Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Back on the Piste at last! On Sunday 9 February, the sociable Piste Artistes were the first group to get back on the piste. Even before the MPC, who have been plagued by the summer heat and crazy heat waves at St Brigid’s. We trialled an early start at 11am, which all present agreed was…
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Come on Thursday to train As long as it does not rain Petanque is recognised as an all weather sport; who would have thought we would be playing mid April in our sunsmart summer clothes. That is exactly what occurred on Sunday as we gathered to play. The pistes were very hard through lack of…
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André in action. Crystalline winter game The most perfect crisp weather greeted the Piste Artistes on Sunday 1 June, for the start of winter. Not perfect for farmers though! As always, Antoine had cleared the piste of debris before the teams arrived to an immaculate playing surface. Not counting the sand pits and such here…
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Maldon weather was on its best behaviour on Friday for the Spring Big Black Boule challenge with Castlemaine U3A. We were disappointed that the recent storm had ruined some of our piste marking tapes, making some areas not suitable for competition. Even with the bigger-than-expected number of players, we were able to operate successfully. We…
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