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52 players and 26 teams played all Sunday in atrocious conditions but completed 5 rounds before sunset. Winners were Matt Blyton and Mukhtar Benarab who is currently the No. 1 ranked player in England. They won all their 5 games with a massive points difference of +48

16 players from HPC took part some for the first time and all of them won at least one game. Best HPC performance on the day was Mike Stedman with a fantastic 5 wins and +40 that would probably have won on any other weekend. Brendan and Nell won 4 games.

Sue D was the winner with 3 wins and +24, Mel, Jane G, Graham S and Sue C all won 3 games with lower points difference. Cumulative table same as January table. Things will change on February 4th. Scorers Amanda and Barbara in the background.

This competition records the first 5 places in 5 big events over 12 months. Sometimes this year the points were shared. 28 members were in the running and the overall winner was Marie.

The trophy will be engraved and presented at a date in the future. Pictures will be taken.

December 3rd started at 1130 with a members meeting where many club issues discussed. Notes of this meeting will be released soon. While some went home to keep out of the cold 12 players stayed on to play the final melee of the six month season and to find the overall winner. It was cold and yes it snowed.

The winner on the day was Jan with 3 wins out of 3 but Brendan won the overall title by a second place today and an impressive total of 37 points out of a maximum 39. Some 48 members took part at some stage between July and December. Next Melee season starts on January 7th 2024

The trophy was presented to Brendan (not for the first time) and you can see it alongside all the other trophies in the clubhouse.

The result from Sunday’s Winter Pairs at Wetherby is a terrific 5th place out of 17 teams for Moira & Mike. Above them are a few regional and national level players but below them are plenty of regional and national level players. Well done! The league table also shows them highly placed. There are over 100 players who have taken part this season and they are the leading HPC members in 16th place in the table.

There will be a chance to play a Winter Pairs at Huddersfield on Sunday 21st January 2024 when the event is held at Greenhead Park. Ask someone who’s played in one of these for info.