One Down...........Seven To Go!!

Aldeburgh made their first appearance of the season on Sunday May 3rd in the Deben Division of the 2009 Suffolk Coastal League, by welcoming league newcomers Pettistree Greyhound to the 'Moot Hall Arena'.

In excellent playing conditions, the Aldeburgh team consisted of the 'usual 4' of Jimmy, Tina, Simon & Lewis with new signings Michael and Lynn unavailable for this match. The team was however bolstered by the addition of Caron, an existing Aldeburgh member but making her first league appearance.

The team split with the usual family pairings and both the Robinsons and the Fletchers recorded 13-4 victories putting the side 2-0 up at half-time and ensuring at least a draw. The important decision of how to divide the pairs for the second half fell to skipper Jimmy and Simon paired off with Caron whilst Jimmy doubled up with the teams youngest member Lewis.

With a mixture of good pointing and shooting both pairs earnt 13-4 and 13-6 wins to complete a 4-0 win over the enthusiastic visitors. Whilst this may have been Pettistrees first ever match, they can look forward to a season where they will definitely go on from here and perhaps with their own special 'home advantage' may spring a surprise or two.

For Aldeburgh, next up is an away trip to Playford in 3 weeks time to face our old friends Suivre Les Boules who will prove to be difficult opponents once again on their home piste.

2009 Fixture List Announced

Following the Suffolk Coastal Petanque Leagues' Registration Night, the Aldeburgh team find themselves in the Deben Division for the 2009 season.

May 3rd Home to Pettistree Greyhound
May 24th Away to Suivre Les Boules Playford
June 7th Home to Golden Key Snape
June 21st Away to The Exiles Bealings
July 26th Away to Pettistree Greyhound
August 9th Home to Suivre Les Boules Playford
August 30th Away to Golden Key Snape
September 13th Home to The Exiles Bealings
September 27th League Grand Final or 3rd/4th Place Play-Off??

Aldeburgh Boules Club will again be entering the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League in the forthcoming 2009 season, with home matches still to be played at the Moot Hall piste, opposite the White Lion Hotel.

It remains to be seen which area division the team will be allotted into but with the league expecting a large increase in teams the team are looking forward to playing new teams and visiting new venues.

Welcome To....

We, at the Aldeburgh Boules Club, would like to welcome Michael and Lynn Bonning to our ranks as new members and they will be a part of the team we enter for the 2009 Coastal League season.

They recently moved into the area, based in Leiston, and have had previous playing experience when they lived in Norfolk.

We hope they enjoy themselves as being part of our set-up and wish them good luck along with the rest of the team in the 2009 campaign.

2009 Team

Please let Jimmy or Simon know of your availability to play at any time this year in the 2009 Suffolk Coastal Petanque League.

We have away games as well as home games and would expect around 5 of each, spaced between April and September.

Merry Christmas To All

Just to wish all members of the Aldeburgh Boules Club, and any other visitors to our site, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Please keep in touch as we will be soon formulating plans for the 2009 Season of the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League, with regard to the Aldeburgh clubs membership.

Aldeburgh Boules Club finish 6th overall

Our first season in the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League ended with a fourth place in the Deben Division, sixth place overall and the League Award for the best playing surface in the Deben section of the league.

A satisfactory start to our league career but we did lead the league for nearly the whole season to only slip away over the last month or so. We could have qualified for the play-offs if results had gone certain ways but it was not to be and others qualified ahead of us.

Hopefully Jimmy will put a team together for next seasons league programme and more details will follow in the next couple of months.