Cottage Pie - April 2016
COTTAGE PIE THE NEWSLETTER OF NORWICH PĖTANQUE CLUB norwich-petanque.co.uk
April 2016
COMPETITION UPDATE
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
This takes place on Saturday 14th May, registration from 1pm. The Championship differs from our Singles competition, as ladies and gents compete on an equal basis over 4 timed melee games to provide our overall Club Champion. Enzo Diprata will be defending his title for the 2nd year running so come along and challenge Enzo for the title this year.
CLUB SINGLES
All competitors should now have their Scorecards for their Groups in this event. Group games can be played at any time, on any date, with completed cards to be returned to the Secretary by 30th June.
SUMMER MELEE
We have now started our Summer Melee on Wednesday Clubnights. The first results will be published as soon as some players have completed the 6 games minimum required to qualify.
MONEY MELEE
Our occasional Money Melee proved quite popular over the winter, so we have decided to run two Money Melee events on Clubnights this summer in place of our routine Summer Melee games. These will be held in the Bank holiday weeks at the end of May (Wednesday 1st June) and the end of August (Wednesday 31st August).
We play two melee games, so registration will be from 7pm for a 7.30pm start . Entry is £2 per person, with the winner taking half of the pot, 2nd place player taking a quarter of the pot. EVENT RESULTS
The Big C Charity Pairs took place in less than ideal conditions this year, with pouring rain all afternoon, so we were very pleased that 12 pairs turned up in such conditions to compete this event. Congratulations to all who who turned up for this event and contributed to the £150 raised for this good cause and thanks as always to Len Ellis who as usual made sure that everything ran smoothly.
Winners Chris Cunningham & Niall Warn
Runners up Derek Shoesmith & Richard Green
PETANQUE WEEKEND TRIP
If anyone is still considering joining our trip to the Isle of Wight from 14th - 17th October we are still able to add additional travellers. The trip includes all coach & ferry travel, transport to/from the tournament venue, half board accommodation and evening entertainment at the Ocean View Hotel, Shanklin. Cost is £185 per person, with a £20 per person deposit required. Balance due by 31st July. If anybody wishes to travel by their own car for the event, Isle of Wight Tours will provide the car ferry ticket within this price.
Contact Heather Hubbard, 01603 701023, hihubb@virginmedia.com, if you are interested.
DIARY DATES 2016
DATE EVENT REG TIME
SATURDAY 14th MAY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1pm
WEDNESDAY 1st JUNE BANK HOLIDAY MONEY MELEE 7pm
SATURDAY 11th JUNE GOLD CUP PAIRS 1pm (Includes raffle in aid if Club funds)
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY ANDRE CONAN MELEE PAIRS 7pm
SATURDAY 6th AUGUST KATH WATTS MEMORIAL PAIRS 1pm (Includes raffle in aid of East Anglian Children's Hospices)
WEDNESDAY 31st AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONEY MELEE 7pm
SATURDAY 24th SEPTEMBER NORMAN GUEST PAIRS 1pm Includes raffles in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Association)
SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER RADIO NORFOLK AUTUMN TRIPLES 10am (Includes raffle in aid of Club funds)
FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER to ISLE OF WIGHT PETANQUE WEEKEND TBA MONDAY 17th OCTOBER
TUESDAY 27th DECEMBER CHRISTMAS CRACKER MELEE PAIRS 10am