More once again from our man on the pistes, Alan Bate…
Firstly a big congratulations to Huddersfield Petanque Club for reaching their 10 year milestone! Here’s to many more!
Sadly, the best thing about Saturdays 10th Anniversary event as far as Heckmondwike success was concerned was the weather!
We entered the 3 separate competitions, Mixed Triples, Mixed Pairs, and Open Triples and fared as follows:
Mixed Triples:
Alma, Shirley, Ken Hutchinson and Roger Farrar shared the workload, but struggled to gain any momentum as a team in their 3 league games.
In the silver semi final they lost to Hollicars 2 then beat Rainworth in the Silver 3rd place play off. A good end to a disappointing day for the team.
Mixed Pairs:
Kath and Clive got off to a fine start beating Trafford 13-2. A tight second game resulted in a slightly questionable 11-12 loss to Hollicars 1. (a further end was not allowed despite the previous end being completed before the bell sounded) In their 3rd game our pair were in control, but a loss of 5 in one end contributed to another 1 point defeat (12-13) to Hollicars 2. In the Silver semi we lost to Ripponden before beating Hudderfield in the 3rd place play off.
Open Pairs:
This time Alan Bate and Kevin Hepworth representing the club with 3 wins in the league against Hollicars 1, Leeds and Hollicars 2 saw us progress to the Gold Semi final. The pick of the results was coming from behind (2-8 and 9-12) against Richard and Alan from Leeds.
The vagaries of Paul’s system saw us play against Leeds again in the semi. Leeds sought and achieved revenge! We then lost to Trafford in a long but very enjoyable 3rd place play off. At least we delayed the presentation ceremony that we did not partake in…
A long and enjoyable day with some lessons learned by yours truly!
Thanks to all who played and look out for more match reports from the first West Yorkshire League Fixture of 2024…
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