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Beats4Boots fundraiser success!
Our Beats4Boots (refugees welcome) fundraiser at the Ill Repute was banging! And we raised £605! Thanks to everyone who came and everyone who helped make it a success. Look out for more Beats4Boots events coming soon!
Jumpers for Goalposts Cowgirls donation
The owners of Twisted Oak Brewery have selected the Easton Cowgirls to receive a share of their profits as a donation to grassroots women’s football.
Co-owner Simon said: ‘When the Qatar World Cup came round we wanted to brew up a new beer with a football related name (like everyone else does). However, we weren’t too keen on marketing ourselves on the back of what was quite a controversial tournament. We just love football. So we came up with the idea of using the beer to raise some cash and then donating the money raised to a grass roots football team. So the beer Jumpers For Goalposts – a gorgeous 4.4% Citra pale ale – was born and 5p for every pint raised went to a local grassroots team.
‘Fast forward to June 2023 and we couldn’t let the Women’s World Cup go by without repeating the brew and the fund raising idea. This time we obviously decided to donate the money raised to a local women’s football team. A conversation with Jimmy at The Plough in Easton (friend of the brewery and a very loyal customer to boot) led to the obvious choice for the funds being the Easton Cowgirls – world famous and with a great ethos that we are very happy to be associated with. So in our small and limited way (but to the best of our abilities) we are very proud to support the Easton Cowgirls in football and in everything else they stand for.’
Thanks to everyone at Twisted Oak – a great beer for a great cause. Bottoms up folks!
Cowfolk EGM
Emergency General Meeting of the Cowfolk to grant funds on compassionate grounds.
Date: Monday 4th September
Time: 7pm
Location: Zoom
Agenda: to discuss granting additional club funds to Netballer Katie Cooper after the recent passing of her husband Coops.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89313174058?pwd=eBDsM97DKEeUtdaZ1TLaOnqKXUb8r4.1
Meeting ID: 893 1317 4058
Passcode: C264D0
Thai Foodie Fundraiser
Get ready for an amazing event coming up at the @coexistcommunitykitchen and it’s all for a great cause! On Friday 18th August, Easton Cowfolk Football Club @easton_cowgirls_fc are hosting a delicious Thai BBQ with music from some of the best local DJs. This event is to help fund the Cowfolk sports teams for refugees and asylum seekers for next season.
How will your money help? All funds raised from ticket sales will be used to cover league, referee, pitch fees, football boots and kit, training, transport, and weekly meals.
You can expect awesome tunes from local DJs, and your stomachs will be filled with pounded salad, BBQ snacks, and spicy curries. We’ll also have a bar stocked with delicious beer from @bristolbeerfactory as part of their Brewed To Give project. ?? There will be both vegan and meat options, so swipe right to see the menu!
We are proud to stand with the Easton Cowfolk in their belief that sport brings friendship and freedom. This wonderful project is an essential part of helping refugees feel secure, safe, and welcomed in their communities.
Don’t miss out – get your tickets from @headfirstbristol or via the link in our stories. You can also donate to the @gofundme page: www.gofundme.com/f/cowfolk-refugee-football-team. Come show your support and have a great time!
Super Supper club – food for the soul
You can get a delicious three course meal for less than a fiver at Super Supper Club at The Pickle Factory, All Hallows Road on Mondays and Wednesdays. Volunteers rescue perfectly good food that supermarkets have deemed unable to sell and transform it into delicious three course meals. At £4 for adults and £1 for children, it’s a bargain, not to mention a lovely way to eat with other folks and make new friends. Vegan and vegetarian options are also available.
Cowgirls Netball needs your help!
Easton Cowgirls Netball is supporting an open letter to England Netball to express our concerns about their new gender policy consultation. This consultation risks excluding trans people from playing in netball leagues or forcing trans women to supply private medical information in order to take part.
The open letter will show our soldarity with trans netballers and encourage England Netball to make their consultation more inclusive and representative.
We’re asking individuals to sign the open letter and get others to sign.
There a Google Form which you can use to sign the open letter as an individual or even pass it on to the sports teams/clubs you may know. The link to read the open letter is on the Google Form:
We’re no dummies! Cowfolk level up on life saving
The Cowfolk had a scare recently when one of our footballers had a cardiac arrest on a roof and was kept alive by a work colleague until an ambulance came. It was a wake up call for the club and we decided to run a day of first aid training. Dummies for the win!
Extraordinary Meeting of the Cowfolk
Meeting to appoint new chair and secretary.
On Monday July 10th at 6:45pm, we need two members from each section of the club (Cowgirls footie, Cowboys cricket, etc) to appoint a new chair and a new secretary, except for CACKK who only need one member to attend. This was the goal of a recent meeting but not all of the sections were represented which is why this extraordinary meeting has been called. It’s really important that the meeting goes ahead and that the new roles can be filled. A Zoom link will also go out so that people can attend online if they can’t make the community centre. The meeting is scheduled to take half an hour in total.
