Brighton Pétanque

With just two fixtures remaining before this inaugural competition ends in just under two weeks, the latest league table shows that the winners are David A, Pat and Tony, with one defeat out of seven matches. The last two fixtures are critical in deciding the rest of the final league positions: boy, it’s close!

Our promise to you is to publish the final results as soon as we get them from IMPA (Instant Maynard Press Agency)

All of four teams turned out for this competition inaugurated last year. Only one team won all three games played, the others all winning one game each. The small number of teams was matched by their bigness of spirit, everyone playing with the seriousness (yet, as always, in good humour) the occasion demanded.

And the winners are …

Women’s Doubles Winners
(L) Ann Wordsworth, Lisa Compton

Congratulations to Ann and Lisa, and well done Gaby and Di C (runners-up), Jill G and new member, Ann Liebe (third place), and Janice and Nick.

As an awkward number of nine teams turned out for this event, it was decided the format would be a 6-round snake with one team having a bye in each round. With detailed results still pouring in, we can announce for now the winners were the current title holders, David and Stephan Alfred, winning all five games they played (plus a bye). Runners-up were Janice Doherty and David Miller, with Terry Gibbons and Ian Maynard in third place, both teams winning four games (plus a bye).

“Men in Black”
David and Stephan Alfred