Magic Little Grants

15 October 2023 / / No comments

Monkstone Petanque Club is delighted to announce that it has 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 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 the Club intends to start a junior section of the club in 2024. http://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/ http://www.postcodecommunitytrust.org.uk/ Localgiving | Home

This is the second year that we have received a Magic Little Grant to aid our development of the Club and we thank them for their continued support.

 

Category: Community /

Club Doubles – 15 October 2023

9 October 2023 / / No comments

The annual Club Doubles will take place on Sunday 15 October 2023 at the club. This event is open only to Club Members.

Registration IS REQUIRED by following the link below. Registration will close at 12 noon on Saturday 14 October 2023.

The format will be a doubles melee where you stay with the same partner for all 3 rounds. You only register your own name as the doubles teams will be selected by a seeded draw on the day.

Registration for Club Doubles

Play will start at 11am so please be there by 10:45am at the very latest to ensure that we can draw the teams and get started by 11am. Failure to arrive by 10:45am may mean that you are unable to play. Play should finish between 2pm and 2:30pm.

This is a great competition for our newer and less experienced players to enter as playing with more experienced players is the best way to improve your own game.

 

Category: Competition /

Super League Round 1

5 October 2023 / / 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 / / 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 / / 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 /
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