Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Play with your grandchild, grand niece, grand nephew in a 3 round pairs competition. The date is Sunday 31st July starting at 1300. It’s open to all but the Grandperson involved should have some idea of how to play. We can supply boules.

£2 Entry fee per team, Trophy to winners to keep for a year, every junior receives a medal and a bag of sweets.

The rules are that pairs must have a grand relationship not just a son/daughter relationship. Children must be under 16. Grandpeople should be around 60.

Last year we had 8 teams and you can see more in the archives here

The standard of play was very good. Please let the club know if you want to enter and tell us your team name. We’ll start a list on the sidebar on the right so you can see who’s entered. Register by email or talk to a committee member.

Sunday 26th June saw teams from 3 local clubs battle it out over 4 rounds in a triangular event. 4 pairs from each club played 4 games (2 against each of the other teams) and after 3 hours of to-ing and fro-ing and bits of skill and also luck a winner was announced.

 

In the interim players took light refreshment in between rounds and chatted and everyone got on really well. Mirfield had a few guest players; Heckmondwike had 2 dutch guest players and in addition to the 24 playing in the match there were a dozen or so casual players and a few newcomers playing as well so nearly 40 people in total. The terrain was very nearly full.

Round 1 was won by Hecky with 3, Hudd 2 and Mirfield 1. Round 2 was the same. Round 3 saw Hudd have 3 wins, Hecky 2 and Mirfield 1. The last round saw a magnificent display from Mirfield winning all 4 of their games with Heck and Hudd taking one each.

After it was all added up it meant Heckmondwike had 9 wins, Huddersfield 8 and Mirfield 7. A close run thing. Heckmondwike volunteered to host the next triangular event one day in the future.

If you want the fixtures for a triangular event look at https://boulesroules.wordpress.com where there are many useful routines for competitions.

4 rounds on the longest day. Only two players won all four and Roy edged out Rita W on points difference. 5 players on 3 wins but Phil edged out Kevin on points for 3rd place. Sue, Sandra B and Paul  were the unlucky 3 game winners who didn’t win a prize.

But the mystery is that 2 players have lost their fleece jackets. Black jackets with club logo on and they’ve gone missing.  We don’t recall any members of the public calling in during the day so it’s probably just a simple mistake. If anyone has accidentally taken one home pleases bring it back and we’ll reunite it with its owner.

There’s two events you might like to attend on Friday at Mirfield. At 1800 there’s a Pie & Peas Triples. £1 Entry fee plus pay £2 for your Pie & Peas. 3 rounds with Cash Prizes. Robin, Rita and Paul are entered but there’s room for others. Contact Harry (or Paul) urgently if you want to play.

See the advert here

http://www.mirfieldcc.co.uk/petanque/pdf/Pie%20and%20Peas%20Melee.pdf

Following this there’s the presentation of the West Yorkshire league Trophy at about 2030 followed by a brief review and a drink or two in the clubhouse. No need to register – Just turn up.

The entries

the Score sheet

the winners by only 1 point (both on 3 wins)

Amanda is giving not receiving! Sue & Roy are the winners.