Over Fifties Doubles

On 24^th May the hottest day of 2009 so far Crowborough Pétanque Club held their eleventh Over Fifties Doubles..  Unfortunately with a charity competition being held on the same day at Lancing there were only nine teams entered.  Teams from Handcross, Welcome Stranger Hartley, Redstart and for the first time a team from Borstal took part.  Play got under way promptly at ten-o-clock. The mornings play was in a league of four and one of five with the top two teams and the next best going into the main and four into the plate.  There was some very good pointing during the morning and the Beegees (Betty Dawes & Gladys Tester Crowborough) lead the field in the morning with three wins and+23 points, only one team did not win a game.  Lunch was taken at one-o-clock in lovely sunshine and the afternoon’s play started at two in the Main Beegees continued with their winning ways 13-9, 13-10 to reach the final. The Cannons (Dorothy Bickford & Michael Little, Crowborough) also reached the final with a clean sheet having won all their games in the league.  The Cannons soon took the lead and looked to be heading for victory but Beegees fought back with some excellent pointing to level 11-11 then took the next end to win13-11.  The Plate final was between Mixed Fortunes (Tilde Waldron & Molly Brooker Crowborough) and Welcome Stranger (Herbie Edwards & Gordon Manville Welcome Stranger) Mixed Fortunes were soon well in the lead with some of the best pointing of the day and reached 10-2 but got stuck on 12. Welcome Stranger were relieved to get a point and slowly with an improvement in their shooting whittled the lead down a point at a time to win13-12. Everybody enjoyed the day although it was very hot on the terrain in the sun and people were glad of the shade between playing

Winners

Gladys Tester & Betty Dawes

Winners

Nigel Sibbring & Tony Watson

Sports Shield Doubles

On Sunday 16^th August Crowborough Pétanque Club held their Sports Shield Doubles.  The weather in the morning was warm but cloudy, turning very warm and sunny in the afternoon. Sixteen teams entered the competition from Adur, Bricklayers, Croydon, Handcross, Hartley, Tovil and the Welcome Stranger. The morning’s play was in four leagues of four and got of to a prompt start at ten-o-clock.   There was some very good play in the leagues with three teams winning all their games and two teams losing theirs but nobody was fannied.  Lunch was taken in the sunshine at one-o-clock with all the league games finished.  Play resumed at two-o-clock with eight teams going into the main and eight in the plate. Mixed Fortunes (Tilde Waldron & Molly Brooker Crowborough) were the surprise team of the main knocking out the favourites Handcross (Nigel Sibbring & Tony Watson) 13-12, only to go out in the semi-final to the Beegees (Betty Dawes & Gladys Tester, Crowborough) with a similar margin.  Lo Jo (Lois & John Adam Hartley) met Adur Measure (Ray Austin & Malcolm Berret) in the other semi-final Adur Measure also winning 13-12.  The final was a bit one sided with the Beegees losing their first game of the day to Adur Measure 13-5.  In the plate Sompting Ladies (Barbara Finch & Marion Colyer Adur) were enjoying their best performance at Crowborough winning 13-4, 13-6 to get to the final.  BJ’s (Brennan Sawyer & Justin Ellis Handcross) also reached the final with wins of 13-6, 13-1 and managed to overcome Sompting Ladies 13-12  Trophies were presented to the semi-finalists Runners Up and winners of the Main and the Runners Up and Winners of the Plate.

Winners

Adur Measure 

On Sunday 15^th November following one of the windiest days of the year with gales most of the day and then torrential downpours in the early hours, Crowborough Pétanque Club held their Charity competition. Eight teams from Croydon, Handcross, Lordswood and Tovil had braved the weather to join three Crowborough teams to play. By ten-o-clock the weather had cleared to some blue skies and play began.  The morning’s play was in two leagues of four with some close hard fought games but only one team Handcross, (Derek Offer & Tony Kidd) won all their games and there was one team fannied. Lunch was taken at twelve thirty and the heavens opened and we had a very heavy shower until a quarter to two. Play got under way in the afternoon’s knockout round under blue skies again.  Handcross continued in their winning ways disposing there opponents 13-6 13-8 to reach the final. The Cannons     (Dorothy Bickford and Michael Little) had closer games 13-10 13-11 to reach the final. The final was an interesting game with Handcross coasting along to 8-0 before the Cannons managed to score a point, then Handcross looked likely to come unstuck as the Cannons kept taking a point after each end. With the game at 9- 8 Handcross at last found their form and won 13-10. Thank you all who took part and helped us to raise the money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Winners

Tony Kidd & Derek Offer

Clarion Doubles

Following two very damp and dreary days we were fortunate to enjoy a fine day for the Crowborough Pétanque Club’s 2010 Clarion Doubles. Fifteen teams entered from Croydon, Hartley, Harriers, Lordswood, Tovil, Vale, Villagers and Crowborough.  They were divided into three leagues of four and one of three with the best two teams from each league going into the main. The morning’s play got under way prompt at ten-o-clock under a cloudy sky but the clouds soon broke up to give way to warm sunshine. There was some fine pointing and shooting during the morning, there were some close games with a team in each league winning all their games, three teams lost all theirs and there was one fanny. The leagues got through their games by one-o-clock with the exception of league three. In this league the four teams fought with tenacity for one point each end to finish 13-12 and 13-11 in their second game.  This continued into their last league games also with this league finishing an hour after the other leagues.  The afternoon’s play saw two Tovil teams get to the final Tovil Scott Ashby and Mathew Whatley (Tovil) winning 13-6 13-4 to reach the final.   Grrrr!! Dean Ashby & Sarah Huntley (Tovil) continuing their fine play of the morning when they only had eleven points scored against them went on to win 13-1.13-2 & 13-5 to win the competition having had only dropped 18points in five games. The plate final saw another Tovil win with Always Late Ben Littley & Neal Phillips beating Frogeyes Pam & Neville Plummer (Harriers) 13-1 the competition finished at four thirty when the trophies were awarded. Everybody agreed it had been a pleasant day.

                                                                                                 Sarah Huntly & Dean Ashby

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