{"id":638,"date":"2024-07-03T14:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:19:59","slug":"rochdale-petanque-three-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/rochdale-petanque-three-years-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochdale P\u00e9tanque Three Years On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In June 2021 <\/strong>after playing for some time, seven people got together and started looking to form a club of their own.  They would need somewhere to be based and Milnrow Cricket Club offered the use of one of their tennis courts that was not being used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those seven people got to work transforming the tennis court into playable pistes, a committee was formed a constitution adopted and Rochdale P\u00e9tanque was born!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time more people joined and Rochdale P\u00e9tanque became members of P\u00e9tanque England and North West P\u00e9tanque which enabled them to start playing in competitions such as P\u00e9tanque England\u2019s Euro Competition, as well as playing in the local Rochdale Boules League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwest Petanque\u2019s help at this stage was greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022<\/strong> The First Rochdale Cup Event saw teams from Rochdale, Trafford and Yorkshire taking part and it was a great success, the event is now held annually with more and more teams taking part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Rochdale Boules League we now had 2 teams based at Milnrow, Rochdale Petanque and Last of the Summer Wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023<\/strong> Membership had grown so much that we now needed 2 main teams to compete in events and competitions and The Milton Team was formed, this also gave us 3 teams in the Rochdale Boules League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new committee was formed, and a bank account was opened.\u00a0 We began fundraising with members volunteering contributions of \u00a31 per session, we also had the opportunity to raise funds by suppling hot drinks at Milnrow Cricket Club’s Firework event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We forged a great relationship with teams from Huddersfield, Ripponden, Heckmondwike and Trafford and The Pennine League was formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pistes were updated, and more was added so we now have a total of 15 pistes meaning more teams can play simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our website was created, and our social media is constantly updated giving us a good source of publicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024<\/strong> we now have over 40 members aged from 6 years and upwards of 80 years.  We have a great core group of members that are always ready to help with any maintenance work, fundraising, sponsorship and baking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have 3 sessions per week which are open to anyone no matter if they are members or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We now have 4 teams based at Milnrow for the Rochdale Boules League.  Rochdale P\u00e9tanque, Milton, Last of the Summer Wine and Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relationship that we have with Milnrow Cricket Club has been invaluable and we are very grateful to them for the use of the fantastic facilities that we have at Milnrow and for the support they and the staff have given over the past 3 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all we have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time.  There is much more that we would like to achieve as a club, but there is no doubt that with time and the determination of its members Rochdale P\u00e9tanque can only get bigger and better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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