{"id":1023,"date":"2025-04-26T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-04-26T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:09:41","slug":"rochdale-b-triumph-in-a-thrilling-euro-plate-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/rochdale-b-triumph-in-a-thrilling-euro-plate-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochdale B Triumph in a Thrilling Euro Plate Second Round!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2nd round of the P\u00e9tanque England Euro Plate took place today (26th April), with Rochdale B hosting Ravenshead P\u00e9tanque at our home ground in Milnrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day kicked off with two fiercely contested triples games, with both Rochdale and Ravenshead taking one win apiece\u2014setting the stage for an exciting set of doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christine and Joanne started the doubles with an absolute masterclass in precision pointing, storming to a dominant 13\u20130 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren and Debbie looked set to follow suit, but a dramatic twist saw their final boule clip the coche and roll straight to Ravenshead\u2019s waiting boules\u2014handing the game to the visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Paul and Gen had a rollercoaster of a match. After jumping to a 5\u20130 lead, Ravenshead\u2019s ladies clawed their way back with some excellent pointing. What followed was a breathless, point-for-point battle with some fantastic shooting from Paul and pinpoint placements from Gen. With only a couple of points in it, it all came down to the final end\u2014Rochdale clinched 2 points to win it 13\u201312!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final result: Rochdale B 3 \u2013 Ravenshead 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A massive well done to the Rochdale B Team\u2014what a performance! And huge thanks to our Rochdale members who came down to support us; it really made a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Ravenshead\u2014thank you for a great match and brilliant sportsmanship. It was our first time meeting you, but certainly not the last. We look forward to arranging another friendly clash soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we await the results of the other ties in the round to find out who we\u2019ll face in Round 3. Onwards and upwards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nail biting finale <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-26-at-17.40.53-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1025\" style=\"width:1140px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-26-at-17.40.53-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-26-at-17.40.53-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-26-at-17.40.53.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd round of the P\u00e9tanque England Euro Plate took place today (26th April), with Rochdale B hosting Ravenshead P\u00e9tanque at our home ground in Milnrow. The day kicked off &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/rochdale-b-triumph-in-a-thrilling-euro-plate-second-round\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rochdale B Triumph in a Thrilling Euro Plate Second Round!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}