Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Out of 42 players Michael was one of only 3 players to win all his 5 games and walked away with the 3rd place in the melee held at Stockton Fox Petanque club today. 16 Huddersfield players attended and most of them won raffle prizes. Nice to see a green shirt winning a prize.

 

Our regular first Sunday of the month melee had 21 players today and Roy took second place behind David W and ahead of Pat. Only David – the winner – and Roy won all their three games.

Next one is Sunday 2nd August. With this placing Roy leaps to the top of the league table hotly pursued by 5 ladies.

On Tuesday July 14th as it is Bastille Day we were planning to celebrate with a few french refreshments and maybe the odd person or two dressing up as a frenchman but regrettably we have to tone down our celebrations.

The league team has a match at Mirfield and many committee members are away. There will still be a few players at Greenhead but most will be at Mirfield.

The bottles of wine that have been purchased for this date will be kept at 12 degrees in a horizontal position for a few weeks and be brought out at a future date.

Wear white for wimbledon and 22 people did. We ran a 3 round melee and after round 2 we indulged in a glass of Prosecco or Pimms to prepare us for the torture of round 3. Sue, Martin and Janet were the only 3 game winners and the points differences were +19, +20 and +20. Martin and Janet played a single end decider and Martin was the overall winner.

We took some photos of the day and these will be uploaded to Gallery later. We did think about playing tennis with boules but common sense prevailed but that couldn’t stop Sandra demonstrating her perfect back hand. More Pimms Vicar!

 

 

 

Turf removed yesterday. Not as easy as it sounds as it was very hard and full of stones. Thanks to Martin and Fred who did most of the hard work. Next stage next Thursday 2nd July when we rake and level; after that Thursday 9th add sand, level and flags then Friday 10th Shed arrives.

After that it’s painting, extra security and moving in. Contact a committee member if you can help with any of these tasks.

Don’t forget wear white for wimbledon  this Sunday and take part in a 3 round melee. Looks like a good sunny day in prospect and for Tuesday and Thursday expect a heatwave…