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20 teams turned up although there was only one person in a team and the terrain looked really full as 10 games played out. After 3 rounds only 3 players had won all their games.

Geertje has the worst points difference so she had to be content with 3rd place but Roy playing on scratch and Maureen playing off +5 played out a the final game watched by the rest of the members.
It was a close affair but in the end the Handicapping committee’s hard work was justified with a 13-12 victory for Roy. Another trophy for the mantlepiece for Roy and a very promising result for Maureen who’s not been a member long and played really well all afternoon.

3 players won all 3 games. Sandra Livesey podiumed for the first time, Paul was second and Rita W was top of the pops. Rita leaps into 2nd place. Fancied runners such as Richard and Robin fall away. Dark Horses Paul & Christine A loom in the distance. The Wigganers fail to appear. Maybe they’re still looking for a parking space.

	May	June	July	Total
Sue	12	12	5	29
Rita W	6	9.5	13	28.5
Robin	13	5		18
Richard	10	6		16
Sandra L	4		11	15
Maureen	2.5	11		13.5
David		13		13
Paul			12	12
Maggie Parr	11			11
Christine A			10	10
Daniel		9.5		9.5
Hazel	9			9
Yvonne	8	1		9
Alasdair	1	8		9
Michael			9	9
Barrie			8	8
Sandy	7	0		7
Edwina		7		7
Kevin			7	7
Malcolm		4	2	6
Elaine		0	6	6
Geertje	2.5		3	5.5
Marie	5	0		5
Amanda		3.5	1	4.5
Roy			4	4
Sandra B		1.5		1.5
Rita S	0	0		0

 

Have you ever attended an event where one game seems to go on for ever and 90% of the players have to sit and wait for a slow game to grind on to its inevitable conclusion?

Yes – So have we. Today while waiting 40 minutes for a presentation ceremony and watching a game that wouldn’t affect anything crawling to a finish we invented the Croft rule.

It states that “When in a Petanque event you find your game is the last one on the terrain the next end is the last end.”

In real life it means that when you are the last game on the terrain everyone knows that the next end is the last end and they can redraw for teams and get on with life.

The corollary to this rules states that ” If the players don’t abide by this rule any super hero in the vicinity can shoot them all to hell.” This is optional.

10 people from Huddersfield were part of the 44 who attended the Fox melee today. And we walked way with many prizes and a podium finish.In case you didn’t know Stockton on the Forest holds a monster melee every month in the summer. You pay £3-50 for 5 games and get lunch and a raffle thrown in. It takes all day and the standard is variable. You can play with good player or with a complete beginner and you change partners 5 times. It’s great fun.

After the first 2 rounds (and a picnic lunch) there were already some strong performances from HPC members and after lunch this continued. Rita P won a game, Sue &  Christine won 2 out of 5, Roy, Elisabeth, Paul & Richard won 3, Kevin won 4 but the star of the show was Sandie who won all her 5 games. There were 2 others who did but on points difference Sandie ended up 3rd out of 44 players. A fantastic performance considering the 2 players head of her were Dag and Rosanna both experienced York league players.

Here she is showing off her bottle of wine for 3rd place alongside a man folding up a chair. Other successes were in the  raffle where 6 prizes were won by Huddersfield members including a Swiss roll, a bag of sweets and 2 bottles of wine.

Overall a good day out. There’s another one next month. Why not have a go?

10 teams entered on a lovely sunny day and only 2 teams won all three games. Paul and Amanda were the best of the 2 games winners so were unofficially 3rd but the winners were Rock & Roll (pictured above) who both won a enormous trophy. Brendan and Fred (Little and Large) were 2nd on points difference. They knew their task when they began their last game as Robin and Rita had an unexpected bye (when someone had to leave early because of the intense heat) which was a 13-7 win but L & L couldn’t quite make it.

Next event where there is a trophy to be won is 9th July – Club singles. 3 rounds plus final. Club policy this year and future years is for winners of such events is to receive trophies to keep.

Let’s hope they’re all big ones.