VILLAGE PETANQUE COMPETITION. 2010.

The forth annual Little Oakley open pairs competition will be played on Sunday 6th June 2010. The formula will be the same as in previous years, with 5 games folowed by the 2 semi finals and the grand final.Entrance fee same as last year £8-00 per team.
Signing on and registration from 9-30am folowed by the draw and start of play at 10-00am. Three games will be played in the morning,folowed by the lunch interval at approximately 1-00pm. In the afternoon the remaining two games will be played folowed by the two semi finals.

In the semi finals the top team of the day will play the third placed team, and the second placed team will play the team placed forth, the winners then play in the grand final. Both the semi finals and the final will be played on the match pistes approximately between 4-30pm and 6-30pm. This is not to be missed so find chair or bench and watch some really good and exciting petanque.

Catering for the day starts at 9-00am with hot bacon or sausage baps £1-50. tea or coffee @ 50p a cup plus other treats. The licenced bar will be open from 12-00 noon to 7-00pm, for cool beer and lager plus wines and soft drinks all at very resonable prices.

MAKE YOUR REGISTRATION EARLY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PISTES AVAILABLE IS LIMITED. PRIORITY BOOKINGS FOR PREVIOUS ENTRANTS CLOSES SATURDAY 1st MAY 2010.BOOKINGS WILL THEN BE OPEN TO NEW TEAMS.

PHONE 01536 745013 or E-MAIL petanque@whittakermedia.com FOR RESERVATION FORM.

AUTUMN FRIENDLY MATCHES 2009.

The OWL'S played two friendly matches in November against The Crown Tinwell a Rutland League division one club. The first game was played at home on Tuesday 10th with the OWL'S winning 3 legs to 1. points for 39 against 24 p/d +15. Team. Barry Bright. / Ian Mabin. / Dave Ormshaw. ---- Kerry Palfrey. / David Bailey. / Jimmy Runsie. After the games we had a great evening in the hut playing Northamptonshire table skittles, supper for the evening was Kerry's home made tomato and tarragon soup with French bread.

The second game was played at Tinwell on the 24th November, a cold windy evening, but this did not stop the team from attaining a very hard fought draw away from home against the team that finished third in the league. OWL'S team. Barry Bright. / Ian Mabin. / Jane Lee.----Kerry Palfrey. / David Bailey. / Jimmy Runsie. result 2--2. points for 40.against 37. p/d +3.

We are in the process of arranging home and away matches with the Tinwell team in March / April 2010.

Wednesday 25th November 2009.----------BARRY.

OAKLEY OWL'S PETANQUE TEAM.

OAKLEY OWL'S PETANQUE TEAM.

The Oakley Owl's Petanque Club was formed on the 1st April 2006 from members of the Little Oakley Social Club, with the objective to play friendly games and have some fun on Friday and Sunday evenings. We have in the past three years challenged local petanque league clubs to try our tactics and skill against old established teams. After what could best be described as a steep learning curve we had our first win on match number fifteen, since then we have won over half of the matches played.


Team players for our first match on Tuesday 11th April 2006. Barry Bright. / Ian Mabin. / Denise Bailey. + Joe Mahase. / Mandy Mahase. / Dave Ormshaw. (Kerry Palfrey played for the Marquess) away. Lost. 1 – 3.

To date 18 team members have played for the “OWL'S in the 23 matches against league teams. Players listed below.

Denise Bailey. David Bailey. Barry Bright. Jill Barrington. Gerry Griffith. Jane Lee.

Robin Lee. Eric Longhurst. Ian Mabin. Joe Mahase. Mandy Mahase. Elisabeth Mahase.

Jack Noland. Sean Noland. Dave Ormshaw. Kerry Palfrey. Jimmy Runsie. John Vale.

