Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
…and we have the winners! Stephane and Muriel Langlois with Chris Serre, flanked by umpire Beverley Forsyth and bank board member Michael Annear. It is almost the end of May There is plenty of petanque to play After Saturday’s extravaganza, the 2025 Forster Cup tournament, a much smaller group of local players enjoyed their usual…
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All smiles for a great tournament at last Saturday’s Forster Cup. Photo courtesy of Rob Leeson. Seventy-two players plus supporters gathered last Saturday in the grounds of St Brigid’s to compete in the Maldon Pétanque Club’s annual mixed triples tournament. The winners – Stephane and Muriel Langlois and Chris Serre – took home the Forster…
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Wintry wind in autumn Mme Bleue caught in the act! Two kangaroos greeted our groundsman Antoine and his trusty sidekick Marieanne, who ensure the Penny School piste is immaculate when we arrive. At which time it was blowing a freezing gale. If you didn’t sit on a chair it blew over, in fact, I nearly…
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Phil and Esther admiring Chris’s ‘squat point’ technique. Sunday was Mother’s DayHip Hip HoorayOn Sunday we acknowledged all mothers with a special mention for Mother Nature, who provided a magnificent autumn day, bright skies, no wind and plenty of good cheer, who could want for more on the Pétanque piste.Before the games started, mention was…
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En hiver comme en éte Dans toutes les positions je sais tirer Mais embrasser Fanny, ce n’est pas de tout repos Même avec une paire de boules rouillées J’aime bien, le bouchon faire sauter … surtout au moment de l’apero Our beloved French game is said to be best played with a little Pastis. On…
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Bruce, Geoff and Sandy focus on the game while Mick focuses on his warm-up routine. Living with nature is usually a good featureBut not with every creature Nature turned on a lovely Autumn day for petanque on Sunday, although it turned a bit cool towards the end of play. However, we have experienced a couple…
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Marieanne’s boule in the air. After the BIG BANG On Easter Sunday the rain decided to stay away, despite the earth shattering thunder for a mere moment, just before the Piste Artistes were due to play. Before we started, Geoff gave everyone a handmade Easter chocolate, embossed with rabbits made by Marion, our favourite chocolatier.…
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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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I like to watch (to quote Peter Sellers) On Sunday 6 April a great group of Piste Artistes took to the Penny School Piste with gusto despite a windy start. Cool autumn weather proved quite amenable to play. Meanwhile, I took time out to be a spectator and was blessed with a slew of QQs*…
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Phil Hopley demonstrates the exotic reverse downward googly with half twist. We said goodbye to the rain And got back on the piste again After the heat of Summer had passed we thought the weather would be our friend, that is until last fortnight when the rain washed out our chance of playing. The forecast…
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