Chess with steel balls in Greenhead Park
How to make a maltese cross. Try and play their game “Bocci”
How do you make them even more cross, Do it again.
This is the club’s first attempt at video in a post. We might get better. Maltese game of Bocci is played with green and red boules plus green and red cuboid blocks of wood. However they do speak English! You might spot some players you know here.
Just made it before the light went and the winner on the day was Kevin with 3 wins and +16. He’d left before the presentation so we turned to Marie and Barrie who both scored 3 wins and +8. Marie had left as she’d left a chicken in the oven… (this is gettng boring) so we gave the impromptu prize to Barrie. (A chocolate Santa). Only 3 players won 3 games.
| Winter Melee | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Daniel | 10 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| Sue | 13 | 8 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| Fred | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Barrie | 4 | 11.5 | 15.5 | |
| Marie | 3 | 11.5 | 14.5 | |
| Sandra B | 11 | 3.5 | 14.5 | |
| Kevin | 13 | 13 | ||
| Michael | 12 | 12 | ||
| Richard | 12 | 12 | ||
| Sandie | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| David | 7 | 4.5 | 11.5 | |
| Jack | 11 | 11 | ||
| Elisabeth | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mick X | 10 | 10 | ||
| Amanda | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Christine K | 8 | 8 | ||
| Rita W | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Diane | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Robin | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Edwina | 6 | 6 | ||
| Pauline | 6 | 6 | ||
| Alasdair | 5 | 5 | ||
| Malcolm | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Brendan | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Sandra L | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Next members melee is New Years Day (Jan 1st). To make it a bit more interestig bring any leftover mince pies and bottles of sherry you have left. It’ll help pass the time.
Never thought we’d get there but we have. On Sunday our membership for the year hit 80 members. Jim joined while on a flying visit from Leeds.
Our next target is 90. A century is possible as when we started 50 was a pipe dream.
The only problem this causes is when all 80 members turn up on the same day but fortunately some of our members are enjoying the winter sun in Spain & Tenerife; some are on holiday; some don’t come out in winter and some live a long way away in Wigan so we don’t see them often.
But it’s nice to hit a milestone. This sunday is members melee. Record attendance is 34. Will we beat it?
On Sunday at 1pm we’re hoping to have a chat about the recent league season. This meeting will be indoors probably in the big room near the bowling greens but if we can’t get that we’ll be in the little ‘park ranger’ room.
Anyone welcome who played in the league (or wanted to). We want all your feedback, good and bad, nothing is sacred so we can make our league teams better for the next time.
It will only take 30 minutes we hope…. We’ll play afterwards. If it’s raining we may talk longer.
If you can’t make it to the meeting you can talk to one of the league captains or email us with your thoughts at huddersfieldpetanque@outlook.com
This will be Friday 27th January in Greenhead Masonic Hall at 1900. Menus are in the clubhouse for you to choose from. It’s not a Xmas menu. Take one, tick your choices, add your name and return it to Sue with £10 deposit and it’s done. We have a limit of 40. On the day in addition to the meal there will be speeches, silly games and a raffle and a bar.
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