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What a lovely morning's play......you could almost enjoy being beaten!!

Scoresheet update below:
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlnxmIEm-oiYIER2e

After Week 5 Nigel and Shay are within a point of each other with others chasing.  Remember the best 6 of the 9 possible scores count at the end of each Competition period.

General agreement, over coffee, that all players are improving and that the social and competitive mix is generally working well.

Are we there yet?

115th Post

No play today on account of the incessant rain.....
Five turned up but the weather dictated a non-event.
However we cleared the growth from the edges of the pistes as the wet ground permitted weeding.

An ad. for playing Boules in the Parks came in on the Passport for Leisure facebook page today.  See below...[highlight and check in the usual way]..

http://www.passportforleisure.ie/boules-outdoors/

Also, the Bushy Park Petanque Calendar is copied below...

114th Post

Another lovely Wednesday playday....breezy but fine...

Updated results below...remember only the best 6 scores will count in each Competition period.

Also, next week, we hope to collect 5 euro each to pay for the engraving on the trophy after each competition session.

We have to formally present Richie with the trophy for winning the last account.  

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlnxmIEm-oiYIER2e

The stress of Boules by the Med.

[Click on any photo to enlarge it]

113th Post

Hi folks...I'm back in action after the holiday break. We got to see some boules, by the seaside, being played by all ages and abilities. One of the great inclusive sports.  The weather helps of course!

Congratulations, once again, to Richie who just pipped Mike in the last competition. Just six points separated them when the 2/3 rule applied and the three worst scores were eliminated.  So Richie retains the trophy.

Below is the link to the scores in C Competition 2017.  Hope you can access them.  Copy and paste into your browser or highlight and then right click and follow  'Go to .....' instruction.

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlnxmIEm-oiYIER2e

Fourteen players played despite the unusual summer conditions!  A few even sat out, under cover, in the courtyard for coffee afterwards.

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Apologies all for not keeping Blog updated recently. We've had a blip in the Excel One Drive Spreadsheet and have yet to resolve it remotely. No worries however as Tony is ending on photos of the sheets and I'm updating manually.

The winner will be notified and from now, as we don't want to be collecting monies the winner will need to have the trophy inscribed in Comerford and Brady Trophy Engravers in Fairview after the presentation. It costs only a euro a letter, so I hope your name is short!!

The information above is superseded by the 114th post where we decided to collect 5 euro from each player, once a year, to subvent the engraving four times a year.  It was decided that the winner shouldn't be lumbered with the engraving costs.

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Fifteen players today.  Scoring as follows:

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlnxmIEm-oiYIER2e

Wishing Jeanette well and a quick recovery from all the Wednesday Group.



Boules can be problematic in Ireland....even in Summer!

Check out this site.

https://twitter.com/PPCDublin

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Beautiful day today.  20 players.  Two potential new members played today and both fared well.
the pistes were rock hard and difficult to read but the cream keeps rising.....to date, the leading order is Mike, Kitty, Richie and Maeve.....

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhF6Vq1xZivjlnxmIEm-oiYIER2e

Photo from our own Dave from 10-5-17.....proof of the lovely day and the rock-hard ground!