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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/

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Thirteen players braved the inclement, mid-summer weather today.
Despite the rain all games were enjoyable and we even sat outside Olive's Room for coffee afterwards.

Open the scoresheet below in the usual way - [highlight the link below, right click and follow the 'Go To.....' prompt, and it should open in Excel Online]

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlF2j5MU_Mtff3MWz

These photos were taken by Tony last week, but could have been this week also!