotted warming up on the beach in their ‘half thong mankinis’ in a manner similar to our TOWIE friends Bobby and Harry. Here at Barfordcc.org.uk we’ll be with you every step of the way as the build-up continues, providing…
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The boys are back in town…welcome back Will and Shawn
After what seems like literally hours of work and exams at ‘university’, Barford CC welcome back the greatest youth policy signings since the Manchester United “you can’t win anything with kids” double winning side of 1995-96. We managed to catch up with them during a lull in their hectic playboy lifestyle to hand over their…
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Morgan gets Barford’s 2014 season well and truly under way…
..with two barnstorming Sunday losses against Marton and Kineton! But never mind, we got to see Barford’s newest opener, Simon Morgan, refusing to leave anything in the locker in getting his 9 runs against a youthful Kineton. But no-one picked his total in the sweepstake, so it’s a rollover… Watch as his magnificent strokes almost…
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Tour 2014 news and deposit demands!
From our Tourmeister: This year we are returning to Stroud and once again staying at The Imperial with the following itinerary: Friday 11th July-evening match with Slimbridge Saturday 12th July-afternoon match against Kingswood Sunday 13th July-afternoon match against Nympsfield Commoners The price hasn’t gone up-£45 per head, per night. I require a deposit of £10…
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Nets and coaching 2014
It’s the new year and therefore time to begin the annual process of transforming from a shower of hapless fatties into an elite cricketing machine. In the hope of keeping numbers up, we’ve changed the format a little this year so that we don’t have both nets and coaching running at the same time. We…
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Barford Dinner 2013: Choose your food now or starve…
The full details of the end-of-season celebration are here, but as you can see by the countdown and patented Bookings-o-meter, we need to know your menu choices by the 22nd September, to give the good people at Merchants a chance to bang the bangers and Brulee the cremes. So let Paul know by email, fax,…