Archive for Competition

2024 Super League Week 4

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.

2024 Super League Week 3

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.

2024 Super League Week 2

Week 2 of the 2024 Super League started on Tuesday last with a feast of petanque. Rearranged fixtures meant that 6 of the 8 teams were in action whilst the remaining match was played on Thursday.

Mercenaries kept up their 100% record with a 3-1 win against Misfits and the Mustangs had to be content with a draw against Meerkats. Mavericks and Marlins both gained their first points of the season – Mavericks beat Mammoths 3-1 whilst Marlins gained a hard earned draw against Marvels.

2024 Monkstone Open Triples

The 2024 edition of the Monkstone Open Triples was held at the Club on Sunday 7 July 2024. 16 Teams entered and the format of the competition was 4 pools of 4 in the morning with the top 8 competing in the Gold knock-out stage in the afternoon whilst the bottom 8 went into the Silver knock-out.

The entries were:

Teams drew for “ranking” which determined which pool they were in. After completion of the morning session the rankings for the afternoon knockouts were:

Gold Competition

The results of the Gold Competition were (only the name of the team captain is shown):

It was good to see newcomer Samuel Bigot and his team, Real Socialdads, not only get into the Gold Competition but than fighting their through to the final where they met a very strong team in Three Twyns. Well done to all the Monkstone teams that qualified for the Gold.

Silver Competition

The results of the Silver Competition were (only the name of the team captain is shown):

Well done to the Monkstone team , Plesiosaurs, for taking the Silver competition but special mention should go to the defeated finalists, Boule-dozers who had one of our Juniors, Maddie Bartlett, in their ranks. We are already beginning to see the fruits of our Junior coaching sessions on Sunday mornings

Photo Gallery

Organiser, Bernard Adshead presents the prizes to the winners and runner-up.

Gold Winners – Three Twyns Gold Runners-up – Real Socialdads

 

Silver Winners – Plesiosaurs Silver Runners-up – Boule-dozers

 

Wilton Bridge Friendly

Monkstone PC today ventured into England to play the second leg of a friendly competition between our club and Wilton Bridge PC, Ross-on-Wye, Monkstone having won the first encounter 5 games to 2. The setting for the encounter was picture perfect as Wilton Bridge is situated in a leafy quarter of this pretty Herefordshire market town.

Round 1 consisted of four games of Triples on pistes that were flat and thinly gravelled. At the end,  honours were even at 2-2, although Monkstone had a points advantage of 45-38.
After a tasty lunch provided by our hosts, we played a round of six Doubles and it was clear that Wilton Bridge were up for the fight. With just one game to finish, the scores were 3-2 to Monkstone, but our last pair, Roger and
Roger & Vickie dig in on the penultimate end of the crucial final game
Vickie, were 12-11 down with Wilton Bridge on the verge of  win and an honourable 5-5 draw on the cards. Wilton Bridge failed to take their chance and Vickie was able to point in for 2 to secure the match 6-4 (115-89).
After the match Monkstone captain, Roger, presented Wilton Bridge captain, Phil Lear, with a Monkstone PC pennant.
A fantastic day of boules, with (believe it or not) the sun actually shining for once! More importantly our two clubs have agreed to make our friendly an annual event as is our annual match with Royal Wootton Bassett PC which comes up next month.
The Monkstone team was Ash, Bernard, Beryl, Frances, Ian Campbell, Ian McC, Keith Thomas, Peter Donovan, Phil Roberts, Robin, Roger and Vickie.
Both teams gather for a group photo