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The P\u00e9tanque North West Easter Melee was held at Rochdale P\u00e9tanques home ground and in true Bank Holiday fashion it rained almost non stop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that didn\u2019t stop us all having some eggstraordinary games and lots of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 contestants took part from Rochdale, Trafford and Llysfaen with people playing with different partners over 5 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top places went to Rochdale Players:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st – Dave Hall with an incredible 5 wins out of 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2nd – John Woolley<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3rd – Clive Westley<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4th – Francoir Kinowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the highlights of the day included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joanne managed an eggceptional point with the final boul of the game from 11 meters away to scramble it up and take the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Linda who is a pointer was egged on by her triple team mates to take a shot and cracked it with a careau to win the game and it was on piste 7 (our carpark piste) it really was a Wow shot!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John played in his first competition and came 2nd making it look over easy! Well done!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were a lot more excellent shots and games played by many good eggs today<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And of course there was food .. Thanks to Linda for the sausage rolls and to Chris for the cakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n The P\u00e9tanque North West Easter Melee was held at Rochdale P\u00e9tanques home ground and in true Bank Holiday fashion it rained almost non stop! But that didn\u2019t stop us all … <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"