Deben Division
Sunday 8th May
With the arrival of the Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge to the Moot Hall Arena, the Aldeburgh team embarked on their second match in as many weeks, on the home piste that hasn't seen much rain in weeks and is very dry, dusty and fast running.
The early pairings saw Rob & Bev Wheeler on the 'roadside' piste with Reet Gilday & Nick Ratcliffe on the 'beachside' lane. It was the story of two different games really, with Reet & Nick suffering a 2-13 loss, only for Rob & Bev to keep matters evenly balanced with a 13-3 victory on their side of the terrain.
1-1 and everything still to play for....
The more experienced pairings of Lewis Fletcher and team captain Jimmy Robinson overcame their opponents by a score of 13-4, leaving Tina Robinson and vice-captain Simon Fletcher to finish the match one end later with a equally good 13-1 win and thereby see the team secure their third 3-1 win in a row.
This latest win pushes the Seasiders into second place in the divisional table and sees them go into next weeks big match at home, to the Golden Key Yales from Snape, in good shape.
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Monday, 2 May 2011
Our Gift to Beaux Belles Middleton
Following on a tradition we started in the 2008 Play-Offs, team captain Jimmy presented a match memento to Rchard Turner, captain of the Middleton team followng yesterdays 3-1 league victory at the Bell.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
May Day Away Day Pay Day
Deben Division
Sunday 1st May 2011
Playing a new team at a new venue with a reasonably new-ish team yourselves could possibly contribute to not necessarily gaining you the result you desire, but the Mill Inn team set about their task well earlier today at the Bell Inn Middleton, where the Beaux Belles were the gracious hosts.
The previously successful pairing of Richard Newman and Heather Maybee edged past their opponents by virtue of a 13-10 result. This cancelled out Reet Gilday and debutant Nick Ratcliffes 13-4 reverse on the other lane.
Once again (and a £1 please for every time I say this, this season but...) the match stood at 1-1 before the more 'senior' pairings made their appearances. Team captain and birthday boy Jimmy Robinson partnered Lewis Fletcher for Lewis' first appearance of the season following his recent fractured wrist. Meanwhile unbeaten Simon Fletcher and Tina Robinson were together again on the right hand lane.
Tina and Simon started sluggishly but a mistake by the Middleton team by dragging the coch back to Aldeburghs boules when the score was 3-2 in the Bells favour, allowed the Seasiders to take a five on that end and a further five the next end transformed the game, with a final point being taken for 13-3 to the Mill.
All the teams hopes rested on Jimmy and Lewis, with Lewis pulling some class shots off in the last few ends to earn a 13-6 score and the overall match score of 3-1, bringing two more league points to Aldeburgh and pushing them to third place in the league table currently, with next weeks match at home to the Eels Foot being one that, if won, will see the team go to second place in the division.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Sink or Swim for Aldeburgh at the Dolphin
Deben Division - Sunday 3rd April 2011
Following on from the unsatisfactory but nonetheless deserved home defeat at the hands of the Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham in the opening match of the season, Aldeburgh's boulistes ventured the short distance up the coast to the surroundings of Thorpeness and all of its ''quaintness''.
With a full team of 8 again, but still missing Lewis Fletcher from the line-up (freshly out of his plaster cast but in the warm-up felt that his wrist wasn't up to strength), the Seasiders took on the home side, who themselves fielded a 6-strong side.
First blood went to Thorpeness with Reet and Chrissie going down 13-4 but Heather and debutant Richard Newman made amends by taking their match 13-8. So as has happened many times before, the match laid evenly poised at 1-1.
Usual pairing of Simon & Tina took to the ''pub-side'' piste and managed to pull back from a big deficit of 8-2 at one stage to finish strongly as 13-8 winners and thus guarantee at least a draw. However things got better than that as team captain Jimmy and his partner Binnie (Jonathan), took the fourth deciding game by 13-10 and bring the 2 league points to Aldeburgh with a good 3-1 away win.
Next up for the Mill Inn is a ''three matches in three weeks'' stint, starting with an away trip to Beaux Belles Middleton on 1st May, home to the Eels Foot Inn on 8th and then home again to big divisional rivals Golden Key from Snape on 15th May. This will bring the team to halfway through their league programme and give some indication of what potential they may have on reaching the Last 16 play-offs in September.
Following on from the unsatisfactory but nonetheless deserved home defeat at the hands of the Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham in the opening match of the season, Aldeburgh's boulistes ventured the short distance up the coast to the surroundings of Thorpeness and all of its ''quaintness''.
