Wednesday, 25 April 2018

152nd Post

Highlight and right click on the link below and it will bring to to a 'Go to .........' message for a You Tube page with several further videos of interest.......

https://youtu.be/YK9EKVuaRU0

Fourteen players today in in bright conditions before the rain descended. Shay wasn't present so we will do the presentation to him before the start of the 2018 B Competition next week.

Below are photos of the Boules signage before and after restoration. Click on them to enlarge. Next project is to restore the current bench and request a new one also.

Before restoration... During restoration.. After restoration..

A recent tragic tale from France in a town ironically named Le Boulou............. Don't keep your Boules too long in the oven!

Le Boulou: A 31-year-old man killed by the explosion of a petanque ball

A man lost his life on Thursday afternoon in a tragic accident during a barbecue in a particular garden.

The drama occurred this Thursday around 13 hours in the town of Boulou. According to the first elements, a man was having a family barbecue in the garden of his house. However, petanque balls would have remained inside the barbecue that would have been heated in the fire. One would have exploded like a bomb throwing shards of metal.

The unfortunate, aged 31, was then reached at the level of the skull. The alert was immediately given to the firefighters who were rushed to the scene in emergency, joined by a doctor from Samu aboard the helicopter Dragon 66 civil security. In spite of all their efforts to revive him, the helpers could only note his death.

Three children aged 8 and 10 who were on the scene, the father of the latter and the mother of the victim who, pre-warned, immediately rushed on the spot, were all taken care of and transported to the hospital center of Perpignan for psychological help.

The gendarmerie services of Boulou made the necessary findings for the investigation which would have quickly concluded to an accidental death.

Laure Moysset

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

151st Post

Congratulations to Shay on winning the trophy for the fourth time.

	NAMES											TOTAL
												Competition A 2018
		Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	Tot.	R.T.	6/9	Played	No. 13s	Rank

1	Bridget	0	0	0	0	24	35	32	18	36	145	145	5
2	Brogan	29	20	26	0	26	33	34	30	26	224	178	8		10
3	Catherine	33	0	0	29	0	29	37	29	39	196	196	6		6
4	Colm	27	0	0	29	0	0	34	34	25	149	149	5
5	Dave	0	0	0	0	0	35	30	29	27	121	121	4
6	Dolores	19	28	0	0	29	36	41	33	0	153	153	6
7	Don	0	0	26	42	36	26	17	34	0	147	147	6
8	Eileen	39	25	49	24	29	0	0	42	22	230	208	7		4
9	Jeanette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	35	35	1
10	John C	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	15	25	75	75	3
11	Kitty	38	32	31	42	27	34	17	0	0	221	204	7		5
12	Liam	0	0	0	45	0	0	27	30	42	144	144	4
13	Maeve	19	0	0	0	33	36	41	30	36	195	195	6		8
14	Maureen	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	25	1
15	Michael	0	0	0	24	19	34	0	0	24	101	101	4
16	Mike	27	35	44	28	20	33	35	0	39	261	214	8		2
17	Nigel	39	22	37	0	33	29	17	42	32	251	212	8		3
18	Pat D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Patricia	0	0	0	0	24	25	27	36	19	131	131	5
20	Richie	33	30	0	26	36	26	32	39	22	244	196	8		6
21	Sean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Shay	49	32	31	45	27	24	30	0	46	284	233	8		1
23	Sheila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Tom D	32	0	49	0	0	0	41	36	36	194	194	6		9
25	Tom S	0	0	0	26	11	0	0	0	26	63	63	3
26	Tony	38	21	18	28	0	0	30	18	31	184	166	7
27	Yvonne	27	30	18	28	11	24	30	15	28	211	167	9

He was a convincing winner with Mike in second position and Nigel in third. Despite the poor weather over the period we completed the competition. We will present the trophy next week, weather permitting. Next week is non-competition. Competition B will start the following week.
We had 20 players today, playing in four groups of five. P.S. Yvonne managed to play all nine days.

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

150th Post

Eventually....we got Week 8 played. One more session in this Competition. Hopefully, next week.
As you can see Shay is in the lead with 238 but he has company with 200+ scores. Next week will decide and we'll apply the best 6/9 rule. Seventeen played today but three of our 'Elite' players were absent on the same day.

	NAMES	Week 8
		Wed. 11 / 04 / 18
		G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.

1	Bridget	1	6	10	1	18	109
2	Brogan	4	13	13		30	198
3	Catherine	10	9	10		29	157
4	Colm	13	8	13		34	124
5	Dave	10	9	10		29	94
6	Dolores	13	13	7		33	186
7	Don	13	8	13		34	181
8	Eileen	13	13	13	3	42	208
9	Jeanette					0	0
10	John C	4	4	7		15	50
11	Kitty					0	221
12	Liam	6	13	11		30	102
13	Maeve	6	13	11		30	159
14	Maureen					0	0
15	Michael					0	77
16	Mike					0	222
17	Nigel	13	13	13	3	42	219
18	Pat D					0	0
19	Patricia	13	13	10		36	112
20	Richie	13	13	13		39	222
21	Sean					0	0
22	Shay					0	238
23	Sheila					0	0
24	Tom D	13	13	10		36	158
25	Tom S					0	37
26	Tony	1	6	10	1	18	153
27	Yvonne	4	4	7		15	183

We also are in the process of having the Boules Signage upgraded.

Next item is to get another seat and ask for grit to be spread under the current seat.

Idea for your garden??????

Sunday, 8 April 2018

149th Post

Due to the the inclement weather during Competition A we've extended the timeframe to complete the 9 sessions. The other sessions have been adapted to allow for the changes. Over the course of the year we'll all miss some days, but hopefully not too many!

Boules Calendar for Year 2018 [Revised]

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Calendar generated on www.timeanddate.com/calendar

Competition A: 31^st January to 28^th March [ 18^th April ]

Competition B: 18^th April [ 2^nd May ] to 13^th June [ 27^th June ]

Competition C: 4^th July [ 18^th July ] to 29^th August [ 12^th Sept. ]

Competition D: 19^th Sept, [ 3^rd October ] to 14^th November [ 28^th Nov.]