Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Antoine at work as groundsman, supervised by Cap’n P! The playing instructions state ‘to play it should be under 30° and over 10°’, it was forecast to be 29°, so 10 people put their names down to play. At 1pm, there was one withdrawal, down to nine at 1.45pm, another withdrawal, so down to eight,…
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Last Sunday’s winners: Phil, Esther, Gerry and Richard. February is renowned as the hottest Will it put us to the test The Maldon Petanque Club wishes to congratulate Nancy Whittaker on being named Mt Alexander Citizen of the Year. Nancy was the foundation Secretary and driving force of our club some 22 years ago. She…
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Cash, chocolates and wine – prizes well worth competing for! Winners last Sunday were Andrew 1st, Richard 2nd, Phil 3rd and Sue 4th. The weather was definitely warm But the flies did not swarm The weather forecast for Sunday was 30, well within our cut-off point of 35, so it was PLAY ON FOR 2026.…
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Petanque starts again on Sunday, but there’ll be no need for wooly hats and puffer jackets like this group of mid-winter tragics last year! Here we are again, happy as can be All good friends and jolly good company Maldon Petanque Club is looking forward to its first games for 2026, Sunday 18 January on…
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And the winner is Steve! He was in 7 teams that won, closely followed by Carole. On Sunday 14 December, the sociable Piste Artistes gathered at Barb’s lovely place to celebrate another year of fun and games on the Penny School piste. The current form of the game was codified in 1907 or 1910 in…
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Maldon Petanque Club players of the year. Beverly Forsyth, pictured with winner Geoff McLennan (on the left) with second placed Andrew Leckie. We would like to thank the Maldon Golf Club for inviting us to join their day of celebration on Sunday. It is great that in a town the size of Maldon, we can…
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Great clouds over the Penny School piste. On Sunday 30 November, four slim teams of piste artistes braved the inclement and unpredictable weather to play our last games for 2025. The final day of spring really made an effort to bamboozle us with drops of rain, bush flies, sunny breaks, and a bit of wind.…
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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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EC takes aim. First there were 11 Then there were 12 Then there were 13 Who said 13 was an unlucky number? Last Sunday we ended up with 13 keen petanquers who were lucky to enjoy a couple of games played in great spirit and enthusiasm. We were again lucky with the weather, all day…
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A ‘boulodrome’ in Aix-en-Provence photographed last week by two of Maldon’s travelling Pétanque Tragics. Trees in the middle of the pistes? No problem! Lights? We wish!! Some are afraid of the big, bad wolf Some are afraid of the big, bad storm The forecast for Sunday was for severe electrical storms all day, and it…
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