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Happy Christmas 

from

St Anne's Wednesday Boules Group

2016

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End of 2016 Season in Olive's Room , Red Stables, St.Anne's Park.

Tony presenting Shay with the original trophy, for keeps, as he won the first three competitions.

Tony presents Richie with the new Perpetual Trophy as he won the most recent competition.

Tony, Richie and Shay with the new Perpetual Trophy.

What can I say?.......  Full of Christmas Spirit and its only the 14th!

Eighteen of the Wednesday Group all set for the presentation.

Check this out....we weren't the only ones celebrating the end of 2016!

https://heckmondwikepetanqueclub.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/christmas-lunch-14-december-2016/

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Santa's Little Helpers

None but the Brave!

Well deserved refreshments and dissected performances....

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Twelve players today....a very mild 15 degrees for December.  We played in groups of four on three pistes.  The young Cross Country participants were very interested in the ' Big Marbles', as one was overheard commenting.   No competition but very competitive games on all the pistes.  Good fun.
Following last weeks introduction to the history of St Anne's Park here are the remaining slides.  Click to enlarge.

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Eleven players again today.  Another beautiful, crisp, final day of November 2016.

Non-competition day........ but here is a few pictures of St Anne's Park, our home-base, as it developed historically.  More to follow next week.  Click on photos to maximise.......

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Eleven hardy souls today....cold but dry....non-competition play.

                                       

                                          We even had time for the Mannequin Challenge!!

                              Reminder that the presentation day is Wed. Dec 14th at Noon in Olive's Room.
                              Best wishes to our fellow players who are indisposed at present.
                              Many thanks for following the blog so loyally over the years.
                             

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Following play on another wonderful day we finished our competitions for 2016.
[ Click on the photos to enlarge ]
















Follow the link below.

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlld0ZOaTt7QrVDoY














Congratulations to Richard on his maiden victory having pipped Mike by a mere 7 points.

Remember we took the best 6 scores of 8 play days and dropped the worst 2 scores
[ highlighted in green ].













All next year's competitions will be 9 weeks duration  and we'll take the best 6 again.













The next 4 Wednesdays [weather permitting] will be free play.  We will present the Perpetual Trophy
on Dec. 14th after boules in Olive's Room.  We will also re-present Shay with the original trophy, to keep, in recognition of his achievement in winning the first three competitions.

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Hi All.  Apologies for the delay with last weeks results.

Here they are below:

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlld0ZOaTt7QrVDoY

At present Mike is ahead followed closely by Richard with Maeve and Tony neck and neck for 3rd place.

Next Wed. is the final day's play in this competition.  All to play for....Good Luck.

We wish Shay [our pre-eminent player] a speedy recovery and since he has won our first three competitions he will retain the original trophy.

From this competition onwards we will play competition for the recently organised Perpetual trophy.

We welcomed Yvonne last week who have played for numerous years with the Tues / Fri. group.

Enjoy the unusual, little video below of St Anne's last Wed.......more may follow....courtesy of Dave

https://www.flickr.com/photos/66720199@N02/30249251394/

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Sixteen players on a beautiful, crisp autumn morning.
Coffee afterwards at Olives Room bathed in sunshine.
Competition up date below:

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlld0ZOaTt7QrVDoY

For interest sake ....a look at Petanque in the USA [before the election!!!]

https://www.facebook.com/FPUSA.Official/

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Today's results from a beautiful autumnal morning.  Fifteen players.

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlld0ZOaTt7QrVDoY

Enjoy the atmospheric into to Woody Allen's  'Midnight in Paris' with a brief scene of Petanque.

https://youtu.be/JABOZpoBYQE

Does this ring a bell??

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Nineteen players today on a beautiful Wednesday morning.  Great turn out.

To view the results thus far in the last competition of the season open the link below in the usual fashion

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlF2PIm--mqUWaXM4

At the moment Richie on 147 is one point ahead of Mike on 146 with Kitty in third on 136 points.

The photos below are from a Petanque Club and premises at dusk in the south of France.  We are not alone.....

Interesting that the parks dept. have arrived on the past two Wednesdays measuring etc.....possibly not to our benefit but you never know........

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Greeting from a wet Sud de France.
No Petanque today!  Back Wed week
and will update competition then. Photos below not taken today!

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Result for the Mid 2016 Competition.

Congrats again to Shay who remains our most consistent player having won the first three competitions.

1st.      Shay     Av. over best eight score days i.e. 2/3 0f 12 games          36.4 pts
2nd.     Mike     Av.                           "                                                        35.4 pts
3rd.      Kitty     Av.                           "                                                         34.8 pts

The full results are shown in the link below.  Remember that 2/3 of the days had to be played to be eligible to be averaged i.e. at least eight of the twelve days play.  Nine players managed to play eight or more games.

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlF2PIm--mqUWaXM4

The next fortnight is non-Competition play.
Thanks to all for returning the Questionnaire sheets.

Interesting book:

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One more play day to go in this Summer 2016 competition:

Results sheet below including today's scores.

[Highlight the link then right click and follow the 'Go to .....' prompt]

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlF2PIm--mqUWaXM4

We welcomed Nigel O Mahony who joined us on Piste 1 for half the play.
In Shay's absence Kitty has moved into the lead but we will be applying the 2/3 of best results rule at the end of next weeks play.  All to play for!!

Very noticeable that all players are improving while having fun playing.

Interesting website from our near neighbours.

http://www.englishpetanque.org.uk/

If you like to practise.......see below?

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A very nice morning with 17 players.
The Park was very busy on the fine morning with parents, grand-parents and their children enjoying the last few days before the holidays are over and children return to school.
We had many groups and individuals stopping and watching proceedings and even a few ripples of applause!
The interest in the game across age groups is palpable and probably needs to be harnessed/directed by relevant agencies in Parks Dept.

Check the league results thus far:
https://d.docs.live.net/e32b6671ad567a11/Public/2016%20-%20St%20Annes%20Boules%20Competition%20Sheet%20-%20Jan%202016.xlsx

We are not alone....check this website out for closest neighbours:
http://www.englishpetanque.org.uk/