Fixtures/Results/Reports

This section details fixtures, results and reports for the senior teams at the club. The club plays in the Everards Leicestershire County League. For the 2009 season the 1st XI are playing in the Premier Division and will be looking to consolidate at this level are winning the Division 1 championship last season. Highlights for the season will be games against the big guns of the Leicestershire League Loughborough Town, Kibworth, Market Harborough, Leicester Ivanhoe and of course the local derby against our near neighbours Sileby Town who were also promoted last season. Skipper Gareth Williamson knows that the team are in for a stern test but is optimistic that the team can go well in the upcoming season. The core of the team will remain the same but with one or two possible additions coming in to strengthen the squad.

The vice skipper again will be Mo Bobat and he will be hoping for plenty of runs on the Barrow track along with the prolific Carl Fourie and the reliable Mark Burchett. In the bowling department a lot again will depend on the hopefully returning Tim Wise and left arm seamer Carl Griggs. In the spin department leg spinner Umar will be looking to build on a very promising first season. Look out for one or two additions to the bowling department in the near future.

The 2nd XI find themselves in Division 5 for the new season following relegation in 2008. New skipper Steve Grew will be hoping for a better season this year and will be looking for plenty of runs off opposition attacks. The batting again looks strong with Dave Smith and Gavin Noon looking to build on last season's prolific campaigns where both got to three figures on a number of occaisons. Add in Imran Khan, Colin Rue, Andy Taylor, Nigel Blagg and promising youngsters like Vivek Lodhia, Tim Taylor and Tim Wilson and the side should post some decent totals. The bowling again will see Ian "Freddo" Willcocks, Imran and Dale Penny to the fore but with youngsters like Taylor, Wilson being one year older hopefuly we should see a break through or two with luck. Left arm seamer James Watts now U18 is certainly one to look out for in the new season he bowled well in 2008 and his batting is also improving all the time.

Barrow Town have traditionally always faired pretty well in the cups and 2008 was no exception with the club winning the Joe Orton Cup in an excellent final against Loughborough Carillon. The club will be defending this trophy in 2009 and has also entered the Everards Leagues Cups, Loughborough Charity Cup and also the Cockspur 20/20. The latter is an exciting prospects with top club sides battling for a big day out in front of the TV cameras in Cardiff.

On Sundays the club will again be fielding a side comprising a mixture of experience and youth in a number of friendly games. These matches give the promising youngsters at the club the chance to play at senior level and gain valuable experience in the longer form of the game. The club sees this level as a vital stepping stone to playing in the senior league sides. The team again will be skippered by Gavin Noon with help from John Wilson and John Shipman.

So all in all a lot to look forward to in 2009. Lets hope the sun shines and the cricket is good! Please do try and get down to a fixture or two. The standard of cricket is very high the setting agreeable and the beer and the company is pretty good too! Why not join the usual crowd on the bank in 2009? You will get a warm welcome.