Pennine League

Some time ago in times BC the west Yorkshire League was thriving with 6 teams and there were 2 clubs in the north west who wanted to join in the fun. So the organiser of the WYL drew up a similar set of documentation and invited those two clubs (Rochdale and Trafford)  to join Huddersfield and Heckmondwike in a Pennine League starting in spring and running through summer 2020. Everything was agreed and fixtures were drawn in March 2020 then lockdown arrived. The project was put on ice until it could be resurrected.

Between 2020 and the present the North West part of the Northern region (as it was called) decided to set up their own region and laid claim to the North West of England which meant that Northern had to redraw its boundaries and decided to choose Yorkshire as its geographic location. So Yorkshire Pétanque was born and Rochdale and Trafford couldn’t play in a Yorkshire league.

At the time there were rumblings and grumblings and relations between the new regions were tense for a while but after some time it settled down and the two regions set about playing in each others competition and getting on better but there was still no league for the 2 big clubs in the north west so in 2023 a Pennine league was proposed and the same 4 clubs that were involved at the beginning signed up to play again.

This time it was organised by Trafford and the format was not the same as the West Yorkshire league but was 4 events each hosted by one of the clubs and all 4 clubs would attend and play 3 League fixtures in a day. It meant a long day with 6 games for the teams but it was timed games so the schedule wouldn’t slip and it would finish in the daylight.

First one was at Huddersfield on Saturday 18^th and it worked well. The Huddersfield squad was Robin, Shirley, Amanda, Vero, Mike, Doug and Steve and they performed well on the day. It was quite close in the end and the league table after the day was…

The full results (click to view in new window) were…

Next Pennine league day is in the new year. List for those wanting to play will be posted on the noticeboard in the clubhouse.  It’s all to play for. The West Yorkshire league will also run next year starting after Easter and lists will be posted for this when the time comes.