Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Tuesday 12th May and the lure of a quick tenner or fiver worked again. All you have to do is win a small competition of 3 games of petanque. Today it was Sue who won first prize and Roy was second. Well done to all who turned out. Next one is 11th June in the evening. Put in your diary.

We have a club video. Made in our studios deep underground in Greenhead Park by a crack team of artists, copywriters and just ordinary people it lasts 84 seconds and is suitable for sending to your friends and enemies. It’s in the sidebar on the right under blogroll. Click to expand the screen and then press play. You’ll need speakers on. Enjoy…

Today we tried a new event. A 3 round melee with an entry fee of £1. It had been trailed on literature and on noticeboards and the blog but still took a few by surprise. Despite that 16 people paid their pound and we played 3 rounds in about 2 hours.

After the scores were in  only one player had won all three games and that was Martin who walked away with the £10 first prize. Malcolm had the best points difference of the players who won two games. The other two times winners were Rita, Roy, Sue, Marie, Paul & Jane. Still time for some extra games afterwards and the club put £1 into club funds. There’ll be a few more £1 melees over the summer. Next one Tuesday May 12th.

The first in a long series. This is the refurbished bench created for the club by Brendan and the technical team and already has had plenty of use. More will be arriving in the next few weeks.

And here is the bench master enjoying the sun.

Martin who is also working on this project has yet to be photographed sitting on the bench…

By the time the big events arrive in the summer we hope to have 5 or 6 benches plus a shed and some landscaping around the terrain, a noticeboard, a hedge extension and a new gate.

All went as planned. Minutes and revised constitution are available on the Club Info page. Significant growth as the club was estimating membership at 40 at the first AGM but actually reaching 71 (and 2 more joined at the AGM).

Both income and expenditure were double what was thought but we finished with a surplus partly due to receiving a grant to help us develop the terrain by providing benches, noticeboard and a shed. Subs were increased to £12 a year.

We look forward to another good year. Many landscaping works are planned and will be in place in the next few months. Time to pay your subs and if we haven’t seen you for a while time to call in now the sun has started shining again and have a game of two.