11/04/06 Marquess Lyddington away lost 1--3 35--46 -09
18/04/06 Marquess Lyddington home draw 2--2 38--48 -10
13/05/06 Lord Nelson Stanion home lost 1--3 33--45 -12
23/05/06 Collyweston Whibbits home lost 0--4 17--52 -35
12/09/06 Collyweston Whibbits away lost 1--3 36--47 -11
21/09/06 Marquess Lyddington away lost 1--3 29--47 -18
17/10/06 Lord Nelson Stanion away lost 1--3 23--42 -19
05/12/06 Old Plough Braunston away lost 1--3 27--44 -17
27/12/06 Lord Nelson Stanion home lost 1--3 33--47 -14
13/01/07 Marquess Lyddington home lost 0--4 29--52 -23
27/03/07 Collyweston Whibbits home draw 2--2 34--41 -07
13/04/07 Marquess Lyddington away lost 1--3 35--49 -14
30/08/07 Sonders Rockingham away draw 2--2 30--44 -14
09/09/07 Exeter Arms Barrowden away lost 1--3 27--41 -14
14/09/07 Exeter Arms Barrowden home won 3--1 47--36 +11
19/09/07 Old Plough Braunston home won 3--1 48--30 +18
02/10/07 Sonders Rockingham home lost 1--3 32--44 -12
06/10/07 Crown Tinwell away lost 1--3 37--44 -07
04/12/07 Crown Tinwell home won 4--0 52--33 +19
15/04/08 Marquess Lyddington away lost 1--3 34--48 -14
31/03/09 Morcott Hunters away won 3--1 39--38 +01
09/10/09 Crown Tinwell home won 3--1 39--24 +15
24/10/09 Crown Tinwell away draw 2--2 40--37 +03

HOME----Played 11. won. 4. lost. 5. drawn. 2. p/f. 402. p/a. 452.

AWAY----Played 12. won. 1. lost. 9. drawn. 2. p/f. 402. p/a. 540.

RUTLAND PETANQUE LEAGUE.

Villagers Kerry Palfrey, Dave Ormshaw and myself all play for the White Horse Hunters in the Rutland petanque league. After many years playing in the premier division we dropped down into division one at the end of the 2008 season. The summer proved very difficult for the Hunters. Having to move to the new venue at Morcott after the start of the season,we lost our home advantage which meant that all but three matches had to be played on the opponent's pistes.
After a shaky start in 2009 we had a very good summer and won promotion back into the premier division. This coming season our main objective will be to stay up, but with the number of first class regional and national players joining the top clubs it's not going to be easy. It may be that we rename ourselves the "yo-yos". Hopefully playing on regular Friday and Sunday nights down "The Hut" will ensure that we gain the necessary skill to maintain our position and perhaps improve it . It won't be for the lack of trying .

November 2009. Barry.

PETANQUE ASSOCIATIONS, BOULE AND EQUIPMENT

Here listed are some web /telephone contacts you might find useful

Uk buole importer. www.obutuk.com or telephone 01359 250829.

Petanque shop.com (web only) www.petanqueshop.com

Boule Partner (web only) www.boule-partner.de/shopping

British Petanque Association. www.britishpetanque.org

English Petanque Association. www.english petanque.org.uk

Leicestershire petanque association. www.leicestershire-petanque.co.uk

East Midlands Petanque. www.beehive.thisisleicestershire.co.uk

Rutland Petanque League. www.rutlandpetanque.com

For more information on the game visit the web site of wikipedia.

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/petanque


BARRY.

COACHING AFTERNOON AT THE WILLOW.

On Saturday18th July 2009 nine petanque players from Little Oakley village attended a coaching afternoon at the Willow Leicester. We all enjoyed the session and found it very beneficial to both experienced and new players, we allways find our game improves by being coached by some of the best British Patanque Association coaches in the midlands. The team led by Richard Pratt, who last year attained his international coaching badge in Marseilles France, asissted by Tony Moulder and Lisa Edminton both first class English international players. Petanque is an amature sport and the coaches give their time free, so we each made a donation to the East Midlands Petanque Association which will be put towards equipment for junior coaching.

BARRY.