Category: social

  • Disastrous Drops and Fielding Flops

    Disastrous Drops and Fielding Flops

      At this year’s Annual Dinner, Barford’s answer to the Cohen brothers (or perhaps the Chuckle Brothers depending on your point of view), Simon Drage and Ben Griffin re-enacted some of the key fielding moments from this years campaign. Although the production qualities are perhaps not up to the most exacting standards, Simon evidently poured…

  • 2015 Annual Dinner Report

    2015 Annual Dinner Report

    40 odd of Barford’s finest (and a few hangers on) attended the Annual Dinner at Merchants in Warwick, hosted by our fun-loving Social Secretary and Captain. The meal was up to their usual high standards and was enjoyed (I think!) by all. Interspersed with the courses were a selection of prizes, and speeches from the…

  • Dates for your diary

    Dates for your diary

    Now the season is done and dusted (I’m sure the statistics will be appearing in due course!), it’s time to turn your attention to the organisational and social side of the club. First up is the AGM on Wednesday 21st October which sets the tone and lays out the plans for the future of the…

  • Six of the best

    Six of the best

    Snitterfield Six-a-Side Tournament By popular demand, Barford CC and Snitterfield CC will jointly be hosting the inaugural Snitterfield Six-a-Side cricket tournament on Saturday July 18th, at our home ground in Snitterfield. The tournament will be run as a fun event rather than a competition for serious cricketers, so why not dust off your old bat,…

  • 2015 Pre-season Party

    2015 Pre-season Party

    Following hot on the heels of the recently successful Quiz Night (for which many thanks are due to Simon D – although that disputed picture of Jon Snow was definitely David Attenborough!) comes the promise of the Pre-season party. In a throwback to the glory days of yesteryear, this year’s extravaganza will be held chez…

  • 2015 Quiz Night

    2015 Quiz Night

    Join us for a night of cryptic quizzing at Barford Village Hall (7:00pm start) on Saturday 14th March. The cost is £8 a head for a two-course meal. It’s (apparently) the most fun that you can have without fear of a hernia… To enter a team (of ideally 4 people) please contact Simon Drage on…

  • 2014 Annual Dinner Report

    2014 Annual Dinner Report

    Once again the annual dinner at Merchants in Warwick drew a good crowd of players, WAGs and associated hangers-on to celebrate another successful season. After sitting down to an excellent dinner, the real business of the evening got underway with the usual smorgasbord of speeches and performances (in the loosest sense of the word). Unfortunately…

  • 2014 Annual Dinner

    2014 Annual Dinner

    From the one and only International: After finally sorting everything with the people at Merchants I am pleased to say that here is the menu. It will again be priced at £25.00 per person ( Bargain ). All I need you to do now is have a look through it, decide what you want and…

  • Snitterfield Six-a-Side Tournament

    By popular demand, Barford CC and Snitterfield CC will jointly be hosting the inaugural Snitterfield Six-a-Side cricket tournament on Saturday July 19th, at our home ground in Snitterfield. The tournament will be run as a fun event rather than a competition for serious cricketers, so why not dust off your old bat, get a few…

  • 2014 Pre-season Party

    2014 Pre-season Party

    Well, doesn’t time fly? We’ve only just recovered from the winter deluge and polished off the last of the Christmas cake and it’s time to start playing cricket again. Personally I think you’d be wise to take the lead of some our elder statesmen who wouldn’t dream of being seen in whites, let alone playing…