With a full team of 8 again, but still missing Lewis Fletcher from the line-up (freshly out of his plaster cast but in the warm-up felt that his wrist wasn't up to strength), the Seasiders took on the home side, who themselves fielded a 6-strong side.
First blood went to Thorpeness with Reet and Chrissie going down 13-4 but Heather and debutant Richard Newman made amends by taking their match 13-8. So as has happened many times before, the match laid evenly poised at 1-1.
Usual pairing of Simon & Tina took to the ''pub-side'' piste and managed to pull back from a big deficit of 8-2 at one stage to finish strongly as 13-8 winners and thus guarantee at least a draw. However things got better than that as team captain Jimmy and his partner Binnie (Jonathan), took the fourth deciding game by 13-10 and bring the 2 league points to Aldeburgh with a good 3-1 away win.
Next up for the Mill Inn is a ''three matches in three weeks'' stint, starting with an away trip to Beaux Belles Middleton on 1st May, home to the Eels Foot Inn on 8th and then home again to big divisional rivals Golden Key from Snape on 15th May. This will bring the team to halfway through their league programme and give some indication of what potential they may have on reaching the Last 16 play-offs in September.
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Aldeburgh stumble at first hurdle in season opener
Deben Division - Sunday March 20th 2011
For the first time ever, Aldeburgh had a ''full card'' of 8 players for the home match versus Parrot Punchbowl Aldringham, with club captain Jimmy Robinson taking the non-playing role and Lewis Fletcher still in plaster and unable to play.
The Parrot have come a long way since their first season last year and have shown considerable improvement and could prove to be a decent side over the course of the season.
As was shown in the first two doubles games, with the Parrot taking a 2-0 match lead with 13-6 and 13-10 victories over the Seasiders, who faced an uphill task in the second half of the match to even gain a draw.
Unfortunately a 3-13 score in the third match saw Parrot reach a 3-0 lead and the match was effectively over but vice-captain Simon Fletcher and partner Tina Robinson pulled out a 13-10 result to restore some pride and see the match finish 3-1 in Aldringhams favour.
Half the Aldeburgh team were making their league debuts but the 4 players from Aldringham were just that bit sharper on the day and deserved their away day result.
Next match is on Sunday 3rd April when Aldeburgh visit the Thorpeness Dolphin.
For the first time ever, Aldeburgh had a ''full card'' of 8 players for the home match versus Parrot Punchbowl Aldringham, with club captain Jimmy Robinson taking the non-playing role and Lewis Fletcher still in plaster and unable to play.
The Parrot have come a long way since their first season last year and have shown considerable improvement and could prove to be a decent side over the course of the season.
As was shown in the first two doubles games, with the Parrot taking a 2-0 match lead with 13-6 and 13-10 victories over the Seasiders, who faced an uphill task in the second half of the match to even gain a draw.
Unfortunately a 3-13 score in the third match saw Parrot reach a 3-0 lead and the match was effectively over but vice-captain Simon Fletcher and partner Tina Robinson pulled out a 13-10 result to restore some pride and see the match finish 3-1 in Aldringhams favour.
Half the Aldeburgh team were making their league debuts but the 4 players from Aldringham were just that bit sharper on the day and deserved their away day result.
Next match is on Sunday 3rd April when Aldeburgh visit the Thorpeness Dolphin.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
League Opener re-arranged
The scheduled match against the Eels Foot Inn has now been put back till early May, so Aldeburghs league campaign will now start on March 20th, with the home visit of the Aldringham Parrot & Punchbowl.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
2011 Fixtures Announced
Starting their fourth season in the Deben Division, the Mill Inn open their 2011 campaign with a home match against newcomers Eels Foot Inn from Eastbridge, and follow this up 2 weeks later with another home fixture versus the Aldringham Parrot & Punchbowl.
The first big 'crunch match' comes when the Seasiders welcome the Golden Key Snape on May 22nd to take on The Yales and the season ends when Aldeburgh go to Snape on the last day of the season, 21st August.
Full fixture list is as follows;
March 6th - Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge (Home)
March 20th - Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham (Home)
April 10th - Dolphin Thorpeness (Away)
May 1st - Beaux Belles Middleton (Away)
May 22nd - Golden Key Yales (Home)
June 5th - Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge (Away)
June 26th - Parrot & punchbowl Aldringham (Away)
July 17th - Dolphin Thorpeness (Home)
July 31st - Beaux Belles Middleton (Home)
August 21st - Golden Keys Yales (Away)
The first big 'crunch match' comes when the Seasiders welcome the Golden Key Snape on May 22nd to take on The Yales and the season ends when Aldeburgh go to Snape on the last day of the season, 21st August.
