Monkstone Petanque Club received club. team and individual awards at the WPA Presentation Evening for 2018 held at the Penylan Club on Friday 4 January 2019.
First up were Roger Griffin, Tony Smith and Vickie & Bernard Adshead to receive the National Veterans +55 trophy won back in February on a bitterly cold day in Pontyclun. As winners the team has travelled to competitions in Holland & Denmark.
The next award, the League Cup runners-up, went to Monkstone Minotaurs and was accepted on behalf of the team by Vickie & Bernard Adshead.
This was followed by the League Plate runners-up trophy which was won by Monkstone Mystics. Unfortunately none of the team were present so the trophy was presented by Vickie in her capacity as League Secretary and accepted on the behalf of the team by Tony Smith representing his wife, team captain Judith Smith.
The first three trophies had been expected as they had been won in the relevant competitions, but the recipient of the final award, WPA Most Improved Player of the Year, had not been announced in advance. Club members present were delighted when it went to our own Jayne Dunn who unfortunately was not present as she was on holiday in Costa Rica. Again, Vickie stepped into the breach and accepted the award on her behalf from WPA Secretary, Derek Jones. We will have another presentation at the club when Jayne returns home.
