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Warm then Cold. Final game was played to 10 points as everyone was chillin’ and it wasn’t that cool. Fred had good day with handsome points score to add to his 3 wins. Reg and Pete also won 3 games so won the big points on offer.

Fred	3	30	13
Reg	3	17	12
Pete	3	11	11
Sue	2	8	10
Nigel	2	6	8.5
Paul	2	6	8.5
Margaret	2	5	7
Malcom	2	1	6
Sandie	2	-7	5
Amanda	1	5	4
Maureen	1	1	2
Sandra	1	1	2
Roy	1	1	2
Brendan	1	0	0
Yvonne	1	-4	0
Robin	1	-17	0
Elaine	0	-8	0
Alasdiar	0	-11	0
Geertje	0	-20	0
Rita	0	-21	0

After 3 events this is the running total

Name	oct	nov	dec	Cum
Pete		12	11	23
Sue	10	0.5	10	20.5
Fred	0	4	13	17
Sandra B	12	3	2	17
Yvonne	11	5.5		16.5
Marie	9	5.5		14.5
Robin	5	8.5		13.5
Rita S	13	0		13
Brendan		13		13
Reg			12	12
Christine A		11		11
Paul	2		8.5	10.5
Nigel		2	8.5	10.5
Amanda	6	0	4	10
Pauine		10		10
Malcolm	3	0	6	9
Roy		7	2	9
Sandra  L	0	8.5		8.5
Margaret	0.5		7	7.5
Elaine	7.5	0		7.5
Alasdair	7.5			7.5
Sandy	0	0	5	5
Barrie	4	0		4
Maureen	0	0	2	2
Maggie	1			1

 

At the annual dinner in January we are giving out Oscars again. This year we are asking club members to choose their player of the year. Anyone can nominate anyone for any reason. They’re a good player; they’re a good laugh; they bring sweets/pies/bottles of rose wine to share; they rake the terrain or help to clear up; The choice is yours

Voting is easy. Write your name and the name you want to win the award on a piece of paper and put it in the ballot box in the shed. One nomination per member. Add the reason why you nominate your favourite. Results announced a annual dinner.

 

Not a pop group from the sixties but an update on a lot of hard work being done by the committee. A week or so ago there was a storm and the little shed suffered.

The felt blew away and it starting shipping water. Fred spotted the damage and a rescue party led by Robin braved the wind and rain and replaced the lost felt with a new section.

Pictures show you what’s been done but the underlying problems are still there.The shed only cost £800 which we funded ourselves and it was lightweight with occasional drips in bad weather. It was always warmer in the shed than outside in bad weather but over 10 people and it became crowded. With the accumulation of playing equipment it started to feel full..

So the committee hatched a plan to replace it with a bigger better building. Read more with pictures by clicking on Clubhouse in the menu bar.

Time is running out for people who want to attend our Annual dinner on Friday 12th January 2018. The limit is 40 people and we have 32 booked so there are only 8 places left. All it takes is a £10 deposit plus you to choose your meal from a list of choices and you’re booked. There are menus in the clubhouse  and in addition to the meal there are many games and awards to play and hand out.

Total cost is £25 which includes a two for staff. We’ve had a few of these and they’re good fun. We will be presenting 5 petanque oscars on the night and there will be plenty of prizes for the games and the raffle. Ask a committee member if you want to now more.

December Members Melee is on Sunday so there will be plenty of people to tell you what the dinner is like.

8 pairs played out a cool pairs competition on Sunday 12th November. Cool because it was only about 5 degrees but also because we had some visitors from Rainworth (near Mansfield) where they have a Petanque club and where we will probably have a trip next summer to play an inter club fixture. Pictured are Patrick and Diana from Rainworth who walked away with the second prize on the day. Read more below.The games were drawn and everyone started to keep themselves warm. We were worried that we might not finish in the light but in the end everyone played their 3 rounds. Two teams didn’t win at all; one team won a single game; four teams won 2 games but one team won all 3 and were therefore the winners. Well done Maureen and Nigel. Pictures may follow. With an entry fee and cash prizes that meant they had £16 to divvy up.

Pat and Diana were second with 2 wins and the best points difference thanks mainly to a 3 end 13-0 win in round two and took home £12. The Rebels were 3rd (£6) and the Beeches 4th.

But as Pat and Diana were driving home they realised that the points difference read out at the end wasn’t right and they began to worry if they hadn’t in fact won second place. The evidence (the scoresheet) was in the shed but could not be accessed until Monday evening when an enquiry was launched under Chief of Detectives Roy Henstock with the result that the First and Second places were declared fine and dandy and thoroughly deserved but the points difference had been added up incorrectly. The enquiry continues into minor places.  Moral of the story: Check your points differences.