December 100 Club Draw

The December draw was made today at the Club and today it was “El Gordo – The Fat One” – the normal monthly draw with the Christmas bonus ball. The lucky winners were:

Bonus Spencer Bartlett £160.00
1 Margaret Dyer £91.50
2 Vickie Adshead £30.50
3 Beryl McCarthy £15.25

The 100 Club now has 61 members with a monthly prize pot £137.25. 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.

Winter Friendly – All to Play For

The annual Winter Friendly with Caerleon RFC PC started today with the 1st leg at Monkstone PC.  Caerleon won the competition last year so Monkstone were looking to get off to a good start to take to the 2nd leg in Caerleon after Christmas to try to bring the trophy back to Cardiff.

The format of the competition was tweaked slightly this year. When it was found a large number of people wanted to play, instead of the normal 3 rounds of 12 singles, 6 doubles and 4 triples with any number (minimum 12) of players allowed, it was decided to have a fixed number of 18 players. The other thought was to avoid players having to sit out one of the rounds and, as neither club could accommodate 18 singles at the same time, it was decided to have just 2 rounds – Round 1 being 6 singles and 6 doubles played at the same time and Round 2 being 6 triples.

The match got underway under leaden skies with rain threatening.  In the singles half of the 1st round, Caerleon managed to gain an advantage of 4 games to 2 giving them a match point lead of 4 points. In the doubles, which were being played alongside the singles, Monkstone came out on top by 4 games to 2 giving them a match point advantage of 12 – 6.  So at the end of Round 1, the games were equal at 6 – 6 but Monkstone held an all important lead of 2 match points.

After a short break for lunch, Round 2 commenced with light rain threatening and both teams looking for a decisive score to take a good lead into the second leg. The competition was fierce but friendly but neither team managed to break away and when the dust settled it was 3 – 3 in games and 15 – 15 in match points with Monkstone retaining their slight lead of 2 match points to carry into the 2nd leg.

Thanks to all the players who took part and when the teams meet again in Caerleon on 7 January 2024,   IT’S ALL TO PLAY FOR!

 

RESULTS

A Little Bit More Magic

Monkstone PC is pleased to announce that we received a Magic Little Grant through the partnership between Localgiving and Postcode Community Trust. Postcode Community Trust is a grant-giving charity funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community groups. Our project received £500, plus £50 Match Funding, to help us buy more equipment for non members to play, and to invite local groups and schools to play petanque. With the interest generated from young people we intend to start a junior section of the club in 2024.

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Monkstone Petanque Club is extremely grateful to Localgiving and the Postcode Lottery for their continued support following the awarding of a grant last year towards the cost of the roof extension to our clubhouse.

Super League Round 5

The final round round of the first half of Super League was finally completed on Sunday 5 November 2023 and the league will recommence on 20 February 2024.

Wednesday 1 November saw 2 matches being played. Mammoths were surprisingly beaten by Meerkats 1[36]-3[50] who recorded their first win of the season whilst in the second game Marlins comprehensively beat  Mavericks 0[26]-4[52] to consolidate their position at the top of the table.

The final match took place on Sunday 5 November when Mercenaries and Mustangs shared the spoils 2[43[-2[38].

November 100 Club Draw

The November draw was made on 10 November 2023 at the Club (slightly early as the Treasurer was leaving for some winter sun!). The lucky winners were:

1 Chris “Buzz” Rees £91.50
2 Cynthia Barnes £30.50
3 Margaret Dyer £15.25

The 100 Club gained another 2 new members in this draw to ring the total to 61 making the prize pot £137.25, which is the biggest ever. 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.