Dear Gill & all at Kingsclere,
I am sure all our ABC Club members will be sorry to receive your sad tidings. We shall be happy to see you at Kirdford at any time you feel inclined to come this way and have enjoyed playing against you these last few years. Thank you kindly for your gracious remarks about ABC. Please let Jeff Fox, Team Captain or myself as know in advance if possible.
Regards and Bon Chance!!
Ian Fox
Good morning to all in the NDL
I am sorry to have to write this email to you all but unfortunately the time has come for Kingsclere Bugs not only to drop out of the NDL League but to disband as a petanque club, with immediate effect.
I would have preferred to have been able to notify you all of our position before the start of this year's season but we have only just received a very unexpected resignation from a key player and with one other member spending a large proportion of the summer overseas we are down to only seven players. These seven players are all very enthusiastic but when you take into account their ages and health, getting a team together 14 times this year is going to be pretty much unattainable.
We will, just as a group, be getting together on a completely informal basis for a game or two up at the Fieldgate as and when possible.
We have all thoroughly enjoyed playing in the league over the past years and the friendship of everyone we have met, we would hate to lose touch completely.
We played our last match against Kirdford yesterday and had a really lovely afternoon, as we always do when there. I would just like it to be known that their, venue, friendship and hospitality are second to none and we cannot think of a better setting in the UK to enjoy a game of boules. (even though we only won one game - I can still say this!)
We would love to be notified of any SOCIAL games that may be held this year - every effort will be made to attend, even if we have to get an extra player off the street as it were.
Again, please accept our sincere apologies and hope to meet up with you at other events.
Kind regards
Gill Sendall
Sunday morning a further intrepid team - The Hornets.
Played in a SCPA Match at home against the Ship Shapes. We had a great victory winning by 4 games to 1.
Despite having to play the three doubles matches in the pouring rain!
Players for this Match were - Kath & Carolyn - Benny & Margaretha - Joan & Tony Riches.
Well done team!! Carolyn (aka Hornet's Captain)
Captain's Log - Stardate 27th April 2008 -
Saturday afternoon the Wasps played against Kingsclere at home in bright sunshine.
The day was made even better by our victory over the opposition by a good margin 8 - 1. Players were - Kath & Carolyn - Jean & Sonia - Sue & Valerie.
Captain of the Hornets Here.
Sorry to have to report another narrow loss for us, against Cobbetts B. We so nearly won 3-2 - but as in the previous game we lost 2-3!! Is this our destiny? We hope to improve in our game next Sunday against the Ship Shapes at home - Watch this space.
ABC Hornets team
Benny & Margaretha, Joan & Ingrid, Kath & Carolyn.
Triple 1 - Benny, Margaretha & Ingrid.
Triple 2 Joan, Carolyn & Kath.
pairs - Benny & Margaretha, Joan & Ingrid, Carolyn & Kath.
Saturday saw our charity day nearly postponed, the weather was terrible cold wind and heavy rain. 14 stalwarts turned up for the melee, it turned out quite well, although a little chilly it stayed dry and we had 3 games before lunch. The Bring and buy, raffle and the prize melee are now to run over the next couple of weeks. This will enable our charity "Riding for the disabled" to get a fair crack of the whip and increase the total which we can give them. So don't forget to grab your tickets from the girls £1 a strip, that's the raffle tickets not the girls.
Saturday
ABC Wasps travelled to Oxshott for our first away match.
We had a very enjoyable afternoon and were made most welcome.
Unfortunately, we lost the match, 4 games to 5.
ABC Wasps Team. Dan, Joan, Bobby, Sue, Ingrid (Capt), Tony R.
Oxshott Team. Barry, Anne, Allan, Carol, Sandra, and Audrey
All in all, not a bad result, but must try harder!!!.
Thursday was the first NDL game for the Wasps, we where at home to Condall Lions.
The Wasps won 5 - 4, it was a very close game, Round 1, 2 - 1 to Crondall. Round 2, 3 all,
Round 3, we manage to take the match with the last game.
Well done to all.
Wasps. Jeff and Sue, Carolyn and Kath, Tony R. and Ingrid
Lions. Keith and Rosie, Peter and Anne, Mark and Marion
Wednesday, the Bees played their first North Downs League game of the season away at Racing Club.
It was a good win 5 - 4 to us.
ABC Bees. Mike and Christine, Tony and Ian, Peter and Mavis.
The result of the Hornets Match against Racing Club Racers on 1st April was a 2 - 3 Loss. Players were: Tony Riches & Carolyn Tuthill - Chris Marsh & Sue Ross and Benny Goodman & Kath Stebbing. It was a very close Match which we should have won 3 - 2 instead of the other way round! The points were 57 for and 58 against! Better luck next time. We play Cobetts B on Sunday 20th April so wish us luck!
Carolyn
The Wasps travelled down to Worthing on Tuesday for their first match of the season.
Although we played well, we were not good enough to beat Adur Leisure who have just been relegated from Div 2.
Final score 5 - 0 to Adur
Wasp Team
Mike, Christine, David, Hazel , Sonia and Jeff
Adur Team
Vee, Venesa, Ray, John I. John B and Malcolm.
Lets get even when they visit us.
