Grand Prix 2

18 teams showed up at Inverness PC for the second of the 3 round qualifier for the Scottish Masters title.  We had quite a hard draw, playing against 3 teams from Fochabers/Aberdeen who can all be a real challenge.

The day started quite well, winning our first two games (although we didn;t play that well in all honesty).  We lost our 3rd game 7-13 to the eventual winners - The Pisteols who won all of theirs.

On to the afternoon and after 3 close games, we came out with 5 wins overall, and third place.  Not at all bad and a real improvement compared to previous weekends!

We're now sitting 3rd in the overall rankings which is great.  Hopefully we can push on to get second or even first???

Thanks for reading.

Celtic Challenge

Hi all.  Just returned from the Vale of Glamorgan, the annual Celtic Challenge held at Wenvoe Petanque Club.  Had a great weekend socially, met up with old and new friends.  It's always nice to see the Welsh and Irish petanque players.

Unfortunately the petanque was poor.  12 games, 3 wins.  Very poor show, and especially frustrating as we know we can do much better.  The pistes were challenging which isn't an excuse, we should be able to play anywhere!

So back to the drawing board - need to have a serious think about where we went wrong.  I think it was just a case of 3 of us being in poor form at once.

Thanks for reading. Grrr!