{"id":1415,"date":"2026-03-03T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:29:41","slug":"the-pennine-league-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/the-pennine-league-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pennine League Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-16.35.51.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-16.35.51.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-16.35.51-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-16.35.51-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pennine League returned on Sunday 1st February, marking the third year of this popular inter-Pennine competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four teams from across the Pennines will compete for league honours and the Pennine League Trophy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heckmondwike, Huddersfield, Trafford, and Rochdale. Each team will take turns hosting the event throughout the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Match play will see each team face the others in a combination of triples and doubles, promising competitive and entertaining contests at every venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At each event, the host club will run a raffle, with all proceeds going directly to the hosting club. A suggested \u00a32 raffle contribution per player is kindly encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending champions Heckmondwike, who have held the title for the past two consecutive years, will host the opening round of games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big question remains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can anyone wrestle the trophy away from Heckmondwike this year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all set for another exciting Pennine League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next round will be hosted by Huddersfield on Saturday 21st March.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration: 9.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of 3 games to start 10 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final 3 games in afternoon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennine League returned on Sunday 1st February, marking the third year of this popular inter-Pennine competition. Four teams from across the Pennines will compete for league honours and the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/the-pennine-league-returns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Pennine League Returns&#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-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","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=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}