Full fixture list is as follows;
March 6th - Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge (Home)
March 20th - Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham (Home)
April 10th - Dolphin Thorpeness (Away)
May 1st - Beaux Belles Middleton (Away)
May 22nd - Golden Key Yales (Home)
June 5th - Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge (Away)
June 26th - Parrot & punchbowl Aldringham (Away)
July 17th - Dolphin Thorpeness (Home)
July 31st - Beaux Belles Middleton (Home)
August 21st - Golden Keys Yales (Away)
Friday, 14 January 2011
Aldeburgh back for fourth season
Once again the Mill Inn Aldeburgh have submitted their registration application for the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League, with 2011 being their fourth season, as they are one of the ''Original 9'', the moniker giving to the teams that competed in the inaugral season (way) back in 2008.
Previous seasons have seen 7th place in 2008, Deben Division winners & Bronze Medalists in 2009 and 9th place in 2010 (one place off qualifying for the play-off stages).
Pre-season activity has seen the team attempting to secure the services of between 4 and 5 additional players, 2 of whom have played in odd matches during the 2009 and 2010 seasons but may be able to play more often. Added to that is the ''growing'' talent of 13 year old Lewis, who standing at nearly 6ft, is currently considered to be one of the best upcoming junior talents in the country, having attended the English Petanque Associations Weekend of Excellence twice in the last 3 seasons.
Team captain Jimmy Robinson will be looking to the team to maintain a challenge within their own division and be looking for at least a Last 16 play-off position, but with many new teams entering, the team will need to be on top of their game especially away from home where valuable league points have been dropped in the past.
The team thank Dennis & Sue at The Mill Inn Aldeburgh for their continued support.
Previous seasons have seen 7th place in 2008, Deben Division winners & Bronze Medalists in 2009 and 9th place in 2010 (one place off qualifying for the play-off stages).
Pre-season activity has seen the team attempting to secure the services of between 4 and 5 additional players, 2 of whom have played in odd matches during the 2009 and 2010 seasons but may be able to play more often. Added to that is the ''growing'' talent of 13 year old Lewis, who standing at nearly 6ft, is currently considered to be one of the best upcoming junior talents in the country, having attended the English Petanque Associations Weekend of Excellence twice in the last 3 seasons.
Team captain Jimmy Robinson will be looking to the team to maintain a challenge within their own division and be looking for at least a Last 16 play-off position, but with many new teams entering, the team will need to be on top of their game especially away from home where valuable league points have been dropped in the past.
The team thank Dennis & Sue at The Mill Inn Aldeburgh for their continued support.
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Draw leaves Aldeburgh sick as a parrot
Sunday September 5th was the final matchday in the league programme and the Aldeburgh team were making the very short journey to the Parrot & Punchbowl in Aldringham.
Knowing that a victory would give them the chance of being one of the two best runners-up and therefore qualifying for the play-offs, the Seasiders set about their task well and with Simon & Lewis winning their closely fought game and Jimmy & Chrissie, (standing in for absent Tina), also securing the game on their lane, things looked good at the half-way point with Aldeburgh 2-0 to the good.
However, the 'second half' was a complete disaster as first Simon & Chrissie went down quite quickly to a score of 13-2 whilst Jimmy & Lewis faired slightly better, losing 13-5, and therefore the Parrot turning things around to earn a 2-2 draw.
So Aldeburgh ended on 12 points from 8 league matches and finished in runners-up spot behind the Golden Key Snape. Having lost just one match all season, Aldeburgh then had to rely on other results going their way. By early afternoon, the results that mattered had been received and Aldeburgh found two other runners-ups had better 'points per match' ratios and finished 9th place overall. With the cut-off point being the top 8, Aldeburgh can count themselves unlucky not to have qualified this season especially as some teams who have, had lost more matches in the course of the season.
Knowing that a victory would give them the chance of being one of the two best runners-up and therefore qualifying for the play-offs, the Seasiders set about their task well and with Simon & Lewis winning their closely fought game and Jimmy & Chrissie, (standing in for absent Tina), also securing the game on their lane, things looked good at the half-way point with Aldeburgh 2-0 to the good.
However, the 'second half' was a complete disaster as first Simon & Chrissie went down quite quickly to a score of 13-2 whilst Jimmy & Lewis faired slightly better, losing 13-5, and therefore the Parrot turning things around to earn a 2-2 draw.
