Sunday 13th April

Gerry arrived early on Sunday with a lunch to share with Antoine, Viv and Andrew.   What a lunch!  Pear cider from Brittany, baguettes, pork & pistachio terrine, rabbit rillettes, mergeuez sausages, cheeses and a strawberry liqueur to round out un délicieux déjeuner (a splendid lunch!)  As the last of the liqueur  slipped down, there was unanimous agreement that it was the ONLY way to ease into a game of pétanque!
A warning to other clubs -  beware of travellers! On Sunday we were pleased to welcome Wendy from the Bendigo club, Antoine, a fair dinkum Frenchman who has been working in the wine industry in Avoca, and Gerry “French Connection”. Marthe who travelled from his Smythesdale terrain.  The two French marauders took 2nd and 3rd place on the day, but were upstaged by another traveller - Daryl from the Grampians club.  Not only was Daryl the only 3 game winner, he took the prize for “first out of the hat”.
The club has a number of inter-club competitions in May: the  Autumn Challenge against Castlemaine U3A on Friday 9 May,  our annual tournament, the Forster Cup, on Saturday 24 May and Round 1 of the Golden Boule round robin at Gisborne on Saturday 31 May.
Our next games will be on Sunday 27 April at 1pm on the St Brigid’s pistes. All welcome, as you are to training/practice on every Thursday at 4pm.