Fine weather and a good turnout undoubtably helped this very successful men v women event but the positive and competitive spirit of all the competitors definitely made it a fun and enjoyable day. I’m pleased to say despite the obvious difficulties in organising this Grail Challenge competition it went smoothly and without any problems and was very well received by all players both new and long standing.
The communication via AMiP, notice board posters and WhatsApp seems to have worked well.
28 players in total were put into 6 teams a side both with a mixture of doubles and triples.
Round 1 shows the Ladies to be in aggressively good form gaining a 4 game lead of 5-1 with the men narrowly avoiding a whitewash. In round 2 the men fight back with 3 – 3 to bring the cumulative score to 8-4. In round 3 with 2 games to play the men are just 2 games off a draw but the ladies hold them off for a 10 – 8 victory.
Huddersfield Pétanque 
Great afternoon, brilliant atmosphere and very well organised. Well done everybody