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BDPL 10/6/09
In the Daniel Robinson & Sons Braintree & District Petanque League, Rayne Cock 2, who were lying in 3rd place, dropped more points in a 2-1 defeat at Chequers, Gt Tey.
Graham Hill, Ian Humm & Steve Tooley lost the triples 13-6. Hill & Humm then went 11-3 down in the doubles to Bill Eve & Lloyd Herman before fighting back to win 13-11. Britt wrapped up the singles 13-5 to win the game for Chequers.

Onley PC (Stisted) played at home for the first time this month, with Rayne Swan 4 the visitors. The weather dealt the teams the infamous Onley puddles across the pitch to make the game a bit more interesting. However, this did not help the home side, who ended up losing 3-0.
In the triples, the game saw the visitors take a marginal 5-4 lead as a base to kick-start the match and win 13-5. The doubles saw the Onley female pairing of Tracey Austin and Nikki Blows open up a 7-0 lead, which soon became a 10-4 lead. However that was the last points the home side would score as the experienced side of Colin Sams and Clare Courtney rallied to take the game 13-10. This left Daniel Blows playing Tom Smith in the singles. The experienced Tom Smith was in control throughout this game, seeing him beat Blows 13-4, a reverse result from the BDPL singles semi-final. This left Onley failing to pick up a point for the first time this summer.

Rayne Swan 3 were at home to Colne Angel and gained a very good 2-1 win. Harry Waldie, Andy Stead & Keith Flack beat Simon Bird, Julie Constable & Daphne Barrow 13 - 10 in the triples. It was a close game throughout but the Swan just came through. Stead was joined by Matt Waldie in the doubles and they defeated Constable & Barrow 13 - 7 in what was another close game up to 7 - 7 with mostly 1's & 2's being picked up by both sides until the Swan got a 6 for game. It was not a close game in the singles where Bird comfortably won 13-4 against Flack. Bird’s lob pointing on a soggy pitch was as usual, very accurate & also very difficult to move and ensured a point for Colne.

 

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