Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Sunday 28th January saw the second round of the Pennine league at Trafford. Team of the day was Heckmondwike winning eleven and a half of their 15 games. Updated table below.

Next Fixture in a few weeks. E & OE.

Well done Amy, Nigel and Jan. who won the Burn Night pairs on Thursday afternoon.

52 players and 26 teams played all Sunday in atrocious conditions but completed 5 rounds before sunset. Winners were Matt Blyton and Mukhtar Benarab who is currently the No. 1 ranked player in England. They won all their 5 games with a massive points difference of +48

16 players from HPC took part some for the first time and all of them won at least one game. Best HPC performance on the day was Mike Stedman with a fantastic 5 wins and +40 that would probably have won on any other weekend. Brendan and Nell won 4 games.

Sue D was the winner with 3 wins and +24, Mel, Jane G, Graham S and Sue C all won 3 games with lower points difference. Cumulative table same as January table. Things will change on February 4th. Scorers Amanda and Barbara in the background.

This competition records the first 5 places in 5 big events over 12 months. Sometimes this year the points were shared. 28 members were in the running and the overall winner was Marie.

The trophy will be engraved and presented at a date in the future. Pictures will be taken.