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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.

On Tuesday 13th June Huddersfield Pennine Rotary Club, 20 of us, held our annual tournament and social . It all started at 4.30 with nibbles and pre-game drinks. By 5.15 we were ready for Brendan’s introduction before we embarked on our three game melee, two games to 11 and the last one to 9.

Yvonne emerged as the winner, for the second time, and was presented with the Taylor/Cartwright Bowl and a HPC medal by President Mike. We then sat down for  a faith supper, which went down well! The last members departed at 9.30 [ish!], the park gates close at 10!  We couldn’t have asked for better weather. We could have been forgiven for thinking we were in the South of France!

Thanks to HPC  members Brendan, Jane, Pete and Margaret for ensuring that everything went smoothly and who were on hand to give advice and adjudicate and to Pherris for raking the terrain.  A successful evening. Looking forward to June 2024. 

What a great evening of petanque on Wed 14th where HPC hosted the now annual event for the Huddersfield French Circle in brilliant sunshine with plenty of drinks and refreshments on hand as play commenced at the 5 45pm  start time.

The three round melee (First to 10) competition was facilitated by Pete & Margaret with help from Robin and Rita but the star of the show was undoubtedly Pherris whose warmth and enthusiasm towards the players helped make the evening a huge success. 

A close fought contest between determined players resulted in no-one winning all 3 games but with 2 wins +8 Chantel was declared the winner with Moira a close second with 2 wins +5.

The evening closed at 8pm with the medal presentation with a request from the group for us to repeat the event again next year.

Pete.

Quelle belle soirée de pétanque le mercredi 14 où le H.P.C. a accueilli l’événement annuel du Cercle Français de Huddersfield sous un soleil éclatant avec de nombreuses boissons et rafraîchissements à disposition dès le début des parties à 17h45.

Le tournoi en trois manches (premier arrivé à 10 points) a été organisé par Pete et Margaret avec l’aide de Robin et Rita mais la vedette de la soirée était sans aucun doute Pherris dont la chaleur et l’enthousiasme envers les joueurs ont contribué au succès de la soirée.

Une compétition acharnée entre des joueurs déterminés n’a pas permis à quelqu’un de remporter les 3 parties mais avec 2 victoires et 8 points de différence Chantel a été déclarée gagnante suivie de près par Moira avec 2 victoires et 5 points de différence.

La soirée s’est terminée à 20h avec la remise des médailles et le groupe a demandé que l’événement soit repeter l’année prochaine.