Next petanque game is set for this Monday, 20th, at 10.15 am on the pitch behind the library.   As usual, all are welcome to join in so see you there.   Ken. 

Just for a change Chris and I arrived early to give the pitch a rake over and pull a few weeds before members started to arrive.   

It was an absolutely glorious sunny morning and we gathered a total of eleven members on the pitch so we split into the usual two teams, one of ladies and the other of mixed gender.   The ladies began by winning the first and second ends by one and two points respectively before the other team clawed back a point followed by a further four!

We attracted several interested bystanders including one lady who came across to enquire of what we were doing.   She was talked into throwing a boule before moving off.  Another member wandered by and we managed to cajole her to play on the mixed side to even up the teams. 

Play continued with some VERY close calls.   At one stage we had boules of opposing sides actually touching the Jack together.    We certainly had a lot of measuring to do on several ends to determine which boule was in the holding position.    Several gasps on occasions as we couldn’t believe how close we were getting with our aiming. 

Moving on three or four more ends the score was 10 - 5 against the ladies and then it was almost single point scoring until the eventual winning team was declared - the mixed group.    Well done.

More fun and giggles in store when we play again on 4th July.    Join us then.    K&C.