Club News

Super League Round 1

5 October 2023 / Webmaster / No comments

The 2023/24 Super League kicked off this week with some exciting matches. Tuesday saw Mammoths take on Marlins race into a comfortable 2-0 lead at the break but in the reverse matches Marlins pulled out all the stops and pegged Mammoths back to gain well deserved draw.

On Wednesday, Meerkats came up against Mustangs who were in no mood to give ground and Mustangs took the game 4-0. The score though did not do justice

The final match in Round 1 came on Thursday when Mavericks played Mercenaries. Despite some good play by Mercenaries, Mavericks took the first two games. Mercenaries continued to push Mavericks with some good play and they got their reward by taking the final game of the night but still went down 1-3.

The round produced some very good play from our less experienced members and, with encouragement from their team captains and other experienced players in the squad, they will undoubtedly improve particularly in the tactical aspects of the game.

Category: Competition, Super League /

September 100 Club Draw

28 September 2023 / Webmaster / No comments

The September draw was made on 22 September 2023, at the Club. The lucky winners were:

1	Roger Griffin	£79.50
2	Margaret Dyer	£26.50
3	Steve Nott	£13.25

The 100 Club continues to expand with potentially another 3 members for the October draw. With the current 53 members this would push us to a new largest prize money pot with a monthly first prize of over £80. And remember there is a bonus draw in December for a prize of around £150 (depending on the number 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:

YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT

Contact Bernard on treasurer [at] monkstonepetanque [dot] org [dot] uk or speak to him at he Club if you would like to join or for more details.

Category: Fund Raising, Membership /

2023/24 Super League

22 September 2023 / Webmaster / No comments

The draw for the 2023/24 Super League was made at the Club today. As previously advertised, this year the teams are not based on the WPA League teams but on six new teams drawn at random with some seeding taking place. The object was to try to create more balanced teams (whether or not we succeeded remains to be seen) to give our non-League players the opportunity to play in competitive matches. As there were 39 entries it was decided before the draw took place that teams 1, 3 & 5 would have 7 players in their squad.

Matches will commence on Tuesday 3 October 2023 for 5 weeks and then, after a mid-winter break, will recommence on Tuesday 20 February 2024 for a further 5 weeks.

Full details of the basis of the draw, the full fixture list, and rules will be on the Super League page as soon as it can all be put together. Contact details for the team members will be sent to team captains.

In the meantime, team Captains are required for Mavericks, Mustangs, Mercenaries and Meerkats (see below for the teams). Without a captain the team cannot function. It is not a very onerous task. Please could someone from each of these teams volunteer to captain the team as soon as possible. Let us know if you are willing volunteer via the club WhatsApp group or by email to treasurer [at] monkstonepetanque [dot] org.

1	2	3	4	5	6
Mavericks	Mustangs	Mammoths	Mercenaries	Marlins	Meerkats
Alex Skibinski	Amanda Jenkins	Roger Griffin (c)	Colin Burford	Ash Seath (C)	Alex Hicks
Beryl McCarthy	Francis Ryan	Bernard Adshead	Gill Clark	Gill Greenwell	Katrina Munro
Ian McCarthy	Jayne Dunn	Harry Camfield	Judith Smith	Peter Donovan	Keith Thomas
John Chichester	Len Christian	Ian Campbell	Mike Jones	Roger Green	Lindsay Christian
Peter Lippett	Roger Bennett	Peter Kensett	Spencer Bartlett	Sean Smith	Phil Roberts
Tony Smith	Tom Mills	Richard King	Tony Martin	Sharon Paynter	Rob Harris
Vickie Adshead		Steve Nott		Steve Hawkey

The full fixture list will be published in the next few days but the fixtures for the first week are (there is some flexibility to rearrange fixtures within the rules):

Tuesday 3 Oct	Wednesday 4 Oct	Thursday 5 Oct
Mammoths v Marlins	Meerkats v Mustangs	Mavericks v Mercenaries

Category: Competition /

2023 Monkstone Open Doubles Report

4 September 2023 / Webmaster / No comments

The 2023 Monkstone Open Doubles were held at the club yesterday in blistering heat and cloudless blue skies. A record 28 teams had entered, only 4 short of the maximum we can accommodate. Almost half the players were from our own club but there were also entrants from other other WPA clubs as well as unaffiliated WPA members, Big League players and players of no fixed abode. After a brief welcome from Monkstone President, Mike Jones, and explanation of the format and other play related matters from Organiser, Bernard Adshead, play got underway.

The format, in the morning, was a round-robin of 7 groups of 4 after which all 28 players were ranked based on their performance. In the afternoon there were 4 elimination competitions. The Gold Competition consisted of the top 8 ranked teams from the morning, Silver the next 8, Bronze the next 8 and finally the Tin with the remaining 4 teams. All groups, except Tin who started with a Semi Final, played Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Finals.

Cash prizes were awarded to the Winners & Runners Up in each competition.