huddersfieldpetanque

September 2, 2015

Summer wine Pairs

A few glasses of wine were consumed. Although the plan was to wait until after Round 2 some started early but the standard of play improved (they say). After 3 glasses, I mean rounds, the clear winners were Brendan & Julie aka The Marshians. 3 wins and a healthy points difference of +25.

2nd place was between Mick & Rita and the Boulangers (David & Daniel) who both had 3 wins and +20 points. A one end decider was played and Boulangers won the second prize with Mick & Rita being third.

Next event Monthly melee on Sunday 6th and the climax of the six summer months of melees. Will anyone catch Roy? Does anyone want to? After that a smaller autumn & Winter programme will operate. Members will be emailed the dates soon.

August 24, 2015

Regional Triples

Bolstered by a stern talking to from Chairman about playing at a higher level and determined to work as a team 4 teams from the club had a go at a 5 games in a day event with a few quality visiting players from around the region. They played well and Robins Nest can boast of a good 5th place.

Many thanks to everyone who turned out at 8-30 am to set up for the day and who all chipped in with raffle, organising and provision of refreshments. We provided a scratch team on the day to make the numbers up to 10 teams and over the course of the day we had many club members popping in to have a look and encourage the players. Lots of spectators as well. At one time there were 50 people at the terrain.

The scoresheet (above) went through several revisions as helpful players worked it out their way but it was checked before the results were announced. Visitors won the three cash prizes but all HPC teams played well and it was great day of Petanque.

Next opportunity is Sunday 30th with Summer Wine Pairs. Register in advance please

August 18, 2015

Mel is Club Singles Champion.

18 members played today. 3 round snake followed by the final. Despite the expected moans about the handicaps awarded the fact that most games were closely fought demonstrates that the handicap system worked well and was fair.

6 members won 2 games but only 2, Marie & Melvyn won all 3 and went into the final. This was closely fought and finished with Melvyn winning the game 13:10. I presented the magnificent trophy then most members played another game or two. Quite a few park visitors dropped in to see what was going on and took away business cards with one couple very interested in joining

August 11, 2015

The Generation Game

We called it the generation game as the teams were made up of grandparents and grand children. All children involved were under 16 and all grandparents were around 64. There were 8 teams who all played 3 games and after we added up the scores two teams played out a final.

Overall winners were The Farraris (Kallum & Roger) who won every game they played including a 13-4 win in the final over Em & Im (Emily & Roy). The winners took home a handsome trophy, a large box of chocolates and a big bag of Haribo sweets.

Every child received a petanque medal and every child played some wonderful shots on the day. They’re already asking when the next event is.

August 6, 2015

Triple Winners at the Lemonade Melee

Today the shed was painted and thanks to Roy, Sue, Brendan, Julie W and Robin. Many hands made light green work with an ash white trim. Or as one of the painters said “It’s like a bloody swiss chalet”

In the afternoon there were a few games but in the evening we held the first melee where members brought lashings of lemonade to drink.

The club provided crisps, peanuts and red hot chilli peanuts and a good time was had by all. 21 players in total and after 3 rounds there were 3 players, Robin, Colin & Paul all with 3 wins and all with a points difference of +21. With the sun past the yard arm and heading down to the sea there was no time for a playoff so we have triple winners. Jacob also won 3 and had a points difference of +12. We all enjoyed it so much we will hold another evening melee soon maybe with Ginger Beer as well!