What a remarkably sunny morning I woke to today after yesterday’s bit of a washout.     It was ideal weather in which to play our first game of 2026.    Five members came together at the boules pitch to start off our new season.     The playing area was in pretty good shape considering that I doubt anyone had touched it since last November

However we were two gents and three ladies and that’s how we divided into teams with the ladies kicking of the first end  which they lost to the gents by two points.    Repeated in the second end and by 1point in the third but, undaunted, they grabbed a point on the next.    End five scored 2 for the gents but their opponents took a 1 in the following end.   

Ends 7& 8 scored 1 and 2 points to gents and ladies respectively before the ladies equalised the scores with a magnificent 4 points.      But that was their high spot as the gents finished the final three ends with 1, 3 and another 1  to reach the winning score of 13.  

Thanks to those who joined in today and I’m sure we’ll see more of you as the weather improves further    So mark your diaries for 16th March at 10.15am  and be on the pitch behind the library then.