No joy in last match of season

NCPA Division 3

Wanderers S.F. Wallabies 4, Bressingham Flyers 1

Even with, what looked like unassailable leads in both the triples games (9-3 and 11-3 respectively) we still somehow managed to lose them,  It didn't go very well in the pairs either... Darren and Russ winning our only game on the night (13-4).  Final League table to follow once all results are in.

Six wins and ten losses overall with an even games difference.  That's pretty good, considering it was the first ever league season for most of us.  Well done crew.

Bob Bruce Memorial Open Pairs 2013

Thirteen pairs turned out on a nice sunny day at the Morley Buck at Morley St. Botolph.  £60 was raised for the Quidenham hospice and a great day all round.  Thank you to Margaret and the others for organising it all.

There were six of us from Bressingham (Dave/Lindsay, Les/Diane, Darren/Luke).  It was only the first time Lindsay had played since the first match of the season.  She played well and we came away with four wins from five.  Les and Diane won three games (very impressive last two ends against Richard and Roz) but sadly no wins for Darren and Luke.

One league match left.  A win would at St. Faiths Wallabies this Thursday would take us out of the bottom three.  I am remaining positive for this one.

Experimental team gain experience

NCPA Division 3

Bressingham Flyers 1, Wanderers St. Faiths Wildcats 4

Fifth straight loss but the team did include two 8 year olds (Luke and Harry) and Daniel who has only been playing a couple of months.  From memory, four out of the five combinations had never been tried before.

The triple of Les/Daniel/Luke were doing well (in a long drawn out game) until the last few ends when it all went pear shaped.  Harry, (who had to use heavier/larger boules due to strict league regulations) struggled with the longer jack throws (more on this later).

The only win came in the pairs, when Pat/Daniel (who had given away six points on an earlier end) pulled off a well earned victory.

Last league match next Thursday against Wallabies at St. Faiths.  The team will include, Dave, Pat, Darren, Les, Cyril and Russ.  Lindsay said she would play if Russ is working.

Good turnout for final coastal league match

Yaxley Cherry Tree 3, Bressingham 1

League table courtesy of Doug Benger

Ten players turned up for this one but only eight could play so I introduced a couple of newbies into the team (Mel and Diane).  I thought they did pretty well, all things considered.  It was Yaxleys first win so they were happy bunnies.  Man of the Match - Darren (he even smashed out one of Diane's boules just for fun).

Left - here the piste is being swept (during a game)!  Right - that's me observing.  Pics by Darren.

Thank you to Nikki and Andy for the delicious grub.

Flyers grounded (again)

NCPA Division 3

Bressingham Flyers 2, Norwich White 3

Our run of consecutive defeats continued last night at the hands of bottom club Norwich White.  It has been quite a while since we have won a game in the triples.  However, the match was played in a good spirit.

Only two matches left, home next week, away the next.

Bressingham crash out of plate

ASCL Plate S/F -  Gt. Finborough Chestnut Horse 4, Bressingham 0 (played at Framlingham).

A disappointing end to our mini cup run.  Team lost 8,2,11,8 (52-29).  

This is the first time in a match (in seven years of playing) where I have had to re-throw the jack and replay my first boule because the jack was deemed too short (we didn't have a long enough measure to confirm whether it was or it wasn't).  Had my first boule been wayward, would my opponent have played on?

Thank you to the Railway Inn and Derek (from the Framlingam Shunters Pétanque Club) for their co-operation and hire of the pistes.  We wish Gt. Finborough well for the final.

Penultimate match in ASCL ends in defeat

Kings Arms Stowmarket 4, Bressingham 0 (52-30)

Our heaviest loss of the season but it was a against one of the favourites for the competition and the points aggregate wasn't so bad.  The terrain was mainly large road scalpings but I've played on worse.  The games seemed quite long and we needed a few car headlights at the end to see us through.

Dave/Jenny lost 13-8, Les/Mike lost 13-8, Les/Pat lost 13-9, Dave/Mike lost 13-5.

We play at the Yaxley Cherry Tree in our last league match on Sunday 25th August.

Warning, warning - Norwich White are unable to drum up enough players for this Thursdays NCPA division three match.  Rescheduled date is for Thursday 22nd August.