Not long now...

Apart from the Adnams Suffolk Coastal League, we have also entered this season's Norfolk County Pétanque League, which kicks off on April 4th... official fixture list below.

4 Apr	H	Gauloises (friendly TBC)	27 Jun	A	Diss Duval
11 Apr	H	Diss Duval	4 Jul		KO Plate 1
18 Apr	A	Norwich Stars	11 Jul	H	Norwich Stars
25 Apr		KO Shield 1	18 Jul	A	Les Garnier
2 May	H	Les Garnier	25 Jul		KO Shield 3/KO Plate 2
9 May	A	Diss Vikings	1 Aug	H	Diss Vikings
16 May	H	Buckanneers	8 Aug	A	Buckanneers
23 May		KO Shield 2	15 Aug	H	Norwich White
30 May	A	Norwich White	22 Aug		S/F KO Shield/Plate
6 Jun	A	Wanderers SF Wildcats	29 Aug	H	Wanderers SF Wildcats
13 Jun	H	Wanderers SF Wallabies	5 Sep	A	Wanderers SF Wallabies
20 Jun		Bye	12 Sep		Final KO Shield/Plate

It will be interesting (perhaps surreal) to meet up with the Diss crew again (our old club) and all the others that we know.  There are bound to be a few new faces, as it has been two years since Lindsay and I last played in the Norfolk & Norwich League.

The terrain that never was...

When at the Diss Waveney Pétanque Club, I created a overflow terrain (two pistes) on the car park of the Diss Town Football Club.  It was situated about 50 metres from the main pistes and made up of sand and shingle.

I remember there was much weeding and I almost broke my back lifting the vibrating plate out of the boot of the car.  Mick (a friend of mine), made up a wooden surround (not shown) which had holes for scoreboards.

The terrain was only in use for a short period of time and soon became neglected, as it proved too difficult to maintain.

They think it's all over...

Experimental Winter League (limited ends) - all matches have now been completed.

Framlingham 2, Kettleburgh 4 (played last Sunday)

Kettleburgh 2, Bressingham 4 (played today)

Our opponents laid on some piping hot potato and leek soup... delicious!

Les and Russ on the far side - they won their game.

Luke throwing, me standing around doing nothing - we lost ours.  Photos supplied by Darren.

Darren/Les won 6-4, Russ/Lindsay won 11-10, Darren/Luke lost 7-4, Lindsay/Dave won 13-1, Les/Russ won 8-2, Dave/Luke lost 10-5.

A big thank you to Kettleburgh and Framlingham for taking part.  Bressingham finished with four wins from four games - well done to you all.

Bressingham Flyers

It's official... we will be entering the Norfolk & Norwich Pétanque League for the 2013 season.  Still a few odds and ends to tie up but we'll get there.  Team name was decided by a special vote, Flyers pipping Buzzards by one point with Bears and Scorpions just behind.

Les at the ockey.

Lindsay, boules and snow - a lethal mix.

Messy boules

Three of us played on the snowy terrain on Saturday.  It was fun for a while until our hands and feet got cold and wet.  Our match on Sunday against Kettleburgh was called off and has been rescheduled for February 10th.

League table and other bits

Kettleburgh 5, Framlingham 1 (result supplied by Richard)

Table...

	PLD	W	L	GD	PTS
Bressingham	3	3	0	14	6
Kettleburgh	2	1	1	-2	2
Framlingham	3	0	3	-12	0

Games remaining, Ketlleburgh v Bressingham (Jan 20th), Framlingham v Kettleburgh (Feb 3rd)

Other news - Darren has been busy modifying the posts that will be used for the floodlighting and Les brought up some used heavy rubber footings as slots for the posts... thank you both.

Meeting on Thursday evening at the White Hart in Roydon 7.30pm.

Result in...

Bressingham 6, Framlingham 0

It was cold and misty but there was no wind to get on our nerves.  There were a few close games as usual with some interesting, do or die last ends (laughter was permitted).

Spot the boule in flight

This is a cochonnet

Darren/Pat won 11-2, Lindsay/Luke won 8-6, Dave/Lindsay won 9-3, Pat/Les won 5-3, Luke/Dave won 11-6, Darren/Les won 8-6.  Diane was our lone supporter and also helped out at the end.

Thanks to Derek, Iris, Denise, Steve and Jane for making the trip over.  Our last match will be in two weeks time over at Kettleburgh.