Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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It was St Patrick’s Day
You didn’t have to be Irish to play
The colour green
Was nowhere to be seen
Pétanque has a proud French connection, so there were no special celebrations on the pistes last Sunday for the Irish, just three rounds of convivial play.
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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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Should have gone to a tropical resortThis is no place for sportAgain no games to report 2025 has not got away to a good start for pétanque. To date the club has cancelled three rounds of play due to the heat and with February being notable as the hottest month, who knows when the season…
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