Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
They came seeking gold But Maldon was too bold On Saturday morning when we arrived to set up for our round of the Golden Boule Round Robin against Woodend Hanging Rock PC there was not a cloud in the sky, sunny but cold, however by the time play started at 10, there was some cloud…
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Waiting for the slowest game to finish. On Sunday 10 August the sun shone brightly on six teams of Piste Artistes. After a couple of wet day cancellations, it was a treat to get back on the Penny School Piste. Albeit reluctantly relinquished by the local mob of kangaroos, who quietly observed from a distance.…
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Winner on the day J.J. with Beverley and Phil. Clear blue skies, how about that And we were playing in Ballarat On Saturday, 10 of Maldon PC’s best travelled to Ballarat for a round of the Golden Boule Round Robin. We were all well rugged up for the 10am start, however, on arrival the sun…
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Memphis and her grandmother Heather Bell with Mick ‘The Man in Black’. All were hoping to be in good form Easy when you have a fire to keep you warm After a week with a mixed bag of weather, Sunday dawned with a frost, but later cleared to a great day for petanque, no wind,…
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EC entertained by the results. Beneath grey skies on Sunday 13 August a small group of *VESPAs gathered to play two heroic games in quite swift succession, eager to get back to home comforts. Geoff Mac invented that acronym some time ago, and I thought it time to revive it. As it can be used…
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A smile for the camera while Susan Forster plays. Oh what a beautiful Morning, Oh what a beautiful day We had a competitive game of petanque to play A beautiful sunny Maldon winter’s day greeted us on Saturday for round 3 of the Golden Boule Round Robin tournament. We were playing our old friendly foes,…
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All rugged up for the winter conditions: l. to r. Geoff, Viv and Steve. Pétanque A LA SOCIABLE Sunday 29 June was the last play day for June, the first winter month. Because of the weather The question was whether Just as the teams were being read out, a big black cloud came over the…
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Maldon vs Bendigo Golden Boule tournament. Winter is with us That’s no fuss On Saturday 21 June, a team of 10 Maldon Petanquers headed off in the mist and low lying cloud to the wilds of Kangaroo Flat to play Round 2 of the Golden Boule Round Robin. Bendigo Petanque Club is a relatively new…
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To play or not to play, that was the question Decisions… Decisions The seven-day forecasts during this week were predicting cold and rain for the week, with very low temperatures and possible thunder expected on Sunday. Back in January we had to cancel games due to our weather temperature policy. Unfortunately, the policy does not…
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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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