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Just to prove that photos without a level of human interest could be boring!!

Day to remember.  Beautiful weather but also the Pistes were dressed with grit for the first time in years.  Tony met and thanked Mick Harford, the supervisor, and asked that they be rolled when the opportunity arose.  Players found the changed playing surface challenging and some adjustments were needed in approach to the game. The photos were taken a few days ago.  Today's results below....

	NAMES	Week 6
	Date:	Wed.   1 /11  /17
	Game:	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget Holland	3	13	7	9	32	94
2	Brogan Whittle	13	13	12		38	134
3	Catherine Andrews					0	57
4	Colm Masterson	13	13	11		37	185
5	Dave Hughes					0	0
6	Dolores Ryan	13	9	13	4	39	168
7	Don O Riordan	9	13	10	3	35	64
8	Eileen Donnellan	8	7	12		27	96
9	Jeanette Feeney	3	4			7	39
10	John Campbell	13	9	13	9	44	111
11	John Oman					0	34
12	Kitty Rowley	8	7	12		27	99
13	Liam Ryan	3	13	7	9	32	62
14	Maeve Linnane	3	4	2		9	98
15	Maureen Deane					0	0
16	Michael Daly					0	65
17	Mike Deegan	13	9	13	9	44	162
18	Nigel O Mahony	3	4			7	190
19	Pat Donnelly	9	13	10	3	35	154
20	Patricia Fitzpatrick	13	13	12		38	137
21	Richard Ryan	13	13	11		37	180
22	Sean Mahon					0	0
23	Shay Coyne	13	13	12		38	200
24	Sheila Nolan					0	102
25	Tom Donnellan					0	59
26	Tom Sheedy					0	28
27	Tony Watkins	13	9	13	4	39	142
28	Yvonne Reid					0	92

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Nineteen today on a lovely late-Autumn morning.  The pistes were a little muddy in spots but it didn't spoil the enjoyment.  Scores below for Week 5 of Competition D 2017.
Good luck to Colm with the Thursday group.  The more using the pistes the better.
I think we all agree some attention is needed to upgrade the 4 pistes.  Drainage; New Borders; Gravel Replacement, Extra seating etc.  We met with the Park Supervisor this time last year and he listened and he spoke about the possibility of some works when the area around the playground was being upgraded.  Nothing to date.....

	NAMES	Week 5
	Date:	Wed.   25 /10  /17
	Game:	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget Holland	3	7	13		23	62
2	Brogan Whittle	13	13	3		29	96
3	Catherine Andrews					0	57
4	Colm Masterson	10	9	5		24	148
5	Dave Hughes					0	0
6	Dolores Ryan	13	13	13		39	129
7	Don O Riordan	13	13	3		29	29
8	Eileen Donnellan	13	13	7		33	69
9	Jeanette Feeney	5	9	13	5	32	32
10	John Campbell	13	11	11		35	67
11	John Oman					0	34
12	Kitty Rowley	3	11	11		25	72
13	Liam Ryan					0	30
14	Maeve Linnane	3	7	13		23	89
15	Maureen Deane					0	0
16	Michael Daly					0	65
17	Mike Deegan					0	118
18	Nigel O Mahony	13	11	8		32	183
19	Pat Donnelly	3	13	8		24	119
20	Patricia Fitzpatrick	3	13	8		24	99
21	Richard Ryan	13	13	7	0	33	143
22	Sean Mahon					0	0
23	Shay Coyne	10	9	5		24	162
24	Sheila Nolan	3	13	7		23	102
25	Tom Donnellan	13	13	7	0	33	59
26	Tom Sheedy					0	0
27	Tony Watkins	5	9	13	5	32	103
28	Yvonne Reid	13	13	3		29	92

Below is an image from Park Petanque Club, Bushy Park around Halloween 2014

Their website is www.parkpetanqueclub.com if you want to check what's happening Southside.

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Lovely autumnal morning.....post-Ophelia clean-up of the pistes before play....thanks to Mike, Brogan and Tom.  Fifteen players this morning. 
We welcomed back Bridget who played her first game in a while and Jeanette called over and joined us for coffee and hopes to play next week.
Our best wishes to Sean and hope he has a speedy recovery.
Click on photos to enlarge.

