Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Although you don’t know what’s in these envelopes all three teams seem very happy. That’s because there were entry fees and entry fees mean cash prizes!

The Mixed Pairs took place yesterday on a lovely sunny day. 12 teams paid their entry fee and played a 3 round snake during the afternoon. Two teams won all their games. Best of the teams that won 2 games was Rhythm & Soul (Roy and Sue).

The Golden Oldies (Ken and Doreen) were second with 3 wins and a points difference of +18

But the winning team was M & S (Malcolm and Sandra) with 3 wins and a points difference of +22. Nice raffle, nice weather and a good day was had by one and all.

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.