{"id":4623,"date":"2022-10-21T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2022-10-21T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:39:06","slug":"2022-super-league-round-1-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?p=4623","title":{"rendered":"2022 Super League Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 3 of the Super League got under way on Tuesday night in relatively calm conditions with Marauders v Mystics. The first two games saw Marauders, Tom & Amanda, up against Ros & Beryl with Gill C & Keith T v Ian Mc & Derek. The early stages of both games were fairly even with some great p\u00e9tanque play from both teams. Despite some quality pointing from Ros & Beryl, Marauders pulled away to achieve an impressive 13 \u2013 5 win helped by some fine shooting by Tom. On the other piste, Mystics continued to edge a tight game until Keith & Gill forged ahead to a well-earned 13- 7 win.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a comfort break and recharge, Tom & Amanda demonstrated their experience and skill to dominate their game against Ian & Derek to walk away with a comfortable 13-1 score despite the Mystics best efforts. In the other game, Keith demonstrated some excellent pointing that dominated the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0half of the game and put the Mystic ladies under pressure for Marauders to win 13-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday night\u2019s fixture pitted Meteors against Minotaurs who were still smarting from being held to a draw by Mystics last week. In the first pair of games Meteors Ash and Steve Hawkey took on Jayne & Bernard whilst on the other piste, Katrina & Richard came up against Pete K & Barney. Meteors, Ash & Steve never really got into the game and Minotaurs romped to a comfortable 13-3 win. The other game was a lot tighter with Pete K & Barney being held by Meteors, Katrina & Richard, until the mid-point when they managed to pull away to take the game 13-6.\u00a0 The games had been punctuated by rolls of thunder, a bolt of lightning and a very brief heavy shower.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reverse games got underway and, on Piste 1, Minotaurs romped into a 9-0 lead against Ash & Steve. Determined not to suffer another heavy loss Meteors clawed their way back into the game winning 3 or 4 consecutive ends before Pete and Barney recovered their composure to register a 13-9 win. On Piste 3, Katrina & Richard put up a titanic struggle with some great play, even leading at one point, until , at 8-8, they couldn\u2019t sustain their challenge and Jayne & Bernard pulled away to finish 13-8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well done to Marauders & Minotaurs for well-deserved wins. It was great to see a number of members supporting the teams on both nights so, after these performances,\u00a0 don\u2019t miss next week\u2019s Mystics v Meteors which should be a great game to watch –\u00a0 your scribe will be checking Portuguese TV channels to see if they have picked up on it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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