Author: huddersfieldpetanque

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No post in December because my regular email to KMC contacts asking about progress didn’t help much. The designer who we met in September hasn’t got much further; the councillor who was very keen a while ago has plenty of more important work to do and there’s no guaranteed funding. Furthermore the Friends of Greenhead Park who were consulted about the project were not as keen as expected.

The basic reply said “would you like to apply for funding” which is OK and I said let’s meet and talk about this but nothing has happened since then.  The Heckmondwike model was “build the terrain then once people saw it the club grew like wildfire”. Starting with nothing is going to be much harder.

I’ll send my mid month email later today and report back.

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Progress is slow as with many projects like this but Kirklees Council is consulting with stakeholders including yours truly (the potential Huddersfield Petanque Club) and initial thoughts on the terrain were “let’s have a large area sufficient for 10 games simultaneously” which should support a club of over 40 members. HPC also asked for toilets and cups of tea and these are already on site at the first choice location plus handy parking and this is available locally.

When a first design sketch is available we hope to bring it to you through this blog. In the meantime have a look at http://www.heckmondwikepc.co.uk

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You couldn’t play petanque in Kirklees until recently when Heckmondwike Petanque Club started in Firth Park. It proved a phenomenal success story. People loved it.

In mid August the terrain in Heckmondwike had two visitors from Huddersfield who wanted to establish a terrain in a Huddersfield park.

In September meetings were held and in October plans began to be drawn up. This blog charts the progress of this project.  We hope in a few months to open up membership and start playing. Follow us; bookmark this page.