Huddersfield won through by the narrowest of margins against Heckmondwike in the cup semi-final. In the triples Huddersfield women had a comfortable 13-3 win, whilst the men suffered a crushing defeat, with Clive from Heckmondwike playing a flawless game.
So, to the doubles, in which Nell and Phil had to face Clive and Alma, who won easily.
At 2-1 down, Huddersfield needed to win both remaining doubles matches. Thanks to Brendan and Margaret, Roy and Moira (who played the shot of the match (if not her lifetime)) HPC triumphed 3-2 overall.
And so to our second cup final in two years… It will be on August 22nd at a neutral venue. We’re waiting for the result of the second semifinal. We’ll keep you posted.
Wednesday 19th July. There were 8 HPC members out of the 19 that attended at this event just north of York. Nell, Carol, Robin, Rita, Nigel, Maureen, Sandy and Sue C. Nigel was the only player to win all 4 games and was the overall winner on the day then Robin won 3 to be second. There were also many raffle prizes for HPC. Apart from one heavy shower it stayed fine for us and we really enjoyed the day. Thanks to Nell & Nigel for driving. We’re hoping to go again on Wednesday the 16th August
For those who don’t know this is regular event at Stockton on the Forest Petanque club (known as Stockton Fox) in summer. It’s 4 games with random draw for partners every round. Most players are social players but now and again there is a county level player. There’s a raffle and £4 entry fee with free drinks all day and small cash prizes. Ask someone who went about it. Corrected 27 July after finding out details from someone who actually went there.
A “big” event with sponsors so entry fee was higher and prizes were higher. Huddersfield sent 4 teams. Pete, Margaret and Didier were Les deux garçons et une fille; Robin, Rita and Shirley from Heckmondwike were Rock and RollerS; Brendan, Nell & Roy were Menage a trois; Kevin, Christine and Bill from Heckmondwike also took part .
There were many teams and the format was leagues of 4 in the morning which split the field into knockouts in the afternoon with better placed teams being in Gold, then Silver then Bronze Finals where 8 teams played quarters, semis and a final. So every team had a chance of winning something in the afternoon at their own level. Full results later
Comments from players
Although we didn’t score high the 3 of us certainly enjoyed being part of such an enjoyable and extremely well organised event . We will continue to enter more events where we get the opportunity to play against players of a high standard as it can only improve our game.
We made Gold finals section but lost in the quarter final
It was an excellent day and very well organised and run by Hecky. We won our morning league with 3 wins from 3 games and went into the Gold competition in the afternoon. We won our first game in this against Robin’s team so went into the Gold semi-final where we lost to 11 to a team from Rainworth PC who made it to the Gold final. As Gold semi-finalists Menage a Trois trousered £100 – the best win I have had so far.
Our team were losing semi finalists in the Silver section and won £50.
A group from Greenhead College had a staff away day on Thursday 13th July. One of the activities was a session in the morning at the terrain where they had a 10 minute coaching briefing followed by 30 minutes practice where Brendan, Nell, Roy & Paul helped them refine their technique before a 2 round snake with random draw for partners.
Following this mini tournament Richard won the gold medal for winning both his games and the one end playoff. Could become an annual event…
Sunday 18th was the club’s Pairs competition. Choose your own partner or take pot luck on the day. There were 13 pairs. After 2 rounds there were plenty in with a shout but 2 teams achieved a 13-0 victory in the last round and catapulted themselves into the top places. Sandie & Marie had 3 wins and a phenomenal +27 points difference. The club statistician is looking into the records to see if there has ever been such a score. Alasdair & Yvonne were second with 3 solid wins & +16 and Kevin and Sue D were 3rd with 2 wins & +14 including a 13-0 final round. 3 other teams had 2 wins. 7 teams had just a single win.
Huddersfield Pétanque 