It was raining this morning so at 9.45am I started ringing around the usual players to cancel today’s game.    Nobody answered my calls so left messages.    Nevertheless, we went to the pitch in case anybody turned up and was delighted to find 3 members waiting for us.    The rain had stopped so we decided to carry on.   

We made two teams of 3 ladies and 2 gents and commenced play with the ladies kicking off and gents took the first end with one point with the ladies retaliating  with a good 2 on end two before another male member joined us.  Gents then took the upper hand scoring 1, 1, 3 and 1 before the ladies managed a further 2 making the scores 4 to 9.   

Amazingly, the gents then scored a SIX giving them the magic 13 points to win and so we then had time for a second game. 

Ladies started again with each team scoring 1 point each.  Scores were repeated on ends 3 and 4 making 2 points all.  The following two ends were won by the ladies with 1 point in each but the gents caught up with 2 points which was then duplicated by the ladies.    On the final 3 ends the gents won with 2, 3 and 4 points respectively giving them the winning total of 13 for the second time.

The rain held back throughout so it was a worthwhile morning of play.    My thanks to all those optimistic members who came along to play today.    Why not join them when we next play on the 22nd?        Ken.

 A sunny and very warm day greeted our members on the pitch today.    Dividing into 2 obvious teams of 4, Ladies and Laddies, the Ladies started the game but lost the first 3 ends by 1, 2 and 3 respectively but gained 2 points on the 4th end.   

It was nice to have a quick chat with three other members who passed by during the morning, Frank, Ray and June. 

On the 5th end Laddies gained a further 2 points. Then the following 4 ends ping-ponged with two threes to Ladies and a 1 and a 3 to their opponents making a running total of

8 - 12 in favour of the Laddies. 

There had been several close calls and much measuring throughout but it was then time for that final end in which the Laddies scored just the 1 point to declare them the winners with the magic 13.

Another good morning spent with friends.  Why not come along in a fortnight (8th July) at 10.15am on the pitch behind the library?

Ken. 

 A spitty-spotty morning today so who will turn up to play?    Six enthusiastic players, that’s who.   

 So, two teams of three and the first to pitch was called Team A (naturally) who took the first end by one point.    Team B stepped up to the mark and scored an equaliser followed by a further 1 on the next. 

 After ten ends we were even with 7 points each, so all to play for.  The final four ends gave the first two to Team B scoring 2 twice but Team A came roaring through with two fantastic scores of 3 winning the game by 13 - 11.      Well done!

An enjoyable hour with friends to start our week with many laughs included as always and mostly at ourselves.  Come and join us if you can on Bank Holiday Monday (27th) at 10.15am on the pitch behind the library.

 Bright day but quite windy when we met yesterday but we were reasonably sheltered between the back of the library and the car park hedge.    Decided to have mixed teams this time so called ourselves A and B.

As early as the third boule being pitched there was a very close call and some tricky measurements had to be employed to determine whose boule was the closer to the cochon (jack).  Team B scored a 2 and a 3 before Team A managed to gain their first 2 but we reached the 10th end all square with 9 points apiece.  The final two ends were taken by Team A with a 3 and a 1 respectively which scored them the magic winning total of 13.        Well done!

The game took a little longer than usual - just over the hour - probably because a lot more measuring was involved and needed.  Some very exciting moments at times. 

Join us for more fun on Monday week (13th) at 10.15am in the same spot for some more oohs and aahs. 

Ken

 Having been caught, yesterday. in the overnight rainstorm I was amazed to wake to bright sun this morning.    Well, it WAS  9.15am ‘cos my body hasn’t yet adjusted itself to losing the hour over the weekend.  So a quick bounce out of bed, bathroom and breakfast and I managed to reach the boules pitch just about on time.

Pleased to find that a total number of 8 members had come together to make the most of the sunshine and enjoy another game of boules.  Following our usual breakdown into Ladies and Laddies the Ladies kicked off the first end but lost by 2 points and again on the next, then by 3 and 1  on ends three and four.    There were a lot of close calls as some very accurate boules were thrown at times. 

Nonplussed, the Ladies retaliated with 1 point on the next end but lost 2 points to the Laddies on end 6 before regaining 3 more  over ends seven and eight.

The final end was a resounding 3 points to the Laddies which totalled their score to 13 against the Ladies 4.  Another good game and we look forward to the next one on Monday 15th at 10.15am on the pitch behind the library.  Come one, come all!

The sun continues to shine on us so aiming for an hour in the garden this pm.    Let’s hope for more brilliant weather tomorrow when many of us are gathering at noon for the monthly luncheon. 

See you there.  Ken.

 The weather didn’t seem too promising this morning (18 March) but six expectant members - including a new face - appeared for a fun morning.    Evenly divided into teams by sex we were soon into an end starting with the Ladies who lost by 3 points.  Then another male member appeared to join the Laddies so the Ladies were give two extra boules to use to even them up for the rest of the game.  

Continuing, the Ladies moved forward with 2 points and then it was 3 to the Laddies followed by a further 2 points to their opposition.    The next 5 ends increased the scores by 4 points each when the Laddies smashed a 4 and a 2 to reach the goal of 13 and win the game.

A second game was started but with reduced teams of two a side.   This time the Ladies showed they meant business by scoring 6 on the first three ends with the Laddies retaliating with a 1 and a 3.   The Ladies then put the boot in by gaining 8 points in the final 3 ends finishing with a magnificent score of 14 to 4.

A fair ending with one game to each side.     Our next meeting will be on Easter Monday so,  if you are available, do join us on the pitch behind the library at 10.15am.

Ken.

 What a lovely bright sunny day greeted us this morning for the start of the new season for playing boules.    It certainly brought out 9 members determined to enjoy themselves and make the most of it as we divided ourselves into two teams as usual, Ladies and Laddies.

Ingrid delivered the first boule of the year and placed it almost on top of the cochon (jack) which immediately put us all on our mettle to try harder but the first end finished with the Ladies taking one point to gain the initial lead.

The next 3 ends were all won by a single point and then the Laddies gained 2 points which  made us 6 points apiece.

The 6th end was smashed by the Ladies with a fantastic score of 5 carefully picked out of a cluster of boules centred on the target.    The next 3 ends gained the Laddies 2 points plus one to their opponents before the Ladies followed up with a 3 and a 1 completing the magical 13 points to snatch the game.

Well done and congratulations Ladies.  A good start to our playing year.      We’ll meet again in a fortnight (19th).  Same place but a little earlier, maybe, at the request of some.  I’ll confirm it in my reminder nearer the time.    Do come and join us.   

Ken