The June draw was made at the club todat, 17 July 2023, at the Club. The lucky winners were:
| 1 | Adrian “Jake” Caston | £75.00 |
| 2 | Spencer Bartlett | £25.00 |
| 3 | Tom Mills | £12.50 |
From the July draw, we have reached the magical number of 50 members of the 100 Club which continues to be the largest number of members ever and so the largest prize money pot with a monthly first prize of £75. We have a potential 2 or 3 members joing in August to make the prize pot even bigger. And remember there is a bonus draw in December for a prize of around £120 (depending on the neumber of members). If you are not a member please consider joining. The more people that join the bigger the prizes and the more improvements we can make to YOUR Club.
Congratulations to the winners but don’t forget:
Contact Bernard on treasurer [at] monkstonepetanque [dot] org [dot] uk if you would like to join or for more details.
The annual Monkstone Open Triples were held on Sunday 2 July 2023 under blustery skies but the promised rain held off. !2 teams entered, 2 from Monkstone PC and 6 from other clubs.
The format was 3 pools of 4 in the morning with the best 8 qualifying for the Main elimination competition in the afternoon and the remaining 4 entering the Plate competition.
There was some very skillful play with some unexpected results. A big thank-you to all those who entered or helped make the event happen.
POOL STAGE RESULTS
ELIMINATION STAGE RESULTS
PRESENTATIONS
PLATE RUNNERS UP
Francis Ryan, Frances Ralph, Bernard Adshead (Organiser), Robin Ralph
PLATE WINNERS
Steve & Amanda O’Connor, Bernard Adshead (Organiser), Kon Tomczyk, Barbara Vaughan
MAIN RUNNERS UP
Tony Smith, Gill Greenwell, Bernard Adshead (Organiser), Sean Smith
MAIN WINNERS
Len Field, Julie Bailey, Bernard Adshead (Organiser), Jean-Yves Robic
The June draw was made at the club on 21 June 2023 at the Club. The lucky winners were:
| 1 | Spencer Bartlett | £73.50 |
| 2 | Steve Osling | £24.50 |
| 3 | Will McCarthy | £12.25 |
From the July draw, we have reached the magical number of 50 members of the 100 Club which continues to be the largest number of members ever and so the largest prize money pot with a monthly first prize of £75. If you are not a member please consider joining. The more people that join the bigger the prizes and the more improvements we can make to YOUR Club.
Congratulations to the winners but don’t forget:
Contact Bernard on treasurer [at] monkstonepetanque [dot] org [dot] uk if you would like to join or for more details.
Thursday 25 May 2023, saw the 2nd leg of the friendly against our friends at Royal Wootton Bassett PC (RWB). As in the first leg, the format was two rounds of doubles and two rounds of triples, that’s 20 games per leg or 40 in total, all of which would be timed. Monkstone (MPC) had won the first leg by 13-6 but RWB were expected to put up a stronger showing on their own terrain. Our team comprised:
Roger Griffin, Bernard Adshead, Vickie Adshead, Roger Green, Gill Clark, Ash Seath, Beryl McCarthy, Ian McCarthy, Steve Hawkey, Gill Greenwell, Frances Ralph & Robin Ralph.
After a very warm welcome from Alan McInnes and his team, Roger Griffin presented Alan with a Monkstone PC pennant, and, having enjoyed coffee and biscuits, we started the first round of triples.
The pistes were hard after the recent hot weather and were graded with differing sizes of gravel. After some tight play, however, honours were even at the end of the first round with a score of 2-2 in games, and a points difference of 40-35 in RWB favour.
On to the 2nd round and again neither side could gain an advantage with another tie and a points difference of 35-33 in RWB favour.
Triples Scores: RWB 4 [75] – 4 [65] MPC
We then broke for an excellent lunch, provided by members of the RWB club, and a swift half. In the afternoon the first round of doubles got underway and RWB took the lead on the day taking this round by 4-2 in games, with a points difference of 61-53 in RWB favour.
MPC now had some work to do but a look at score board and with the help of an abacus, they calculated that 1 more win was needed for a draw and 2 for a win due to the 6 game lead from the first leg. RWB were determined to stop us and but MPC managed to pull out all the stops to take the round 4-2 in games with a points difference of 57-55 in their favour.
Doubles Scores: RWB 6 [116] – 6 [110] MPC
So the day ended with honours even.
Second Leg Final Scores: RWB 10 [191] – 10 [178] MPC
Which meant that MPC had maintained their 6 game advantage from the first leg and won the match overall.
Final Match Scores: RWB 17 [364] – 23 [387] MPC
Goodbyes were said with a promise to meet again next year to continue this very enjoyable competition.
Score Sheet
