On a bitterly cold – but thankfully dry – day, Petanque teams from Trafford, Rochdale and Heckmondwike gathered at Greenhead Park to contest the second round of the Pennine Petanque League.
There was a step improvement in HPC’s final position. Having come last at Heckmondwike in November, we managed third position this time.
Our first set of fixtures were against Heckmondwike. We lost all five games. Hecky were pretty much unassailable all day, only losing two out of fifteen games.
Against Trafford Brendan, Nell and Shirley won the mixed triples game 13-1, and Vero and Philip were unlucky to be narrowly beaten (9-8) in one of the Open Pairs games. Overall, we won only one out of five games.
We had most success against Rochdale, with both triples (Sue D, Philip, Vero and Shirley, Brendan Nell) winning their games, and two pairs winning theirs. Overall, we won four out of five games.
On a brighter Huddersfield enjoyed great success in the open which melee comprised six games running alongside the League games. Our star player of the day was Jan Sinclair who took the honours, being the only player to win five games.
It is always a thrill to host large numbers of players at Huddersfield.
The next fixture is at Trafford on Sunday 2nd March. The final round will be at Rochdale on Sunday 16th March.
Nell Griffiths
Huddersfield Pétanque 