{"id":1497,"date":"2026-04-11T21:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:30:58","slug":"pennine-league-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/pennine-league-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennine League \u2013 Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hosted by Rochdale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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:280px;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 third round of the Pennine League took place in Rochdale under classic April conditions\u2014showers, bursts of sunshine, and even spells of wind, rain, and hail. At times, the terrain made for challenging play, with boules splashing and coches occasionally floating, but as always, the games were contested with great spirit and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams competing in this round were Huddersfield, Heckmondwike, Rochdale, and Trafford. Each matchup consisted of two triples and three doubles games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Results on the Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trafford<\/strong> \u2013 9.5 wins (25 points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rochdale<\/strong> \u2013 8.5 wins (20 points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heckmondwike<\/strong> \u2013 6.5 wins (14 points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Huddersfield<\/strong> \u2013 5.5 wins (13 points)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overall Standings After Round 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trafford<\/strong> \u2013 69 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rochdale<\/strong> \u2013 62 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heckmondwike<\/strong> \u2013 57 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Huddersfield<\/strong> \u2013 31 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A great effort from all teams in tough conditions\u2014well done to everyone involved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by Rochdale The third round of the Pennine League took place in Rochdale under classic April conditions\u2014showers, bursts of sunshine, and even spells of wind, rain, and hail. At &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/pennine-league-round-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pennine League \u2013 Round 3&#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-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","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=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}