Last Saturday morning a small contingent of Maldonites travelled to Ballarat for the wind-up of the Golden Boule Round Robin competition. The day started at 9.30am with social games which had only just started before the skies began to drizzle and turn into rain. Fortunately,  by the start of the second game, the sun made an appearance.  The winner of the Golden Boule Trophy for 2024 were our friends and neighbours, Pyrenees Petanque Club. We all celebrated their win with a fine BBQ lunch and good social interaction.
Sunday saw an excellent number turn up for our regular fortnightly games on the St Brigid’s pistes. It was cold but nowhere as cold as Ballarat; even so the fire was lit and appreciated by all. After three rounds of spirited play, the computer, which was behaving itself, told us the winner for the day was Gerry Marthe with 3 wins 28 points followed by Chris Pryzgoda 3 wins 18 points and Sue Ackland 2 wins 21 points.
On Thursday 19 September we plan to have a working bee at 2pm, weather permitting, to attack the spring growth of weeds and do our routine maintenance of the piste area.
The club is now has a professional First Aid kit from Rhythm First Aid of Maldon - let’s hope we don’t need it!