So Aldeburgh ended on 12 points from 8 league matches and finished in runners-up spot behind the Golden Key Snape. Having lost just one match all season, Aldeburgh then had to rely on other results going their way. By early afternoon, the results that mattered had been received and Aldeburgh found two other runners-ups had better 'points per match' ratios and finished 9th place overall. With the cut-off point being the top 8, Aldeburgh can count themselves unlucky not to have qualified this season especially as some teams who have, had lost more matches in the course of the season.
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Poor performance 'key' to Aldeburgh loss
In the unusual surroundings of playing on a Saturday morning, the Aldeburgh team met up at local rivals and fellow Deben Divisional contenders, Golden Key @ Snape.
The Aldeburgh team were unbeaten whilst the Snape side had yet to lose at home this season, so in some ways a draw was looking likely on paper. Unfortunately our sport is played on gravel rather than paper and any sort of form guide counted for nothing.
Yes the Mill team were putting in a poor performance but at the same time, a great home performance throughout by the Golden Key saw them home by inflicting the biggest defeat of Aldeburghs short history, by the tune of 4-0.
The mornings match started with Simon and Lewis playing on the top piste and falling by a score of 13-8. On the more traditional lower piste, Jimmy & Tina went down by the score of 13-1, so two-nil down at the halfway point and an uphill task lay ahead.
Tina and Simon took the bottom piste in the second half and whilst 9-3 down at one point turned the game around to 11-9 to Aldeburgh by playing long cochs, but then a poor short 6 metre coch was their downfall as the Key easily coasted in for the 4 points they needed and still had 2 boules in hand.
By then news had already filtered down the piste that Jimmy & Lewis had been equally unsuccessful at the top end and had gone down 13-9, making it a clean sweep for the Snape side.
Well cheered on by the rest of their squad, the Golden Key only need to beat Thorpeness Dolphin on Sunday to snatch the Deben Division whilst a loss or draw could mean that Aldeburgh would then need to be Aldringham in their final match on September 5th to secure the title.
No-one likes losing but today we were outplayed by a much better and improved side.
The Aldeburgh team were unbeaten whilst the Snape side had yet to lose at home this season, so in some ways a draw was looking likely on paper. Unfortunately our sport is played on gravel rather than paper and any sort of form guide counted for nothing.
Yes the Mill team were putting in a poor performance but at the same time, a great home performance throughout by the Golden Key saw them home by inflicting the biggest defeat of Aldeburghs short history, by the tune of 4-0.
The mornings match started with Simon and Lewis playing on the top piste and falling by a score of 13-8. On the more traditional lower piste, Jimmy & Tina went down by the score of 13-1, so two-nil down at the halfway point and an uphill task lay ahead.
Tina and Simon took the bottom piste in the second half and whilst 9-3 down at one point turned the game around to 11-9 to Aldeburgh by playing long cochs, but then a poor short 6 metre coch was their downfall as the Key easily coasted in for the 4 points they needed and still had 2 boules in hand.
By then news had already filtered down the piste that Jimmy & Lewis had been equally unsuccessful at the top end and had gone down 13-9, making it a clean sweep for the Snape side.
Well cheered on by the rest of their squad, the Golden Key only need to beat Thorpeness Dolphin on Sunday to snatch the Deben Division whilst a loss or draw could mean that Aldeburgh would then need to be Aldringham in their final match on September 5th to secure the title.
No-one likes losing but today we were outplayed by a much better and improved side.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Date for 'crunch match' changed
The big local derby versus Golden Key Snape has been re-arranged to Saturday 21st August 2010, with an approximate start time of 10.30am.
All spectators are welcome as both sides attempt to claim the Deben Divisional title.
All spectators are welcome as both sides attempt to claim the Deben Divisional title.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Unbeaten run continues
Sunday July 18th
Deben Division
In glorious sunshine with a cooling sea breeze, the Seasiders took on the visiting Greyhound team from Pettistree, in their last home match of the 2010 season.
The team consisted of the usual suspects with Simon & Lewis allocated the 'beachside' piste and Tina & Jimmy the 'roadside' piste. Despite a slow start and being slightly ahead at 6-5, Simon & Lewis took a big 5 and proceeded on to get the first win with a 13-5 score. Jimmy & Tina weren't having the same results on the sloping piste and slipped to a 13-6 loss.
