Your scribe has been busy over the last few months with membership issues both for the Club and WPA. As a result publishing news from the Club has been a bit thin on the ground so here is a brief catch up of what has been happening.
November 2025
The month ended with the return leg of the annual Winter Friendly against Caerleon RFC PC. Monkstone had taken a commanding lead in the first leg (reported previously).
Unfortunately the lead turned out to be not commanding enough and after the combined scores were totted up, Caerleon had won by the tightest of margins.
December 2025
This highlight of this month was the annual Club Xmas Melee which was followed by a “bring a plate” lunch in the Penylan Club.
The Xmas Melee was won by Ian Campbell RIP who sadly passed away a few days ago.
The winners of the December Club 100 draw were:
| Xmas Bonus | Ros Goddard | £200.00 |
| 1 | Geoffrey Keast | £100.50 |
| 2 | Chris “Buzz” Rees | £33.50 |
| 3 | Peredur John | £16.75 |
January 2026
The winners of the January Club 100 draw were:
| 1 | John Edwards | £102.00 |
| 2 | John Barnes | £34.00 |
| 3 | Gareth Bartlett | £17.00 |
February 2026
The winners of the February Club 100 draw were:
| 1 | Ian Campbell | £102.00 |
| 2 | Ann Maries Sheridan | £34.00 |
| 3 | Gareth Bartlett | £17.00 |
Ian Campbell RIP
25 February 2026 brought the sad and completely unexpected death of club member Ian Campbell RIP. Ian was a good petanque player and a popular member of the Club. He will be sadly missed.