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It’s going to be a lady winner next month. There are 3 at the top of the rankings and any one of them can win. It’s going down to the wire… These are the November scores. Yvonne and Alasdair have been amended.

	Wins	Diff	Pts
Christine	3	23	13
Margaret	3	12	12
Yvonne	3	10	11
Sue C	2	16	10
Alasdair	2	11	8.5
Andy	2	11	8.5
Maureen	2	9	7
Brendan	2	-1	6
Phil	1	3	5
Graham	1	1	4
Amanda	1	0	2.5
Denise	1	0	2.5
Pauline	1	-2	1
Robin	1	-3
Jane	1	-5
Kevin	1	-8
Jackie	1	-8
Keith	1	-11
Nell	1	-11
Claire	1	-12
Rita	1	-17
Sue W	1	-18
Pete	0	0

And these are the cumulative scores.

Name	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Best
Maureen		13	4	13	7		37	33
Sue C		5	5	11	10		31	26
Christine			13		13		26	26
Yvonne		6	6	8.5	11		31.5	25.5
Alasdair		9	0	6.5	8.5		24	24
Keith		10.5	3	8.5			22	22
Margaret			8		12		20	20
Nigel		12	0	3			15	15
Phil		7	1.5		5		13.5	13.5
Brendan				6.5	6		12.5	12.5
Kevin			12				12	12
Robin				12			12	12
Leonora			11				11	11
Melvyn		10.5					10.5	10.5
Roy				10			10	10
Sandy			10				10	10
Andy					8.5		8.5	8.5
Mark		8					8	8
Jackie			7				7	7
Jan		1	1.5	4			6.5	6.5
Richard				5			5	5
Graham					5		5	5
Amanda		2			2.5		4.5	4.5
Reg		4					4	4
Cathy		3					3	3
Denise					2.5		2.5	2.5
David				2			2	2
Rita				1			1	1
Pauline					1		1	1
Jack			0				0	0
Jane G			0				0	0
Marie			0				0	0
Pete			0				0	0

N	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Best
Maureen		13	4	13	7		37	33
Sue C		5	5	11	10		31	26
Christine			13		13		26	26
Yvonne		6	6	8.5	11		31.5	25.5
Alasdair		9	0	6.5	8.5		24	24
Keith		10.5	3	8.5			22	22
Margaret			8		12		20	20
Nigel		12	0	3			15	15
Phil		7	1.5		5		13.5	13.5
Brendan				6.5	6		12.5	12.5
Kevin			12				12	12
Robin				12			12	12
Leonora			11				11	11
Yvonne					11		11	11
Melvyn		10.5					10.5	10.5
Roy				10			10	10
Sandy			10				10	10
Andy					8.5		8.5	8.5
Mark		8					8	8
Jackie			7				7	7
Jan		1	1.5	4			6.5	6.5
Richard				5			5	5
Graham					5		5	5
Amanda		2			2.5		4.5	4.5
Reg		4					4	4
Cathy		3					3	3
Denise					2.5		2.5	2.5
David				2			2	2
Rita				1			1	1
Pauline					1		1	1
Jack			0				0	0
Jane G			0				0	0
Marie			0				0	0
Pete			0				0	0

Kirklees Wellness Service popped in for a taster session on Wednesday 3rd November. They’d never played before but had tried Crown Green bowls and Boccia so had an inkling of what it was about. After a 5 minute tutorial on the game we played for nearly 90 minutes before rain stopped play.

There’s more than in this photo but it had just started to rain so some were taking cover. The group is thinking of a regular monthly session but they wisely decided to wait for next spring and warmer drier weather.

And in the meantime 5 rounds of petanque was played in the Yorkshire winter pairs. 9 Huddersfield members were playing and 17 teams from all over Yorkshire turned up to grumble about the weather. First round was wet but during the second the rain stopped and for the bulk of the afternoon it was warm and sunny. But at the very end as four dour Yorkshiremen and women played the last few games there were serious wind issues.

Winners were Sylvestre and Clare and the best performance from Huddersfield was Paul who played with Rosanna from Leeds and made 4th place and a share of the prize money. Then we all went home to get warm and dry out. A great day.

This goes ahead. We’re expecting some rain in the morning but terrain is clear now. Bring your waterproofs.

24th October was another date in our calendar when we raise money for our charity. In 2021 it’s Age UK Kirklees & Calderdale. This event was a 3 round melee and members donated their entry fees to the charity instead of giving out cash prizes and also bought tickets in a raffle where all prizes had been donated by individuals or club members.

The total raised was £72. The charity heard about our efforts and gave us some t shirts, collecting buckets and other goodies to help out on the day. At the end of the year we’ll add up all the money raised from the various events and present it in the new year.

Winner on the day was Kevin who won all 3 games. Nigel and Sue were runners up.