A bit fresher than usual, this morning, when 9 of us came together for another enjoyable game of petanque.    I arrived a little earlier and gave the pitch a quick rake over before starting.    Comment was made about how cold to the touch the steel boules were on first handling but as the idea is to throw them fairly quickly there was no problem. 

Dividing into two teams, one of 4 ladies and one of 3 gents and a token gent plus a scorer, play was under way and soon the score was 1 - 1.    The ladies then pulled ahead by a fair margin before the gents recovered a little ground.   But then the ladies continued to make good scores with the gents managing only the odd 1 or 2 here and there and after just under an hour’s play the ladies remained triumphant and finished with 13 points with the gents trailing at 6.   There were some pretty close calls though.

Because it was quite an early finish we decided to have another single quick game and the gents redeemed themselves winning by 3 points.

We had a quick conversation as to whether we continue to play on this year and decided that if the weather stayed bright we’d meet as often as possible.    That being said, our next game is scheduled for a fortnight’s time (22nd) again at 10.15 am on the pitch behind the library so if you were thinking of giving it a go, come and join us as it may be your last chance this year.

I look forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday at Lexby Hall.   Ken.