September 22nd, 2024

Sunday 22 September
An enthusiastic team of 19 Maldon Petanque Club players ventured over to Avoca to defend The Rusty Poppet Head Trophy against our old adversaries and friends, the Pyrenees PC.
The Pyrenees Club received the Golden Boule Trophy last weekend, however as we have not been playing our best away from home  lately,  we were hoping they might be a wee bit over-confident. There were to be 2 rounds before lunch and 2 after lunch with 9 teams of doubles representing each club.
After round 1, Maldon was up by 2 games, at lunch we were up by 3. After lunch in round 3 we dropped back to lead by 2 again. Could we hold on?   The last round brought out some very competitive play with Pyrenees fighting back to equalise the number of games won.
To get a result George and Susan had to tally the points scored by each club for the day. The final result showed Maldon had just got over the line.
Our thanks go to Pyrenees PC for their hospitality and the spirit in which the games were played.
Next Sunday it is back to St Brigid’s pistes for our regular fortnightly games starting at 1.00pm