The second training session took place on 11 April – 3 people from last week and 7 new people turned up. The weather was much nicer – sun shining and no wind. Loren took the new comers and I took the ‘old hands’ from last week. Coach introduced the new comers to the mysteries of the game, while us old hands did a quick recap on what was covered last week. We then played a game and quite surprised ourselves at how good we were! But as the sun went down it began to get cold (it is still very early spring you see!) and three quarters of the way through the second game we decided to abandon ship. The light was fading anyway. Roll on Summer.
I missed the third training session but heard that it drizzled. The 6 people who came played, nevertheless. I am told ‘only the Brits play in the rain, the French don’t’. Well, who can blame them!
And so, the fourth session, which took place on the 25th April. A decided improvement in the weather – slightly windy, but a warm wind and good light. Those who had played in the rain the previous week came fully prepared for wet conditions with waterproof kit! And some had their new boules to try out. We had a very close game : Roger the budding shooter and Christiane his pointer played like demons. Coach and me and Adrian, new this season, managed to get 2 points to win the game. So we are looking forward to a rematch next week.
We presented ourselves for the MiniRugby event to showcase Petanque Wallingford, but it was not really the ‘right’ venue for us despite the fact that we were trying to attract some of the 2000 odd Denis The Menace lookalikes to come and play during the summer holidays. There were a few nibbles from the parents but not enough to justify the set up. And the wind was icy!
Well we must keep publicising the Club to show people what fun they can have and that we welcome new members.
The final (formal) training session this season takes place on the 2nd May. Thereafter we will continue to play on Wednesday evenings and plan to hold a Funday sometime towards the end of June or early July. We should all have a bit of skill by then, so it should be fun.
I missed the third training session but heard that it drizzled. The 6 people who came played, nevertheless. I am told ‘only the Brits play in the rain, the French don’t’. Well, who can blame them!
And so, the fourth session, which took place on the 25th April. A decided improvement in the weather – slightly windy, but a warm wind and good light. Those who had played in the rain the previous week came fully prepared for wet conditions with waterproof kit! And some had their new boules to try out. We had a very close game : Roger the budding shooter and Christiane his pointer played like demons. Coach and me and Adrian, new this season, managed to get 2 points to win the game. So we are looking forward to a rematch next week.
We presented ourselves for the MiniRugby event to showcase Petanque Wallingford, but it was not really the ‘right’ venue for us despite the fact that we were trying to attract some of the 2000 odd Denis The Menace lookalikes to come and play during the summer holidays. There were a few nibbles from the parents but not enough to justify the set up. And the wind was icy!
Well we must keep publicising the Club to show people what fun they can have and that we welcome new members.
The final (formal) training session this season takes place on the 2nd May. Thereafter we will continue to play on Wednesday evenings and plan to hold a Funday sometime towards the end of June or early July. We should all have a bit of skill by then, so it should be fun.