How many times have our matches been 1-1 at half-time? Well this was another one but Jimmy had the conviction to stick with the normal pairings and Simon & Tina went onto the 'roadside' piste and combined well achieving a 13-3 result, putting Aldeburgh 2-1 up.
Almost at the same time a great shot by Lewis had cleared the head in his match and left Jimmy & Lewis with a 13-2 win and grabbing the match overall 3-1.
This result strengthens the teams grip at the top of the table but the 'big match' looms with the team due to visit second placed Golden Key Snape in the next few weeks.
Deben Division
In glorious sunshine with a cooling sea breeze, the Seasiders took on the visiting Greyhound team from Pettistree, in their last home match of the 2010 season.
The team consisted of the usual suspects with Simon & Lewis allocated the 'beachside' piste and Tina & Jimmy the 'roadside' piste. Despite a slow start and being slightly ahead at 6-5, Simon & Lewis took a big 5 and proceeded on to get the first win with a 13-5 score. Jimmy & Tina weren't having the same results on the sloping piste and slipped to a 13-6 loss.
How many times have our matches been 1-1 at half-time? Well this was another one but Jimmy had the conviction to stick with the normal pairings and Simon & Tina went onto the 'roadside' piste and combined well achieving a 13-3 result, putting Aldeburgh 2-1 up.
Almost at the same time a great shot by Lewis had cleared the head in his match and left Jimmy & Lewis with a 13-2 win and grabbing the match overall 3-1.
This result strengthens the teams grip at the top of the table but the 'big match' looms with the team due to visit second placed Golden Key Snape in the next few weeks.
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Victory earnt with 'porpoise'
Sunday June 20th
Deben Division
The team made one of the shortest journeys of the season to the quaint village of Thorpeness further up the coastal path. Located in the car park of the Dolphin Inn, surrounded on three sides by houses, shops etc, its probably the piste that has the closest feel of a Continental market square about it, all that was missing was half a dozen old Frenchmen in their 80's, a passing cyclist with a string of onions and a middle-aged sternly dressed lady carrying 3 French sticks under her arm...or maybe I'm stereotyping too much!!
Anyway, on a piste marked out the previous evening with thick sailing rope, signs and warning marker tape, Simon & Lewis started out on one lane whilst Jimmy & Tina took to the other lane.
The Robinson pair finished first after falling to a 13-8 loss whilst the Fletchers evened the match score to 1-all with a 13-6 win. The piste was proving to be very challenging and unpredictable but added to the challenge of learning to cope with the surface that is unlike any other at least in the Deben Division.
At the switcharound, Tina and Simon joined forces whilst Jimmy & Lewis made their traditional pairing. Playing against Dolphin captain Andy and daughter Heather, Simon & Tina pointed and outshot their hosts to run out 13-4 victors.
This left Lewis and Jimmy playing for the match and on the final end with the score at 8-8, Lewis' shot moved the coch out to the far right, pointing in with three boules and Jimmy followed in with 2 more to take a big 5 and secure the match 3-1 overall.
Bacon butties were the order of the day in the pub afterwards with the Mill Inn increasing their lead at the top of the Deben Divisional table to four points over The Golden Key Snape but Snape have a match in hand over Aldeburgh.
The next action sees the team play their final home of the season on Sunday July 18th when the Pettistree Greyhound come to the Moot Hall Arena.
Deben Division
The team made one of the shortest journeys of the season to the quaint village of Thorpeness further up the coastal path. Located in the car park of the Dolphin Inn, surrounded on three sides by houses, shops etc, its probably the piste that has the closest feel of a Continental market square about it, all that was missing was half a dozen old Frenchmen in their 80's, a passing cyclist with a string of onions and a middle-aged sternly dressed lady carrying 3 French sticks under her arm...or maybe I'm stereotyping too much!!
Anyway, on a piste marked out the previous evening with thick sailing rope, signs and warning marker tape, Simon & Lewis started out on one lane whilst Jimmy & Tina took to the other lane.
The Robinson pair finished first after falling to a 13-8 loss whilst the Fletchers evened the match score to 1-all with a 13-6 win. The piste was proving to be very challenging and unpredictable but added to the challenge of learning to cope with the surface that is unlike any other at least in the Deben Division.
At the switcharound, Tina and Simon joined forces whilst Jimmy & Lewis made their traditional pairing. Playing against Dolphin captain Andy and daughter Heather, Simon & Tina pointed and outshot their hosts to run out 13-4 victors.
This left Lewis and Jimmy playing for the match and on the final end with the score at 8-8, Lewis' shot moved the coch out to the far right, pointing in with three boules and Jimmy followed in with 2 more to take a big 5 and secure the match 3-1 overall.
