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Beautiful morning with 18 players. 3 x 4 players and 1 x 6 players on the pistes.
Take a look at the scoresheet......Tightening up at the top.....Three players within three points.
Mike still holding a slender lead.  Remember best 6 of 9 scores at the end of the competition after two more sessions.  Plenty of Whoops and Hollers on the various pistes testament to the enjoyment being had by all.  Plenty of spectators also.  The dogs were delighted to have Brogan back!....and so were we, of course.  He showed us some photos of the Recycling Project for Bees he has been working on over the summer. Looks very promising.  Soon we'll all be keeping a Bee......so to speak!

NAMES		Week 7
		Wed. 29/ 08 / 18
	R.T.	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
Bridget	147	6	1	13	5	25	172
Brogan	40	13	9	2		24	64
Catherine	155	8	13	9		30	185
Colm	194	13	13	13	10	49	243
Dave	83					0	83
Dolores	193	13	13	13	10	49	242
Don	105					0	105
Eileen	155	13	13	3	3	32	187
Jeanette	120					0	120
John C	132	8	13	9		30	162
Kitty	87	8	13	9		30	117
Liam	147	13	9	2		24	171
Maeve	138	4	3	9	2	18	156
Maureen	0					0	0
Michael	120	13	13	3	3	32	152
Mike	226	4	3	9	2	18	244
Nigel	146	13	13	7	8	41	187
Pat D	0					0	0
Patricia	187	13	13	7	8	41	228
Richie	179	9	2	13	8	32	211
Sean	38					0	38
Shay	68					0	68
Sheila	128	6	1	13	5	25	153
Tom D	200	9	2	13	8	32	232
Tom S	113	13	9	2		24	137
Tony	108					0	108
Yvonne	116					0	116

Interesting site to visit re. Boules in New York
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https://goo.gl/images/kGRvgo

170th Post

Photos from Piste 4

 After a rainy morning, we managed an uninterrupted two hours play despite the occasional mizzle.
We kept our summer average attendance up with nineteen players.  All played in great spirit.
We must remind players that play starts at 10.00 a.m. and persistent, late arrivals disturb the organisation of games.  Occasional lateness is possible for anyone. Remember members have been preparing the pistes for over a half an hour before play and we try to play for the two complete hours.
We welcomed Sean back and he played well in his first outing this session.
Mike is maintaining his consistent form irrespective of opposition or partners.
There's a few chasing him but unable to close the gap yet.  Three more play-days in this session.
My thanks to Bridget for spotting a miscalculation in her previous scores which I've now rectified.

NAMES		Week 6
		Wed. 22 / 08 /18
	R.T.	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
Bridget	122	9	13	3		25	147
Brogan	40					0	40
Catherine	125	13	8	9		30	155
Colm	153	13	13	13	2	41	194
Dave	83					0	83
Dolores	156	10	13	13	1	37	193
Don	105					0	105
Eileen	133	8	2	11	1	22	155
Jeanette	79	13	13	13	2	41	120
John C	110	8	2	11	1	22	132
Kitty	57	13	10	5	2	30	87
Liam	111	10	13	13		36	147
Maeve	103	13	13	9		35	138
Maureen	0					0	0
Michael	120					0	120
Mike	188	13	12	13		38	226
Nigel	116	13	10	5	2	30	146
Pat D	0					0	0
Patricia	157	13	10	5	2	30	187
Richie	142	10	13	13	1	37	179
Sean	0	13	12	13		38	38
Shay	43	9	13	3		25	68
Sheila	102	7	8	11		26	128
Tom D	169	7	13	11		31	200
Tom S	113					0	113
Tony	108					0	108
Yvonne	92	7	8	9		24	116

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Twenty players on a beautiful, warm, breezy day.  Great turn out. Shay back playing and playing well as you can see.  Four more play weeks in this session. [click on photos to enlarge ]

Interesting to note that 18 of the 20 players today got at least one score of 13 points.
By jove.....I think we're all improving!!

