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Sixteen players on a wonderful morning.  We were delighted to have Sean back again.  Holiday season is upon us so various players will miss days....keeps competition interesting.

	NAMES	Week 4
		Wed.    23/05/18
		G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget	10	7	1		18	61
2	Brogan	13	12	13		38	63
3	Catherine	13	13	11		37	115
4	Colm	13	13	11		37	112
5	Dave	13	12	13		38	102
6	Dolores					0	0
7	Don	10	7	1		18	86
8	Eileen	7	11	13		31	119
9	Jeanette	13	13	4		30	87
10	John C					0	81
11	Kitty	13	1	5	2	21	64
12	Liam					0	0
13	Maeve	7	11	13		31	89
14	Maureen					0	0
15	Michael					0	27
16	Mike					0	106
17	Nigel	13	13	4		30	106
18	Pat D					0	0
19	Patricia	13	1	5	2	21	75
20	Richie					0	78
21	Sean	12	13	8		33	33
22	Shay	12	13	8		33	92
23	Sheila	11	13	13	10	47	63
24	Tom D	11	13	13	10	47	84
25	Tom S					0	66
26	Tony					0	88
27	Yvonne					0	78

[Click on photos to enlarge]

Everybody is just a little 'jackshy'!

Where's the 'Rakemeister"?

Boules are not a laughing matter.......  😂

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Eighteen players today on a breezy, bright morning.  The nature of the courts are that the shaded ones are chilly on mornings like this but the sun shines on courts 1 and 2.  We are encouraging players to be onsite by 9:50 so that play can start at 10:00.  The courts are cleaned and tidied and the equipment is put in place, by fellow players, anytime after 9:30 so that the teams can be chosen and play can start by 10:00.
Mike is in pole position after week 3.  Six more weeks in this session and only best 6/9 of scores to count.

	NAMES	Week 3
		Wed.  16 /  05  /				18
		G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget					0	43
2	Brogan	5	7	13		25	25
3	Catherine	4	13	7		24	78
4	Colm					0	75
5	Dave	13	11	13		37	64
6	Dolores					0	0
7	Don	5	7	13		25	68
8	Eileen	5	13	13	8	39	88
9	Jeanette	8	13	13		34	57
10	John C	13	11	4	6	34	81
11	Kitty	13	6	8		27	43
12	Liam					0	0
13	Maeve	4	13	7		24	58
14	Maureen					0	0
15	Michael					0	27
16	Mike	8	13	13		34	106
17	Nigel	13	13	11		37	76
18	Pat D					0	0
19	Patricia	13	11	13		37	54
20	Richie	5	13	13	8	39	78
21	Sean					0	0
22	Shay	4	13	7		24	59
23	Sheila					0	16
24	Tom D	13	11	13		37	37
25	Tom S	13	6	8		27	66
26	Tony	13	13	11		37	88
27	Yvonne	13	11	4	6	34	78

[Click on a photo to enlarge it.]

Guess who's in the Sin Bin?? [ Apologies to ALDI !!]

The Four Musketeers.....

Lord of the Ring....

New Boules please......

What's the Score????

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Thirteen players this morning in 'dodgy' weather conditions for mid-May.

	NAMES	Week 2
		Wed.   11 /05 /18
		G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget	13	13	13	4	43	43
2	Brogan					0	0
3	Catherine	13	13	1		27	54
4	Colm	13	13			26	75
5	Dave					0	27
6	Dolores					0	0
7	Don	13	13			26	43
8	Eileen					0	49
9	Jeanette					0	23
10	John C	11	6			17	47
11	Kitty	2	1	0	13	16	16
12	Liam					0	0
13	Maeve	8	13	13		34	34
14	Maureen					0	0
15	Michael					0	27
16	Mike	13	13	13	4	43	72
17	Nigel					0	39
18	Pat D					0	0
19	Patricia	11	6			17	17
20	Richie	13	13	13		39	39
21	Sean					0	0
22	Shay					0	35
23	Sheila	2	1	0	13	16	16
24	Tom D					0	0
25	Tom S					0	39
26	Tony	8	5	1		14	51
27	Yvonne	8	5	1		14	44

Petanque in a scenic location on Guernsey.

Small canon balls that were probably the first 'boules'......

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First day of Competition B 2018.  Fourteen players. Tony presented Shay with the winner's trophy for the previous session Competition A 2018.  Congratulations Shay on wonderfully consistent play against steadily improving opponents.

Photo courtesy of Dave.

 

The results from this week are as follows.  Eileen and Colm off to great starts!

	NAMES	Week 1
		Wed.   02/ 05 /18
		G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
1	Bridget					0	0
2	Brogan					0	0
3	Catherine	11	4	9	3	27	27
4	Colm	13	13	13	10	49	49
5	Dave	11	4	9	3	27	27
6	Dolores					0	0
7	Don	3	7	7		17	17
8	Eileen	13	13	13	10	49	49
9	Jeanette	3	7	13		23	23
10	John C	11	13	6		30	30
11	Kitty					0	0
12	Liam					0	0
13	Maeve					0	0
14	Maureen					0	0
15	Michael	13	7	7		27	27
16	Mike	11	12	6		29	29
17	Nigel	13	13	13		39	39
18	Pat D					0	0
19	Patricia					0	0
20	Richie					0	0
21	Sean					0	0
22	Shay	11	13	11		35	35
23	Sheila					0	0
24	Tom D					0	0
25	Tom S	13	13	13		39	39
26	Tony	13	13	11		37	37
27	Yvonne	11	13	6		30	30
28						0	0
29						0	0
30						0	0

Can't decide whether this is pure skill or pure chance!!!!

Photo courtesy of Dave.

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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

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.