Monkstone Pétanque Club

The penultimate round of the first half of Super League didn’t get underway until Wednesday last as both Mammoths and Mavericks were struggling to get a team for the scheduled date on Tuesday. In a very tight match, Mammoths recorded their first win 3[47]-1[36]. The same evening, Meerkats took on Mercenaries with neither side being able to deliver a knockout punch and the match ending in a draw 2[40]-2[34].

Thursday evening saw a top of the table clash between Marlins and Mustangs but the spoils went to Marlins who, surprisingly, took the match 4[52]-0[32]

UPDATE 29 October 2023

An incorrect results sheet was submitted for the game on Thursday between Marlins and Mustangs. The result was, in fact, 3[48]-1[20]. The revised table is:

Round 3 of the Super League started last Tuesday when Mammoths took on Mercenaries. The game was fought out to a draw 2[38]-2[39], the third in the 3 weeks for Mammoths and the second in a row for Mercenaries.

The weather turned to rain on Wednesday when 2 matches were played. Mavericks v Mustangs ended in a draw 2[44]-2[39] in the match that was scheduled for that night. Meerkats brought forward their match against Marlins from Thursday but they obviously didn’t like the rain chalking up a loss 0[32]-4[52] which was sufficient to take Marlins to the top of the league.

Two more draws in the week continues to show how well balanced the teams are.

The Super League went into Week 2 last week but due to an unfortunate misunderstanding the final game was not played until last evening alongside the first match of Round 3.

The opening match last Tuesday saw league leaders Mustangs take on Mammoths. It was a hard fought contest with Mammoths recording their second draw in a row 2[50]-2[40]. Was the 1 point Mustangs gained enough to keep them at the top?

On Wednesday, Mercenaries came up against Marlins and, whilst Marlins had a large points superiority, the match ended in the second draw of the round 2[34]-2[47]

The final match in Round 2 took place last night when Mavericks played Meerkats and after a hard fought match the third draw of the round was recorded 2[39]-2[29]

With the number of draws being played out, it looks that the seeded draw for team squads has worked out rather well.

The 2023 edition of the Monkstone Club Doubles took place yesterday. A record 36 members took part on a bright sunny and warm October day.

As usual the games were played in a competitive but friendly spirit. Surprisingly after Round 2 there were only 5 teams on 2 wins and the final round saw this cut to only 3 teams with 3 wins.

Sharon Paynter & John Maroney came a very creditable 3rd with 3 wins [+7] and were just pipped by Bernard Adshead & Len Christian on [+11] but the runaway winners were Sean Smith & newcomer Spencer Bartlett on [+34].

It was alleged that Sean had been down at the club practicing since 6am so perhaps practice does pay off!

THE WINNERS

Sean & Spencer with President, Mike Jones

THE RESULTS IN FULL

The annual Club Doubles will take place on Sunday 15 October 2023 at the club. This event is open only to Club Members.

Registration IS REQUIRED by following the link below. Registration will close at 12 noon on Saturday 14 October 2023.

The format will be a doubles melee where you stay with the same partner for all 3 rounds. You only register your own name as the doubles teams will be selected by a seeded draw on the day.

Registration for Club Doubles

Play will start at 11am so please be there by 10:45am at the very latest to ensure that we can draw the teams and get started by 11am. Failure to arrive by 10:45am may mean that you are unable to play. Play should finish between 2pm and 2:30pm.

This is a great competition for our newer and less experienced players to enter as playing with more experienced players is the best way to improve your own game.