Yesterday, Sunday 7 April, saw the biggest competition ever held at Monkstone Petanque Club – 68 boulers took part in the Open Doubles with all 16 lanes in use simultaneously for the first time.
The rain promised for most of the day did not arrive until around 4pm much to the relief of everybody. We even had small glimpses of the sun.
The competition format in the morning was 32 teams divided into 8 pools of 4 for a round-robin. After lunch, the top of each group went into the Gold elimination competition, second in each group to Silver, third to Bronze and fourth to Tin.
The competition was fierce but friendly and whilst there were some expected winners there were others that came through to take a prize in their section of the competition. Special mention should be made of 9 year old Jack Harris who, partnering his father Richard, won the Bronze competition.
Monkstone Petanque Club wishes thank all those supported the club by entering the competition and made it a truly memorable event.
Play in Full Swing
The Full Results
The morning Pool Stage final rankings
GOLD Elimination Group
SILVER Elimination Group
BRONZE Elimination Group
TIN Elimination Group
The Winners & Runners Up
Mike Jones, Monkstone President, presented the prizes to the Winners & Runners up (except for the Tin Competition where, for obvious reasons, the Organiser had to step in!)
WINNERS RUNNERS UP
Tin Competition
Phil Roberts & Mike Jones Linda & Alan Thomas
Bronze Competition
Richard & Jack Harris Sue Foster & Gail Brooksbank
Silver Competition
Roger Green & Alex Skibinski Didier Mack & Daniel Rawling
Gold Competition
Sean Smith & Ian Bailey Jake Caston & Stewart Spencer
……………….. and Finally
The Organiser at work
