{"id":2163,"date":"2018-11-20T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:17:10","slug":"presidents-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=2163","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The annual President&#8217;s Cup was up for grabs on Sunday. 22 members entered on the day for the competition which was played as a doubles melee. Play got underway on a chilly morning and at the end of round 1, Tony Smith, Tony Newton, Barbara Kensett and John Xiberras shared the lead with a win and a score of +7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pairings were changed for round 2 and after some close, and some not so close, games only 4 players were on 2 wins with Peter Kensett leading the way on +15 followed by Tony Newton &amp; John Xiberras on +13 and Roger Griffin on +9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another change of parings and round 3 was underway. At the end of the round only Roger of the 4 players on 2 wins had managed a win. The last game to finish was between Bernard Adshead\/John Xiberras and Phil Roberts\/Lynda Hodges and nobody had realised the significance this game could have on the final result. With all the other players watching Bernard &amp; John let a 13-9 lead slip and lost 12-13. Had Bernard &amp; John got that final point John could have won the competition. Reviewing the scores later it also became evident that Tony Newton who also lost 12-13 in the final round could also have won had he not suffered that close defeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So a great competition finished with Roger being declared the winner on 3 wins and +13 closely followed by John &amp; Tony both on 2 wins and +12.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>President Mike presents the President&#8217;s Cup to Roger<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181118_141559-579x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181118_141559-579x1024.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181118_141559-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181118_141559-768x1358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181118_141559.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual President&#8217;s Cup was up for grabs on Sunday. 22 members entered on the day for the competition which was played as a doubles melee. 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