Just a reminder that we return to the pitch behind the library at10.15am on Monday next.  Come one, come all and show us your boules.     Ken

I was incapacitated this morning and unable to attend so this report is secondhand.   Any inaccuracies, don’t blame me - blame the messenger.

Only seven members gathered this morning who soon divided into two teams named -   unsurprisingly - A and B.   
The games commenced with Team A winning the first four before Team B won five points over the following two and gained the lead.   

At some stage a young lady with toddler stopped to watch a while and in conversation she said she played the game at home in Turkey.    She took up an invitation to join in and turned out to be a bit of a killer and contributed to Team A finishing the overall winner by 14  points to 9.   

As usual there was the chaos of deciding whose boule was whose but also a lot of laughter and camaraderie.

Do join us on the next occasion we play which should be on 11th April.  I’ll send out a reminder nearer the time.    There are always spare boules if you wish to give it a try.   If you can toss a ball you’re 3/4 of the way there.    Just a little fine tuning after that.

Ken

Wow! I was amazed that 12 of us gathered together this morning to kick off our 2022 petanque season.  A quick divide into Ladies and Laddies and we were off with the Ladies scoring the first point.    The Laddies clawed back the equaliser before surging forward by winning the next 2 ends with 3 points in each.

Play continued with the Ladies showing their mettle with a win of one end with a monster 4 points.    With rain threatening we pushed on ‘til the final boule with overall scores of 8 to the Ladies and 15 for the Laddies.    A few laughs and a bit of chatter and we were all feeling the benefit of our get-together.    It was good to see you all.   We meet again in 14 days on the 28th March at 10.15 on the pitch behind the library.   I do think that if the number of potential players increases we will need to divide and some of us play on the adjacent grass.    It’s all good. 

In the meantime Brian and Ingrid will, hopefully, put some more weed killer down and then, if necessary, we’ll call a small working party to clear the more persistent of the weeds.

Ken. 

I was out in The  Forest yesterday enjoying the sunshine despite a still bitterly cold wind and decided we should be playing again soon.     Therefore, I propose that we resurrect it for the 2022 season and meet again next Monday (14th) at 10.15 am on the pitch behind the library.    It’s a fairly sheltered corner.   There’s a fair amount of weed showing through so I’ll attempt to clear some of it during this week though I don’t have a lot of spare time. 

Be that as it may and weather hopefully getting better, I look forward to seeing some of you there then and fortnightly after that so go and get your boules polished.     Newcomers welcome, of course. 

Spring is ‘round the corner!      Ken.