Friday – Oh well, you win some you lose some – it was our first 'private hire' event and we were scheduled to provide boules for some 30 hockey players but only 17 came – because the clever ones saw the clouds amassing. The 17 arrived in time and all got kitted out with numbers and boules and down came the rain. They soldiered on in true Brit style, playing while holding umbrellas if they had them, getting soaked if not. Liz shot home to get a gazebo for the 'control table' and me to cower under while play progressed. Julian's mother was there, watching, and she was getting most anxious that I should stop play 'because the rain was only getting worse'. Well after one game, we did. So off they all went to play skittles in the Main Hall of the pavilion (the barbecue had been set up under the shelter) while the five of us cleared up hastily and went home to dry off and have our picnics indoors!
The scoreboards were not very happy – they wood expanded in the wet so the pegs wouldn't go in the holes – they will need to spend a day in the sun to dry out and the some of the boules have gone rusty.
Sometime in August or maybe September, we will have a rematch and get the rest of the games with the hockey club played! I hope the prizes will keep. I hope the weather improves for our next 'private hire' on 14th August!
I took the camera, but it was too wet to get some really funny shots of people playing petanque in the rain!
The scoreboards were not very happy – they wood expanded in the wet so the pegs wouldn't go in the holes – they will need to spend a day in the sun to dry out and the some of the boules have gone rusty.
Sometime in August or maybe September, we will have a rematch and get the rest of the games with the hockey club played! I hope the prizes will keep. I hope the weather improves for our next 'private hire' on 14th August!
I took the camera, but it was too wet to get some really funny shots of people playing petanque in the rain!