Bacon butties were the order of the day in the pub afterwards with the Mill Inn increasing their lead at the top of the Deben Divisional table to four points over The Golden Key Snape but Snape have a match in hand over Aldeburgh.
The next action sees the team play their final home of the season on Sunday July 18th when the Pettistree Greyhound come to the Moot Hall Arena.
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Thorpeness welcome league leaders
Sunday June 20th sees the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness play host to divisional league leaders The Mill Inn Aldeburgh to their car park piste.
The match is scheduled to start at 10.30am with after-match refreshments in The Dolphin itself.
All spectators welcome.
The match is scheduled to start at 10.30am with after-match refreshments in The Dolphin itself.
All spectators welcome.
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Aldeburgh 'trilled' to beat Parrot
Sunday June 13th
Deben Division
The team welcomed local neighbours Parrot & Punchbowl Aldeburgh to the Moot Hall Piste earlier today in the latest Coastal League match, with the Aldringham team being the only one the team hadn't faced so far this season.
The Parrot have steadily improved over the course of the season and under the leadership of captain Darren, they showed Aldeburgh that they weren't going to be push-overs.
Using the normal pairings Simon & Lewis opened the match on the roadside piste whilst Jimmy & Tina took the beachside lane. With the Parrot proving a handful, the Fletchers found themselves 9-0 before pulling back to 11-11 before finally slipping to a 13-11 defeat, their first of the season. Fortunately Jimmy & Tina held on to earn a 13-10 win.
Not for the first time this season did the team face a 1-1 score at the 'half-time' stage. Time for the second round of games...
Tina & Simon selected the more flatter beachside lane and despite dropping two points on the first end, managed to point and shoot their way to a 13-3 victory, so securing a draw at the very least.
Lewis' confident shooting and Jimmys' pointing put the Mill into a decent position and with an unfortunate shot by the Parrot pair that cleared the only Parrot boule in the head, the Mill were left with the two deciding points to grab both game and overall match victory.
This latest league win puts the Mill two points clear of second placed Golden Key Snape and looking forward to an away match next week at the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness.
Deben Division
The team welcomed local neighbours Parrot & Punchbowl Aldeburgh to the Moot Hall Piste earlier today in the latest Coastal League match, with the Aldringham team being the only one the team hadn't faced so far this season.
The Parrot have steadily improved over the course of the season and under the leadership of captain Darren, they showed Aldeburgh that they weren't going to be push-overs.
Using the normal pairings Simon & Lewis opened the match on the roadside piste whilst Jimmy & Tina took the beachside lane. With the Parrot proving a handful, the Fletchers found themselves 9-0 before pulling back to 11-11 before finally slipping to a 13-11 defeat, their first of the season. Fortunately Jimmy & Tina held on to earn a 13-10 win.
Not for the first time this season did the team face a 1-1 score at the 'half-time' stage. Time for the second round of games...
Tina & Simon selected the more flatter beachside lane and despite dropping two points on the first end, managed to point and shoot their way to a 13-3 victory, so securing a draw at the very least.
Lewis' confident shooting and Jimmys' pointing put the Mill into a decent position and with an unfortunate shot by the Parrot pair that cleared the only Parrot boule in the head, the Mill were left with the two deciding points to grab both game and overall match victory.
This latest league win puts the Mill two points clear of second placed Golden Key Snape and looking forward to an away match next week at the Dolphin Inn Thorpeness.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
The Mill grind out victory
On a blowy Sunday morning (with the drizzle keeping off for long enough), The Mill Inn welcomed local neighbours Golden Key Snape to the Moot Hall Arena, for their third league match of the current Deben Division campaign.
Simon and Lewis were back in the side, following their absence from the away draw against Pettistree Greyhound and immediately paired up in the first game. A very long drawn out match ensued with each side picking up single points or dead ends from about the first 12 or so ends, but even with Lewis' pointing and Simons' shooting not up to normal standard, they suddenly broke free with a three and pulled away from a very good Snape pairing to eventually take the game 13-7 after around an hours worth of play.
Meantime Jimmy and Tina had established a decent 6-2 lead but faltered and didn't score anymore with the Snape team coming from behind to record a 13-6 win and make the match score 1-1 at the halfway point.
Simon & Tina partnered up and took the 'roadside' lane and within 6 ends had won the game 13-0 ensuring the Seasiders would at least get a draw from this match-up. Pointing and shooting was far better than in witnessed in the first games as the weather cleared up a bit and the wind dropped.
