Monkstone Pétanque Club

The President’s Cup, which was postponed in September, has been rearranged for 24 November 2024.

Further details in due course but there is NO pre-registration for this competition.

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.

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.

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.

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