NAMES		Week 5
		Wed.15 /08 /18
	R.T.	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
Bridget	41	13	9	10	9	41	82
Brogan	40					0	40
Catherine	87	13	13	12		38	125
Colm	123	12	10	8		30	153
Dave	83					0	83
Dolores	121	0	13	13	9	35	156
Don	63	13	13	11	5	42	105
Eileen	92	13	9	10	9	41	133
Jeanette	41	13	11	1	13	38	79
John C	84	7	2	13	4	26	110
Kitty	31	7	2	13	4	26	57
Liam	73	13	13	12		38	111
Maeve	65	13	11	1	13	38	103
Maureen	0					0	0
Michael	120					0	120
Mike	145	7	13	13	10	43	188
Nigel	74	13	13	11	5	42	116
Pat D	0					0	0
Patricia	122	0	13	13	9	35	157
Richie	100	13	13	11	5	42	142
Sean	0					0	82
Shay	0	7	13	13	10	43	43
Sheila	102					0	102
Tom D	128	13	9	10	9	41	169
Tom S	83	12	10	8		30	113
Tony	39	7	13	13	10	43	82
Yvonne	66	7	2	13	4	26	92

Interesting page from Bath Petanque.....

https://www.facebook.com/bathboules/
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Eighteen players today. Slight rain towards the end but very nice otherwise.  3 x 4 and 1 x 6 on the pistes. Mike still in the lead but very noticeable that all players are improving.  Many passers-by showing  an interest in the game and we're advising them that we only play on Wednesday mornings so any other days are free for play.

NAMES	Week 4  Competition 'C'
	Wed.    8/8/18
	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
Bridget					0	81
Brogan					0	40
Catherine	13	13	13	8	47	87
Colm	13	13	13		39	123
Dave					0	83
Dolores	1	10	6	4	21	121
Don	10	9	6		25	63
Eileen	1	10	6	4	21	92
Jeanette					0	41
John C	10	9	6		25	84
Kitty	10	6	5	0	21	31
Liam	13	13	13		39	73
Maeve	7	6	8		21	65
Maureen					0	0
Michael	7	6	8		21	120
Mike	13	13	13		39	145
Nigel	13	13	13	1	40	74
Pat D					0	0
Patricia	13	13	13	1	40	122
Richie	10	9	6		25	100
Sean					0	0
Shay					0	0
Sheila	10	6	5	0	21	102
Tom D	13	13	13	8	47	128
Tom S	13	13	13		39	83
Tony	13	13	13		39	39
Yvonne					0	66

Photos of play on the 4th Piste today......the 'dodgy' one!

Olive's Room for RnR after play...plus visitors.

Bonus ....met Tommy Craggs, the sculptor with his son at St. Anne's Park Totem.

Literally, a gentleman....and an unexpected privilege.

[check out his work at Tommy Craggs Tree Sculptures]

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A rain-shortened day today as the break in the summer weather arrived with a vengeance.
However, we managed to play until 11.30 a.m. with 19 players.  3x5 players and 1x4.

Mike , after three sessions, has a slender lead over Dolores.

Once again our thoughts are with fellow players who, for whatever reasons, can't be with us playing at present.

Our thanks to the members who come early to have the pistes ready and the equipment in position for play each Wed.  As you can see the recent drought conditions have caused an early leaf fall.

NAMES	Week 3 Competition 'C'
	Wed.  01/  08 /18
	G.1	G.2	G.3	G.4	Tot.	R.T.
Bridget	13	7	1		21	81
Brogan					0	40
Catherine	13	7	1		21	40
Colm	8	13	13		34	84
Dave	13	8	0		21	83
Dolores	13	5			18	100
Don	5	10			15	38
Eileen	11	8			19	71
Jeanette					0	41
John C	13	8			21	59
Kitty	5	5			10	10
Liam					0	34
Maeve	13	5			18	44
Maureen					0	0
Michael	13	10			23	99
Mike	8	8	13		29	106
Nigel	13	8	13		34	34
Pat D					0	0
Patricia	7	13	3		23	82
Richie	7	13	3		23	75
Sean					0	0
Shay					0	0
Sheila	13	8			21	81
Tom D	13	13			26	81
Tom S	13	13	0		26	44
Tony					0	0
Yvonne	11	13			24	66