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Sunday 25th May. First Club competition is a 3 round melee and 10 people turn up. First real exposure to a competitive format but everyone copes well and after 3 hard fought rounds the winner is Michael who wins all 3 games. Sandra also wins 3 but Michael has a better points difference. Malcolm is 3rd with 2 wins.

 

Post script.

 

The club needs a gazebo. We’ve looked around on ebay  and Argos and we could buy one for about £20 but we wonder if any club member has one they don’t want in their garage.

Any colour will do; sides are a bonus : Any size will be OK. If you have one to donate please let us know.

 

DVDs to borrow.

Roy has acquired from Northern region  2 DVDs about how to play Petanque. Ask him on a club day to borrow them and improve your game.

Next Competition is Tuesday 10th June.

Our first club competition is Sunday 25th May starting at 1pm. (Be early so we can organise who plays with who). We’ll play 3 rounds with a random draw for partners before each round. We’ll keep scores and add it all up at the end and someone will be the winner. No entry fee, no prizes and it’s for club members only.

You’ll need a set of boules (although club has about 6 spares sets to lend out) and that’s about it. We will play to the rules in general and the idea is to have a good afternoon out. There will be a brief briefing before we start so you can ask any questions then.

Tuesday and Thursday turned out quite well. The sun shone (for a while) and the president of the Northern Region came along for a game on Tuesday. He said nice things about our terrain and about 10 members turned up for game. Most members said they learned a lot from playing with an experienced player.

Thursday was the first real Thursday as last week was rained off. 12 players were there at various times and we played until well after 8pm. Signed up 5 new members so I reckon we’re on 36.

Click on the Calendar tab above and you’ll see some dates and events planned. The first club competition is on Sunday 25th May with a 3 round melee. Others follow at regular intervals.

There is a column headed Contact which is the person who will help organise the games. There will be times when committee members won’t be around and others have to help out. Please let us know if you can fill in any gaps.

Weather is not looking good. Last Thursday was rain and next Sunday and Tuesday look similar. Bring a waterproof or a brolly. There’s always the pub…

Tomorrow at 1730 we meet in the Junction with a view to playing a couple of games at our first evening starting at 1800. All welcome.

All the usual stuff will be available – spare boules, coaches, tape measures etc. Remember a fleece jacket and if you think you need it a waterproof.

We still don’t have a base to store our equipment but work is being done behind the scenes to sort this out soon. Members now 31 with 29 of them having paid. Next target 40.