Saturday 15th August 2009
Starts at 10.30am
Maximum of 16 teams of 2 players
Deposit of £5 per team
Please arrive at the Moot Hall piste (opposite The White Lion Hotel) at 10am to find out the order of play.
There are a few spaces left for this tournament, so to enter please contact Councillor Caron Hill on 07890 159320
Sunday, 9 August 2009
'Seasiders' climb the table
Subject to results elsewhere, Aldeburgh Boules Club moved into second place of the Deben Division of the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League, following a very good home performance earlier today at the Moot Arena, culminating in a 3-1 victory over Suivres Les Boules Playford.
The visitors, Playford, were currently heading the divisional table and had only suffered one defeat this season, this being the 3-1 defeat by Aldeburgh earlier in the league programme.
Starting with the 'normal' four players, Aldeburgh commenced with Simon & Lewis (fresh from their petanque exploits in Turkey) in the first pairing. Four ends later and Aldeburgh were 1-0 up with a 4,3,1 and 5 scored earning a 'fanny' 13-0 result. Over on the seaward lane Jimmy and Tina started well but eventually went down 13-9 to Playfords Malcolm & Sam.
So with the match poised at 1-1, like most matches seem to, the Aldeburgh team knew a victory was required to give them any hope of reaching the end of seasons play-off. Tina and Simon played a short distance game and secured at least a draw with a 13-3 win over Jim & Malcolm. This left it all up to Jimmy & Lewis, who held the upperhand for the majority of the game and eventually turned in a 13-6 result, giving the Seasiders the two league points and again defeating Playford by a 3-1 scoreline.
Whilst Playford remain top, Aldeburgh are now just two points behind with 2 matches in hand, the first of which is in two weeks time, away at the Pettistree Greyhound team.
The visitors, Playford, were currently heading the divisional table and had only suffered one defeat this season, this being the 3-1 defeat by Aldeburgh earlier in the league programme.
Starting with the 'normal' four players, Aldeburgh commenced with Simon & Lewis (fresh from their petanque exploits in Turkey) in the first pairing. Four ends later and Aldeburgh were 1-0 up with a 4,3,1 and 5 scored earning a 'fanny' 13-0 result. Over on the seaward lane Jimmy and Tina started well but eventually went down 13-9 to Playfords Malcolm & Sam.
So with the match poised at 1-1, like most matches seem to, the Aldeburgh team knew a victory was required to give them any hope of reaching the end of seasons play-off. Tina and Simon played a short distance game and secured at least a draw with a 13-3 win over Jim & Malcolm. This left it all up to Jimmy & Lewis, who held the upperhand for the majority of the game and eventually turned in a 13-6 result, giving the Seasiders the two league points and again defeating Playford by a 3-1 scoreline.
Whilst Playford remain top, Aldeburgh are now just two points behind with 2 matches in hand, the first of which is in two weeks time, away at the Pettistree Greyhound team.
Friday, 17 July 2009
Fixture changes for Aldeburgh
Our next scheduled Deben Division match was due to be on Sunday 26th July, away at Pettistree Greyhound. Due to holidays, this has been re-arranged to Sunday 23rd August.
Therefore our next match is in 3 weeks time, on Sunday 9th August, when we play host to our old friends from Playford, Suivre Les Boules.
This will be our last but one home match at the 'Moot Arena' so I'm sure the team would dearly love some local support as they push towards an end-of-season play-off position.
Expected start time would be 10.30am.
Therefore our next match is in 3 weeks time, on Sunday 9th August, when we play host to our old friends from Playford, Suivre Les Boules.
This will be our last but one home match at the 'Moot Arena' so I'm sure the team would dearly love some local support as they push towards an end-of-season play-off position.
Expected start time would be 10.30am.
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Finding the right combination
In our 4 league matches so far this year, we have won 10 games and lost 6.
Below is a comparison of how successful each pairing is so far in 2009;
Simon & Lewis Won 4 out of 4
Lewis & Jimmy Won 2 out of 4
Simon & Tina Won 1 out of 2
Jimmy & Tina Won 1 out of 4
Simon & Caron Won 1 out of 1
Simon & Michael Won 1 out of 1
Below is a comparison of how successful each pairing is so far in 2009;
Simon & Lewis Won 4 out of 4
Lewis & Jimmy Won 2 out of 4
Simon & Tina Won 1 out of 2
Jimmy & Tina Won 1 out of 4
Simon & Caron Won 1 out of 1
Simon & Michael Won 1 out of 1
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Bealings hoodoo strikes again!!
It was always going to be a tight match on the now well-bedded in piste at the Lord Belstead Playing Field at bealings.
Last year we lost 3-1 in both matches against The Exiles and this proved to be the difference in us not making last years play-offs. Surely things couldn't go the same way again.........
Lewis and Simon, fresh from their international tournament in Belgium over the weekend, managed to pull away from their opponents and take the first game 13-5, however Jimmy and Tina in the meantime had lost by the same scoreline.
