Chess with steel balls in Greenhead Park
Every picture tells story and this image says Harrogate (new kids on the block) beat Heckmondwike (current champions) 3-2 and Huddersfield lost 1-4 to Leeds. Mirfield had a bye. Things will change hopefully for the better. We have 40 games to play over the next 10 weeks. So far we’ve played 5 and won just 1.
After the 3 round snake The Dolphins (David & Pauline) and The Beeches (Sandra & Geertje) shared 4th place on 2W + 2 and won their entry fee back ie £4 each team
Nice easy day. 18 players and only 2 won all 3 games.
| Won | plus/minus | Points | |
| Robin | 3 | 25 | 13 |
| Sue | 3 | 24 | 12 |
| Maggie Parr | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| Richard | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| Hazel | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| Yvonne | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Sandy | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Rita W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| marie | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| Sandra L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Maureen | 1 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Geertje | 1 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Alasdair | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| Rita S | 1 | -8 | 0 |
| Amanda | 1 | -15 | |
| Roy | 0 | -18 | |
| Edwina | 0 | -24 | |
| Elaine | 0 | -24 |
Last week at the AGM and in the following week the club has been advertising its Charity event via many media channels. The idea is simple. Organisations in Huddersfield enter a boules competition and pay an entry fee of £30 which all goes to charity. Teams play in small leagues to find the top 4 who play semis and finals on Bak Holiday Monday in late August. There is a consolage prize for those who don’t end up in the top 4 teams and the best 4 in the consolage also play at finals day.
Any organisation can enter a team. Look at https://boulesbash.wordpress.com for more information in particular the full rules.
We need to have about 16 teams enter to make it viable. Entries close end of May and the games are played at Greenhead Park during June and July.
Sunday 30th was our trip to Harrogate to play them on their terrain. It was a big difference from ours. Only 4 pistes and very close to the main road but on the other hand quite close to the world renowned Betty’s Tea rooms.
The terrains are mixed but generally had larger stones but all 4 had its own character and each team played on all 4. We played 4 games of 4 rounds and at the end it was a narrow win for the home team. The points difference was only 6 points and there were a few 13-12 games that could have gone either way.
There will be a return later in the summer.
Huddersfield Pétanque 