'Circle in the Sand' pairs event

If there was only one petanque event I could choose to play in, this would be it.  Pity it only comes round once a year though.  The weather was superb - some cloud but generally warm and dry.

Two out of the four pairs we brought along from the Bressingham club remained unbeaten in all five rounds - Les/Diane (finishing 4th) and Myself/Cyril (2nd), although that did include an imaginary win (bye) for us.  I'm sure Liz/Mick and Darren/Luke had their highlights too (funny things can happen at the beach).

Wish I had taken a camera as the large rocks that are normally submerged were on full display.  Even (what looked like) an old air-raid shelter had resurfaced.

Thank you to the Urquhart family for hosting it - a really enjoyable day out.

PS - should have said that two blokes from Norwich Diamonds won it :)

Bressingham Flyers 1, Gauloises 4

Weather - thankfully dry.

A disappointing end to the season, well beaten on the night.  Only Cyril/Darren prevented a 5-0 drubbing.  Still, a decent season overall.  Thanks to everyone that came along to support and Marie for baking those scrumptious cakes.

There is a special meeting on Tuesday October 6th at the village hall to determine whether or not Bressingham Petaque Club can continue to play evening matches.

Bressingham Flyers 3, BC Centre 2

Weather - dry I think.  Attendance - 2 (Pat and Dan's dog).

Our opponents were a player short which normally means two wins for free.  Les and Diane clinched the match with a superb win in the pairs.  So that's 8 wins from a possible 15.

Our last match of the season is against Gauloises next Thursday at home.

ASCL - Gt. Finborough 3, Bressingham 1

This was the first round of the knock out stages of the Adnams Suffolk Coastal League played at a neutral ground.  The team on the day was Pat/Russ/Liz/Mick.  Match Report by Liz.

The seeding proved correct in this match. Gt. Finningham (seeded 2) being too strong for Bressingham (seeded 15) who put up a brave fight - Russ and Liz winning their game. The opposition were deadly with their shooting which put pay to some spirited play by Bressingham.

Les Garnier 2, Bressingham Flyers 3

Weather - cool but dry.

The score card has been lost for now.  However I know that Myself, Cyril and Pat inconceivably won in three ends (6,4,3).  The other triple of Russ, Liz and Mick also won to give us a 2-0 advantage after the first round of games.  Our opponents faired much better in the pairs with two wins from three.

Bressingham Flyers 2, Norwich Diamonds 3

Weather - cool but dry.

Darren, Cyril an Pat came close in their triple but that is as good as it got.  Some success in the pairs though, with good wins for Cyril/Jenny, Dave/Pat which brought the score back from 0-3 to 2-3.

Les Garnier away next week.  We will also be playing in the Adnams Suffolk Coastal League on Sunday September 13th against Gt. Finborough.