Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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Keep up with the locals!
Counting family, friends and players, over 100 people gathered at St Brigid’s Church last Saturday for the third Maldon Petanque Club tournament.
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Keep up with the locals!
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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Keep up with the locals!
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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Keep up with the locals!