Braintree & District Winter League 2009


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.




3/1/10
The second half of the Daniel Robinson and Sons Braintree and District Petanque League got under way after the Christmas break and leaders Rayne Swan 2 continued where they left off with an impressive 3-0 win over Feering Bell.
Despite a poor start in the triples, where they went 8-0 down, Dennis Smith, Lorne Gibson and Tom Smith hit back after taking control of the coche. In icy conditions the Swan trio started playing a long coche which the opposition didn’t adapt to and went on to win 13-10.
Lorne Gibson had his usual tight game against Bernie Wade in the singles and came out on top 13-9. The doubles saw Tom Smith and Beryl Gibson gain a very good 13-7 win over Ian Barnes and Dave Pearse to ensure the 3-0 win and keep them on top of the table.

Rayne Swan 3 were also playing at home against Bocking B, and succeeded in getting their first win of the season.
Clare Courtney along with juniors Sam and Josh Newman played well in the triples against the Adams family. Pam and Dave Adams with grandson Leigh struggled with the icy conditions. Good shooting by Josh Newman saw the Swan take 5 on one end and they held on to their lead to take the game 13-5.
In the doubles Terry Newman, playing in his first league game, partnered his son Josh, and took a few ends to get into the game, with good pointing by Bocking’s Leigh and Dave Adams taking them into an early lead. The Swan pair fought back and were leading 11-10 when a very tight end went in the favour of the Bocking side who scored the 3 needed for game.
The deciding singles resulted in a 13-6 win for Courtney over David Mills to give Swan 3 a 2-1 win which will encourage the youngsters to continue improving.

Bocking A were at home to Rayne Swan 1. The reigning champions struggled in the first half of the season but came out with all guns blazing in this opening game of the second half. Bocking put up a good fight in the opening triples with Steve Lloyd, David Robbins and Malcolm Smith pushing the far more experienced Swan side of Keith Flack, Viv Middleton-Sams and Wendy Ridehalgh all the way, only just losing out 13-11.
There was no slip up in the doubles though, where Flack and Ridehalgh stormed to a 13-0 win over Robbins and Smith.
Trevor Turner also scored well in the singles but Middleton-Sams was too strong and won 13-8 for the 3-0 match win.

Onley PC from Stisted were hosts to Chequers Black from Gt Tey and in a closely contested match were narrowly defeated 2-1. Trevor Blows, Tracey Austin and Dan Blows lost out 13-10 in the opening triples to Frank Britt, Lloyd Herman and Bill Eve. The doubles were even closer but this time in favour of the home side with Austin and D. Blows winning 13-12. T. Blows put up a good show in the singles but Britt was just that little bit more accurate and won 13-10 to take the match.