Monkstone Pétanque Club

30 Members took part in the 2024 Club Triples including 6 players from our Junior section – including Elijah Jeffries & Evelyn Underwood-Lee who were playing in their first club competition. The weather started dull but then sunshine, the first for several days, broke through with a brief shower between rounds 2 & 3.

The format was the usual 3 round melee with teams selected generally at random except the Juniors were paired with a buddy before the draw commenced. Games were timed at 45 minutes + 1 end.

After Round 1 the leaders were Mike Jones / Peter Kensett / Keith Miller (+7) followed by Tony Smith / Evelyn Underwood-Lee (J) / Alex Skibinski (+5).

So on to Round 2 – could Mike and his team hang on to the lead. When the scores came in Tony’s team (+18) had overhauled Mike’s team (+11) and these were the only teams on 2 wins.

Round 3 was played out and it ended with only one team on 3 wins and 4 teams on 2 wins. Tony Smith / Evelyn Underwood-Lee (J) / Alex Skibinski (3 wins +21) had taken the title with Evelyn taking the Best Junior award. In 2^nd place were Robin Ralph / Linda Thomas / Peter Lippett (2 wins +14) and in joint 3^rd were Ash Seath / Teilo Munier / Len Christian and Gareth Bartlett / Maddie Bartlett / Len Christian (2 wins +3).

The success of our Junior section programme can be seen in that there were 3 of the top 4 teams that included a Junior with one of the teams being the overall winners.

FINAL SCORES

(Juniors highlighted in Yellow)

PRESENTATIONS

President Mike Jones presents the Best Junior award to Evelyn Underwood-Lee

President Mike Jones (2^nd from R) presents the overall winner trophy to    (from L) Alex Skibinski, Evelyn Underwood-Lee and Tony Smith.

Week 7, the final week of the Super League before the Winter break, left Marlins still as the only team without a win following yet another draw against the Mammoths while Mercenaries brought a halt to their mini slump beating Marvels (3-1).

Mustangs go into the Winter break top of the table but only on points difference after getting the better of Misfits (3-1) whilst Meerkats retained second place with their win against Mavericks.

The Super League will recommence on 17 February 2025.

The President’s Cup, which was postponed in September, has been rearranged for 24 November 2024.

Further details in due course but there is NO pre-registration for this competition.

Week 4 of the Super League was a week of draws – only Meerkats recorded a win, beating Mercenaries (3-1) to take top spot in the table.

This win left Meerkats as one of 3 teams, the others being Marvels & Mustangs, who remain unbeaten. There was not much change in the rest of the table with Marlins & Mammoths still seeking their first win of the season.

Week 3 of the 2024 Super League returned to normality with all fixtures being played on the scheduled dates.

Mercenaries dropped their first points of the season allowing the chasing pack to draw within 2 points. Mammoths & Marlins are propping up the table with 1 point each and still looking for their first win of the season.