Braintree & District


The Braintree & District Petanque League caters for clubs in the North East of the region. There are 2 leagues, Summer commencing during April played on Wednesday evenings and Winter commencing in October played on Sundays.




BDPL 11/6/08
In the Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd Braintree & District Petanque League, the Onley Arms got back to winning ways with the 2-1 defeat of Rayne Cock 2.
Tracey Austin, Derek Roughton and Trevor Blows took an early lead in the triples but good pointing from Simon Miah brought it back to 8-11. The shooting of the home side proved the difference as they took the game 13-8.
The Cock dominated the pairs, winning 13-3 with six at one end proving decisive.
The deciding singles was a close, well fought game, with Miah pointing well throughout. At 8-7, Miah produced three great boules to extend the lead to 11-7. The next two ends, which could have gone either way, saw Blows claw back three points to 10-11. In what proved to be the final end, Blows took advantage of an open head to point in for three and the match.

In the game between Rayne Swan 1 and Feering Bell 2, Swan quickly dispatched the Bell 13 – 1 in the triples. Bell’s pointing was not up to the mark and too often left the Swan with boule in hand which they took full advantage of.
The singles & doubles were far more competitive affairs. In the doubles Vince Schofield & Adam Buxton quickly took control to build an 8 – 2 lead. The Bell pair of Dave Bird & Tom Winter then dug in and slowly dragged themselves back into the game with some resilient play. At 10 – 9 the Bell left a slight opportunity for the Swan to point in to, which they did, to secure the game 13 - 9.
The singles between Lorne Gibson & Dave Pearse was very competitive. Although the scores remained close early on Gibson started to ease out the points to eventually run out a 13 – 6 winner and secure the 3 – 0 win for the Swan.

Rayne Cock 3 had a fairly comfortable 3-0 home win over Rayne Swan 2 with the away side finding the terrain difficult to play. Graham Hill, Ian Humm & Neil Morgan won the triples 13-8.
Hill & Stephen Tooley raced into an 11-4 lead in the doubles which Clare Courtney & Matt Waldie gradually pegged back. But at 12-11 a loose end by the Swan pair saw the Cock wrap the game up 13-11.
Morgan defeated Colin Sams in the singles for a good 3-0 win.

Rayne Swan 3 entertained Rayne Cock 1 and started well with a 13-7 triples win by Dennis Smith, Trevor Turner & Graham Brewer.
The result was reversed in the doubles by James Hardy & Tony Hird for the Cock.
Paul Linehan made sure of the points for the away team with a 13-8 singles win over Smith.