So 1-1 at half-time and another tough decision for captain Jimmy to make regarding his next sets of pairings. In the end he stuck with the established pairings of Simon & Tina and Jimmy & Lewis. Meanwhile The Exiles team had greater flexibility in their pairings as they had 7 players on duty as opposed to our 4.
Tina & Simon never really got into their stride in their game eventually losing 7-13. All therefore came down to the remaining game and despite some good boules from the Aldeburgh pair, there was no rub of the green and The Exiles moved into a match winning position with a 13-8 triumph.
So once again ABC go down 3-1 to the Bealings team and didn't really play as well as we can but lets hope that this victory doesn't prove to be decisive in the long run.
Next up for Aldeburgh is the return fixture with the Greyhound Inn Pettistree.
Last year we lost 3-1 in both matches against The Exiles and this proved to be the difference in us not making last years play-offs. Surely things couldn't go the same way again.........
Lewis and Simon, fresh from their international tournament in Belgium over the weekend, managed to pull away from their opponents and take the first game 13-5, however Jimmy and Tina in the meantime had lost by the same scoreline.
So 1-1 at half-time and another tough decision for captain Jimmy to make regarding his next sets of pairings. In the end he stuck with the established pairings of Simon & Tina and Jimmy & Lewis. Meanwhile The Exiles team had greater flexibility in their pairings as they had 7 players on duty as opposed to our 4.
Tina & Simon never really got into their stride in their game eventually losing 7-13. All therefore came down to the remaining game and despite some good boules from the Aldeburgh pair, there was no rub of the green and The Exiles moved into a match winning position with a 13-8 triumph.
So once again ABC go down 3-1 to the Bealings team and didn't really play as well as we can but lets hope that this victory doesn't prove to be decisive in the long run.
Next up for Aldeburgh is the return fixture with the Greyhound Inn Pettistree.
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Date change for Bealings crunch match
Due to sad team news from The Exiles Bealings team, our scheduled match for Sunday June 21st has now been repectfully put back till the evening of Tuesday 30th June 2009.
As a team, we offer our deepest condolences to the remaining members of The Exiles team on their sad loss.
As a team, we offer our deepest condolences to the remaining members of The Exiles team on their sad loss.
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Home draw sees Aldeburgh move to top of Deben Division
In a drizzle-affected match earlier today, Aldeburgh Boules Club welcomed league newcomers and 'local derby' rivals, the Golden Key Snape, to the Moot Arena for each teams third match of the league campaign.
Whilst Lewis & Simon secured a 13-10 victory, Jimmy & Tina went down by a scoreline of 8-13, leaving the match poised at 1-1 at the halfway stage. With the piste getting damper by the minute and therefore changing how the boule rolled or held up, the pairings for the second half of the match was going to be a cruicial decision.
Aldeburgh skipper Jimmy took the decision to pair himself up with Lewis whilst Simon partnered debutant Michael in the other double. With two left handers taking advantage of clear lines to the coch, Simon and Michael took the third game by 13-7 putting Aldeburgh into a 2-1 lead overall and everything hinging on the last game.
Jimmy & Lewis were not having the best of luck and found themselves 9-0 down within a few ends but a displaced coch for 5 and then a subsequent 5 on the next end suddenly brought them to a 10-9 lead. However a 3 on the next end for the visitors and then another displaced coch saw Snape claim the win 13-10 and earn the Snape team a very creditable 2-2 draw.
Shot for the shot, the match was almost the 'perfect draw' as Aldeburgh scored 44 and Snape 43, demonstrating how close the match was in its entirety.
This point each was enough to see Aldeburgh move ahead of Bealings at the top of the table, whilst Snapes first league point sees them move off bottom spot, ahead of Pettistree.
Next up for Aldeburgh is the all-important away trip to The Exiles Bealings in two weeks time.
Whilst Lewis & Simon secured a 13-10 victory, Jimmy & Tina went down by a scoreline of 8-13, leaving the match poised at 1-1 at the halfway stage. With the piste getting damper by the minute and therefore changing how the boule rolled or held up, the pairings for the second half of the match was going to be a cruicial decision.
Aldeburgh skipper Jimmy took the decision to pair himself up with Lewis whilst Simon partnered debutant Michael in the other double. With two left handers taking advantage of clear lines to the coch, Simon and Michael took the third game by 13-7 putting Aldeburgh into a 2-1 lead overall and everything hinging on the last game.
Jimmy & Lewis were not having the best of luck and found themselves 9-0 down within a few ends but a displaced coch for 5 and then a subsequent 5 on the next end suddenly brought them to a 10-9 lead. However a 3 on the next end for the visitors and then another displaced coch saw Snape claim the win 13-10 and earn the Snape team a very creditable 2-2 draw.
Shot for the shot, the match was almost the 'perfect draw' as Aldeburgh scored 44 and Snape 43, demonstrating how close the match was in its entirety.
This point each was enough to see Aldeburgh move ahead of Bealings at the top of the table, whilst Snapes first league point sees them move off bottom spot, ahead of Pettistree.
Next up for Aldeburgh is the all-important away trip to The Exiles Bealings in two weeks time.
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