So the match hung in the balance with Jimmy & Lewis on the 'beachside' lane and pulled into a 6-3 lead but again the Snape side came back at them. At one point the Aldeburgh team were on 12 points but Snapes persistence kept plugging away at the points to bring it to 12-8 but finally a decent boule from Jimmy proved to be the decider and bring a 3-1 win to the home team, to continue their good form so far this season.
After-match pleasantries were exchanged in The Mill Inn, along with a gift to the visiting side, and everyone looks forward to the return match in August.
Aldeburgh do not now have a scheduled match until their home match on June 13 against league newboys Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham but a high-calibre friendly match may be arranged in the meantime against a fellow 'Southern' section side.
Simon and Lewis were back in the side, following their absence from the away draw against Pettistree Greyhound and immediately paired up in the first game. A very long drawn out match ensued with each side picking up single points or dead ends from about the first 12 or so ends, but even with Lewis' pointing and Simons' shooting not up to normal standard, they suddenly broke free with a three and pulled away from a very good Snape pairing to eventually take the game 13-7 after around an hours worth of play.
Meantime Jimmy and Tina had established a decent 6-2 lead but faltered and didn't score anymore with the Snape team coming from behind to record a 13-6 win and make the match score 1-1 at the halfway point.
Simon & Tina partnered up and took the 'roadside' lane and within 6 ends had won the game 13-0 ensuring the Seasiders would at least get a draw from this match-up. Pointing and shooting was far better than in witnessed in the first games as the weather cleared up a bit and the wind dropped.
So the match hung in the balance with Jimmy & Lewis on the 'beachside' lane and pulled into a 6-3 lead but again the Snape side came back at them. At one point the Aldeburgh team were on 12 points but Snapes persistence kept plugging away at the points to bring it to 12-8 but finally a decent boule from Jimmy proved to be the decider and bring a 3-1 win to the home team, to continue their good form so far this season.
After-match pleasantries were exchanged in The Mill Inn, along with a gift to the visiting side, and everyone looks forward to the return match in August.
Aldeburgh do not now have a scheduled match until their home match on June 13 against league newboys Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham but a high-calibre friendly match may be arranged in the meantime against a fellow 'Southern' section side.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Away Day Point for The Mill
Sunday April 25th - Away to Pettistree Greyhound
The team, despite being without the services of Simon and Lewis (who were on Regional duty), arrived to the new piste area at Pettistree boarded by wood on harder shingle. Still a very interesting terrain and certainly a leveller for both sides. All matches were hard fought with Tina and Jimmy taking on Maureen and Ronnie, eventualy winning 13-2. Binnie and Chrissie didn't have the same luck and were at one point 12-1 down but they fought back one point at a time, finally losing 13-6.
Jimmy then paired with Chrissie and were down 12-10, then 12-12. Finally Chrissie dropped one right to the side of the coch and our hosts couldn't get close to it with 6 boules. 13 -12 to us. On the other piste Binnie and Tina were having a good tight game. Winning 12-9 with 3 boules perfectly placed but a moved coch to near the end and Pettistree dropped their last boules near it to clinch success from the jaws of defeat. Binnie could not quite then make his boule count. Another 13-12 but this time against Aldeburgh, therefore making the match score 2-2, just like last years league match here as well.
So the leagues first 2-2 draw of the season in any of the 6 divisions and now its just two weeks wait until the 'biggie' when Golden Key Snape are the visitors to the Moot Arena at Aldeburgh on Sunday May 9th, start time of 10.30am
The team, despite being without the services of Simon and Lewis (who were on Regional duty), arrived to the new piste area at Pettistree boarded by wood on harder shingle. Still a very interesting terrain and certainly a leveller for both sides. All matches were hard fought with Tina and Jimmy taking on Maureen and Ronnie, eventualy winning 13-2. Binnie and Chrissie didn't have the same luck and were at one point 12-1 down but they fought back one point at a time, finally losing 13-6.
Jimmy then paired with Chrissie and were down 12-10, then 12-12. Finally Chrissie dropped one right to the side of the coch and our hosts couldn't get close to it with 6 boules. 13 -12 to us. On the other piste Binnie and Tina were having a good tight game. Winning 12-9 with 3 boules perfectly placed but a moved coch to near the end and Pettistree dropped their last boules near it to clinch success from the jaws of defeat. Binnie could not quite then make his boule count. Another 13-12 but this time against Aldeburgh, therefore making the match score 2-2, just like last years league match here as well.
