Author: huddersfieldpetanque

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.

 

An interesting group of players arrived. Some clearly semi professional and well prepared teams but some who had turned up without a partner and hoped for the best. Paul & Phil were without as were several loose women but teams were hastily cobbled together and we ended up with 8 pairs and 1 triple. This meant one team each round had a bye (which they won 13-7) and proved to be very popular because of the weather. They could sit inside.

What weather? We started in the dry but rain soon set in and waterproofs were in great demand.

2 hours later as we were finishing the 3rd round the sun came out and shorts andT shirts were the order of the day.

Only one team had won all their games. Sandie & Paul won first prize. Second and their first podium ever was T’s @ 6, a team made up of Fred and Elisabeth. 3rd place were Kinder Eggs and there was an exciting 4 ball playoff between Roy/Rita and Roger/Jane which led to Roy/Rita walking off with 30 bob. Nice event. There’s more entry fee & cash prizes coming up. Next one is Longest Day melee. 4 rounds on Tuesday 21st June starting at 1300.

 

 

 

Lovely day in early June and 22 turned up. These are the results on the day. 5 players had 3 wins and 5 players failed to win a game.

	Wins	Points
Pauline K	3	26	13
Daniel	3	24	11.5
Rita S	3	24	11.5
Amanda	3	19	9.5
Christine K	3	19	9.5
Michael K	2	11	8
Rita W	2	6	6.5
Malcolm	2	6	6.5
Roy	2	4	4.5
Sandra L	2	4	4.5
David M	2	0	3
Yvonne	1	-5	2
Elizabeth	1	-7	1
Sandra B	1	-9	0
Alasdair	1	-11	0
Fred	1	-13	0
Paul	1	-14	0
Maggie	0	-13	0
Edwina	0	-15	0
Sandie	0	-16	0
Elaine	0	-19	0
David W	0	-22	0

Looking at the big picture this is where we are. Because of the “new” scoring system anyone can win all the next 3 events and top the table but Marie remains the favourite without playing. Brendan stays second without playing.

	Played	Total
Marie	2	26
Brendan	2	20
Amanda	3	18.5
Daniel	2	18.5
David M	2	15
Rita S	2	13.5
Pauline	1	13
Mick	2	12
Sue	1	11
Malcolm	2	10.5
Hazel	1	10
Jack	1	10
Roy	3	10
Sandra L	2	9.5
Christine K	1	9.5
Robin	1	8
Sandra B	2	7.5
Rita W	1	6.5
Geertje	1	6
Elaine	3	6
Edwina	2	3
Reg	1	3
Paul	2	2
Yvonne	2	2
Elisabeth	1	1
Melvin	1	0
Diane	1	0
Polly	1	0
Alasdair	1	0
Fred	1	0
Maggie	1	0
Sandie	1	0
David W	1	0

 

…but this afternoon we just missed out on winning the West Yorkshire League. Heckmondwike were the visitors for the final match and we needed to win 2 games out of 5 to win the league. Heckmondwike needed to win 4.

Both triples went to Heckmondwike so the teams were level on 16 wins each. Paul & Phil had a quick win 13-6 including one end where they scored a 6!. Huddersfield were leading 17-16 with 2 games still in play.

Heckmondwike won a game to tie it at 17-17 so the very last game became the decider. It was close all the way through. At one stage Huddersfield were winning 9-6 but through a combination of good shooting, accurate pointing and a slice of luck the Heckmondwike pair scraped home 13-9 and the League champions had retained their title with 18 wins to 17.

A damned close run thing. For the winners Pam and Alan Wallace played very well but a massive improvement from Huddersfield after a 3rd place and only 11 wins in 2015. Pictures when they arrive. Full league tables after the final match which is taking place Tuesday evening and will decide the wooden spoon.

Captain Robin Schofield praised his team for their efforts and their improvement over the last year. Heckmondwike Secretary remarked on how Huddersfield had put more effort into the league this year and had made great strides.

2017 we’ll be even better. Watch out the current champions. We’ll get you next year.