Author: huddersfieldpetanque

1st March was the meteorological first day of Spring. And it was nice sunny day. The plastic chairs were out and members enjoyed a casual melee where we didn’t keep scores and also had a cheese and wine picnic after the first round. It was so warm that most sat outside in the sun for some time. Then we drew the raffle for the Hamper that was going to raise money for Beau’s Campaign and this brought in a magnificent £150.

Jane won the Hamper. Next event for Beau is the scone and jam scoff on Thursday afternoon and then the charity Pairs on 20th March. We have 14 teams signed up so far and hope to get over 20. See the notice in the clubhouse.

It’s not stopped raining since Tuesday.

The Valentines event took place in nice weather – the wind and rain had gone by the time we played at 1.00pm. There was an uneven number of Ladies & Gents so an executive decision was made to play a melee and award prizes to the top Lady and top Gent.

No player won 3 games a most unusual occurence and the winners were Sue W and Nigel, with runners up Rita W and our new member Steve – actually playing his first ever game!!

See attached photo with winners holding their exclusive Valentine Toblerones and runners up getting a chocolate orange .

Small but perfect. 620g and 73mm diameter so an unusual combination but solid stainless steel and a different design to traditional stripes. A snip at €51. And for an extra €12 you can have the name of your loved one engraved on the boules. 3 boules, one wooden coche and a handy cloth bag. See more at https://www.obut.com/fr/boules-de-petanque/3-boules-de-petanque-obut-st-valentin.html . What’s not to like? Might not arrive in time for tuesday afternoon.

The social committee held some events last year and raised a tidy sum for our chosen charity. Our chair presented the cheque on Tuesday 8th February to the chief executive of Age UK (Calderdale and Kirklees branch) Lisa Butland. At our AGM at Easter we’ll choose another charity for 2022 and hope to raise a similar amount.

But it’s not the end for our relationship with Age UK. We are planning an event in June where they will work with us and hopefully their clients will play and enjoy a game or two.

There’ll be a visitor at the terrain today. The Chief Executive of Age UK (Calderdale & Kirklees branch) is calling to collect a cheque for the money we raised for them last year. She’s also looking at closer links with the club and will be finding out more about the game. Presentation will be at 1245. I’m not sure if she’ll be playing.