	NAMES	Week 4
	Date:	Wed.      18 /10 /17
	Game:	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget Holland	13	13	11	2	39	39
2	Brogan Whittle	1	13	5		19	67
3	Catherine Andrews					0	57
4	Colm Masterson					0	124
5	Dave Hughes					0	0
6	Dolores Ryan					0	90
7	Don O Riordan					0	0
8	Eileen Donnellan	13	10	13		36	36
9	Jeanette Feeney					0	0
10	John Campbell					0	32
11	John Oman					0	34
12	Kitty Rowley	8	13	5		26	47
24	Liam Ryan					0	30
13	Maeve Linnane					0	66
23	Maureen Deane					0	0
14	Michael Daly					0	65
15	Mike Deegan	7	7	13	2	29	147
16	Nigel O Mahony	13	13	11	2	39	151
17	Pat Donnelly	8	13	5		26	95
18	Patricia Fitzpatrick	1	13	5		19	75
19	Richard Ryan					0	110
20	Sean Mahon					0	0
21	Shay Coyne	13	10	13		36	138
22	Sheila Nolan	7	7	13	2	29	79
25	Tom Donnellan	13	8	5		26	26
26	Tom Sheedy	13	8	7		28	28
27	Tony Watkins	7	6	2		15	71
28	Yvonne Reid	5	13	0		18	63

Here's a link to an easy read on Kindle or to buy or borrow......Beating the French at Petanque, by Clive Essame
https://www.amazon.com/Beating-French-Petanque-Clive-Essame-ebook/dp/B071VF4Z2Q

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Hi all.  These are the results after Week 3 of Competition D 2017.
I'm aware some scores may need to be adjusted.  I hope to be there on Wednesday next to rectify.
Please try to write the scores in as legibly as possible to assist my reckoning.

	NAMES
	Date:
	Game:	Tot.	R.T.	Tot.	R.T.	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget Holland	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brogan Whittle	0	0	16	16	32	48
3	Catherine Andrews	26	26	0	26	31	57
4	Colm Masterson	37	37	39	76	48	124
5	Dave Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dolores Ryan	37	37	20	57	33	90
7	Don O Riordan	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Eileen Donnellan	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jeanette Feeney	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	John Campbell	32	32	0	32	0	32
11	John Oman	34	34	0	34	0	34
12	Kitty Rowley	0	0	21	21	0	21
13	Liam Ryan	0	0	30	30	0	30
14	Maeve Linnane	21	21	20	41	25	66
15	Maureen Deane	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Michael Daly	34	34	31	65	0	65
17	Mike Deegan	46	46	39	85	33	118
18	Nigel O Mahony	32	32	32	64	48	112
19	Pat Donnelly	0	0	37	37	32	69
20	Patricia Fitzpatrick	35	35	21	56	0	56
21	Richard Ryan	41	41	37	78	32	110
22	Sean Mahon	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Shay Coyne	38	38	32	70	32	102
24	Sheila Nolan	20	20	30	50	0	50
25	Tom Donnellan	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Tom Sheedy	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Tony Watkins	0	0	31	31	25	56
28	Yvonne Reid	0	0	16	16	29	45

The former estate house on the grounds of St Anne's Park viewed from the rear and the front.  Pity it's gone from the tourism point of view but maybe the traffic generated might be untenable! 

Little did they know they'd be hosting Petanque / Boules on their front lawn.  Mind you they probably had the spot of Croquet now and then.  

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16 players today after the weather break last Wednesday. Thanks to Tony for forwarding scoresheet. Results to date as follows :

 . . . . . . . . . . Today.. R/T
Brogan. . . . . . 16. . . 16
Catherine. . . . 00. . . 26
Colm. . . . . . . . 39. . . 76
Dolores. . . . . . 20. . . 74
John C. . . . . . . 00. . . 32
John O. . . . . . . 00. . . 34
Kitty. . . . . . . . . 21. . . 21
Liam. . . . . . . .  30. . . 30
Maeve. . . . . . . 20. . . 41
Michael. . . . . . 31. . . 65
Mike. . . . . . . . . 39. . . 85
Nigel. . . . . . . . . 32. . . 64
Pat D. . . . . . . . . 37. . . 37
Patricia. . . . . . . 21. . . 56
Richie. . . . . . . . .37. . . 77
Shay. . . . . . . . . . 32. . . 58
Sheila. . . . . . . . . 30. . . 51
Tony. . . . . . . . . . 31. . . 31
Yvonne. . . . . . .  26. . . 26


Meanwhile, spotted at Carcassonne Airport..... Prohibited items.... Check out the bottom drawer!!

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Many thanks to Mike for forwarding the scores in the absence of Tony and Tom. Despite the poor weather 13 players braved the elements on the first day of the final competition of 2017. As Olive's was full the usual post-play coffee had to be abandoned. After Round 1 the scores are as follows :
Catherine. 26
Colm.......... 37
Dolores......37
John C........ 32
John O........ 34
Maeve........ 21
M. Daly....... 34
M. Deegan..46
Nigel............ 32
Patricia........35
Richie...........40
Shay..............26
Sheila...........21

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Our C Competition 2017 winner.....Colm

Colm contemplating conquering....!

Click on photos to enlarge.....

The following artistic photographs were taken by Jason Symes - symesphotography.com........