So the leagues first 2-2 draw of the season in any of the 6 divisions and now its just two weeks wait until the 'biggie' when Golden Key Snape are the visitors to the Moot Arena at Aldeburgh on Sunday May 9th, start time of 10.30am
Monday, 19 April 2010
Greyhound Pettistree next for the Seasiders
Our next match in this years Suffolk Coastal Petanque League Deben Division, is due to be played on Sunday April 25th at The Greyhound Pettistree.
The Greyhound lost their opening match against The Golden Key Snape by a score of 4-0 but last years match between Aldeburgh & Pettistree ended in a 2-2 draw at the Greyhounds very tricky gravelly surface.
Match proposed to start at 10.30am
The Greyhound lost their opening match against The Golden Key Snape by a score of 4-0 but last years match between Aldeburgh & Pettistree ended in a 2-2 draw at the Greyhounds very tricky gravelly surface.
Match proposed to start at 10.30am
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Cobwebs blown away as Aldeburgh open 2010 season with home win
Sunday April 11th 2010
Deben Division
The teams assault on attempting to retain their divisional title began in earnest earlier today at the Moot Arena. Welcoming league newcomers, The Dolphin Inn from Thorpeness, and celebrating the news on the Mill Inns sponsorship, the team ably led by captain Jimmy Robinson, assembled on a slighlty blustery morning, with a few members having not played since last September.
As has proved to be succesful on many occassions before, Jimmy paired the Fletchers together in the first game whilst he and wife Tina took the second pair slot. Simon and Lewis used a combination of selective pointing and shooting and took the first game of the day by a score of 13-1.
However Jimmy and Tina weren't having it all their own way in the early exchanges of their game but moved away to a 13-5 win, leaving Aldeburgh 2-0 at the half-time break.
Aldeburgh squad member Caron Hill made her first appearance of the season and paired up with Lewis on the 'roadside' piste whilst Jimmy sat out and left Tina and Simon to do battle with the Dolphins captain and partner.
These two games were closer than the first two but perhaps the home advantage knowledge played a part in seeing Aldeburgh take the remaining games 13-7 and 13-8 respectively.
So a match score of 4-0 to the 'Seasiders' of Aldeburgh and a decent start to the season, where this groups teams will only get 8 matches to be 'top dog' rather than the 10 matches teams in other divisions will have.
After-match refreshments were served in The Mill and team captain Jimmy passed a framed memento to Andrew, the Thorpeness captain, commemerating todays match between the two teams.
Deben Division
The teams assault on attempting to retain their divisional title began in earnest earlier today at the Moot Arena. Welcoming league newcomers, The Dolphin Inn from Thorpeness, and celebrating the news on the Mill Inns sponsorship, the team ably led by captain Jimmy Robinson, assembled on a slighlty blustery morning, with a few members having not played since last September.
As has proved to be succesful on many occassions before, Jimmy paired the Fletchers together in the first game whilst he and wife Tina took the second pair slot. Simon and Lewis used a combination of selective pointing and shooting and took the first game of the day by a score of 13-1.
However Jimmy and Tina weren't having it all their own way in the early exchanges of their game but moved away to a 13-5 win, leaving Aldeburgh 2-0 at the half-time break.
Aldeburgh squad member Caron Hill made her first appearance of the season and paired up with Lewis on the 'roadside' piste whilst Jimmy sat out and left Tina and Simon to do battle with the Dolphins captain and partner.
These two games were closer than the first two but perhaps the home advantage knowledge played a part in seeing Aldeburgh take the remaining games 13-7 and 13-8 respectively.
So a match score of 4-0 to the 'Seasiders' of Aldeburgh and a decent start to the season, where this groups teams will only get 8 matches to be 'top dog' rather than the 10 matches teams in other divisions will have.
After-match refreshments were served in The Mill and team captain Jimmy passed a framed memento to Andrew, the Thorpeness captain, commemerating todays match between the two teams.
Sponsorship Deal sees name change unveiled
Thanks to the generosity of our hosts Dennis & Sue Peel, the team formerly known as Aldeburgh Boules Club, will now be known as the Mill Inn Aldeburgh PC.
After-match refreshments etc for all Aldeburghs home matches will be provided by The Mill Inn and we look forward to their continuing support of the team as we progress through the 2010 season and beyond.
After-match refreshments etc for all Aldeburghs home matches will be provided by The Mill Inn and we look forward to their continuing support of the team as we progress through the 2010 season and beyond.
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