Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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Boules in the air. Looking for a quiet spring Sunday in Maldon? Sunday 19 October was not the day. In the west there was plenty of noise and activity at the Mt Tarrengower Hillclimb in full swing, in the east we had the Maldon Baringhup Show with plenty of agricultural activity. So what was happening…
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The sage, the scholar and the philosopher pass judgement. Hot, cold, windy or whatever Who knows with spring weather The big question when we all gathered was: do we light the fire or not? It was decided not to, which was a wise decision as the afternoon definitely warmed up both on and off the…
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Spring kick off with our MC. On Sunday 5 October six keen teams of piste Artistes met on the Penny School piste to play two long and torpid games in the humid air. Before we started, Geoff Mac our MC, thanked whoever had salted the grassy knoll, which has been stopped in its tracks. With…
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It was a pleasure to welcome Avis and Sandra back on Sunday. Phil is intrigued by Beverley’s Riverdance method of deciding the closest boule. Our fortnightly games were back to normal Nothing overly formal With the tournaments and interclub competitions over for a while, it was great to get back to our pleasant Sunday afternoon…
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Concentration. And the teams played on… On Sunday 21 September, despite lack of surety about the weather, four teams of Piste Artistes arrived to play two vigorous games in alternating sunshine and cloud. Most amazingly, after a drizzly morning, there was no rain! The view from the Penny School piste is always delightful with blue…
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A big roll-up for the Rusty Poppet Head challenge. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose It is up to the numbers to choose On Saturday 6 September we sent a team of 10 over to Ballarat to contest the last round of the Golden Boule Robin Round. All the competing clubs were there, with all…
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Joan at the ready. Wild Spring Games On Sunday 7 September a few hardy Piste Artistes turned up at the Penny School piste. There were a few large broken branches on it, which Jenny cleared away while Geoff sorted out the teams. At first, the wind was so wild, chairs blew over to the haunting…
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Millimetres are critical in petanque! This coche was 8mm, over the 10 metre limit, so the opposition got to place it. On Sunday an excellent group of pétanque players came to see off winter – thankfully the weather was on our side. We had plenty of wood for the fire; however, nobody had any matches.…
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The all-important scores. On Sunday 24 August, the sun shone brightly on six teams of Piste Artistes for our final winter games. Gathering beside a freshly raked piste by Antoine our groundsman. The teams for the day were announced by Geoff Mac, our indefatigable MC and scorer. The games commenced with alacrity once players sorted…
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