City of Bath Pétanque ClubDon’t forget it’s the City of Bath Spring Open this Saturday (18th May). This is one of the Club’s two main open events and is a pairs competition. Places are still available so if you’d like to enter a team please contact Cary Bush cary@bathboules.co.uk. The entry fee is £30.00 per team and includes lunch.
Due to the heavy snowfall and the potential difficulty in access to LSC, the decision has been taken to cancel tomorrow’s Club session.
The monthly melee will be rescheduled – details to be confirmed.
A list of the important 2019 Club, GWR, and PE events and competitions is now available here.
Further details are available on the Boule UK, GWR and PE websites.
Club subscriptions are now due and must be paid before the end Jan 2019.
Members will have received email notifications from Petanque England (PE) about their new on-line payment system and this has been configured to allow City of Bath Club members to pay their Club subscriptions via the PE system. Please note this is only possible for full Club members and Associate members will have to pay Club subscriptions separately.
The City of Bath Petanque Club is a PE affiliated Club and membership will lapse if their PE and Club memberships are not renewed by the end Jan 19. This is essential for insurance purposes and 2018 members will be prohibited from playing at any Club sessions at LSC, or Queen Sq, until they have a valid 2019 licence – sorry!
Please contact Cary Bush if you have any membership queries or require help in using the new system.
A warning for those of you who travel to LSC via Charlcombe Lane – the lane will be closed to through traffic from early February for 6 weeks for the annual toad migration!
Chris McGinn is still looking for prizes for our Bath Open raffle. The raffle is a major source of income for the club, so please see if you can help by donating a prize.
Please contact Chris McGinn if you can help. Items can be brought on the day or, alternatively, can be left in the shed for safekeeping.
This Saturday is a Family Fun Day at the home of the Larks. Come and have fun with the family and enjoy the day with games, many fun stalls, and local bands to entertain you. Costs you nothing to pass the ticket office – just you and your family required. Oh, just one thing, please bring smiles and sunny weather (smile).
Two local bands Savvy Soul and Skidmarks will entertain you in the evening. Be there to support the unity of Larkhall this Saturday from 1.00 pm to 10.00 pm.
The mini Beast from the East which disrupted events yesterday has passed and Clive kindly assessed the state of the lanes from Larkhall to LSC for us early this morning, which were passable with care.
As the snow is now melting rapidly the decision has been taken to proceed with tonight’s AGM, starting at published time of 7.00 pm, so please do make every effort to attend.
City of Bath Pétanque Club
Newsletter No 36 January 2018
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Note from the Chair – Chris McGinn
We are now looking forward to an exciting 2018, when I believe we will become of age, in the playing sense, with the recent appointment of Clive de Silva, as Playing Manager. You can be assured that he will improve our play, increase our competitiveness and make us a Club people are proud to join.
Everyone is welcome to attend the End of Year Dinner, to be held at Larkhall Sports Club on 11 January 2018, when I’m sure we’ll eat and be merry. We will also be recognizing our members who have either played exceptionally well, improved the most or contributed in different ways to the running of the club, this year. Applications forms have been sent out and they should be returned to the address quoted asap.
In the meantime, I hope all of you will achieve your aims for 2018 and enjoy all the benefits, COBPC can offer you.
Executive Committee
There was no Committee meeting in Dec. The next meeting is on 18th January. If you wish an item to be raised please contact sally@bathboules.co.uk and she will add it to the agenda.
Information on Playing Events 2018
Melees
The next melee will be on the 6th January at LSC – Registration 9.45 start at 10.00. Entry fee £3 winner receives £20. All members welcome together with friends and family.
Competitive Doubles League
There is still time to sign up for the new competitive doubles league starting from 1st January 2018. If you would like to enter then please contact Clive de Silva with your entry. All details can be found at www.petanquebath.co.uk. Please also note that the current and recently updated documentation for the doubles league and the new rankings system can be found on the website.
Thursday Night League
All members who have not been part of a team in the Thursday League may wish to consider getting together with other like-minded members and form a new team, in this very enjoyable competition. It is quite low key and taking part can only improve your play, whilst enjoying, the camaraderie of your team members and the opposition. A meeting of the Thursday League prior to the season will take place in March 2018 at Larkhall, when prospective teams should attend and join in the formulation of the plans, for the forthcoming season.
Guernsey Open Competitions 2018
If you are thinking of travelling to play pétanque take a look at the following link for advance notice of Guernsey 2018.
Tea and Coffee Rota
We still need more helpers to take turns on a rota, to set out tea & coffee every Tues and Sat morning at Larkhall. We’d appreciate your help so please email Mary at mary@bathboules.co.uk
Social
New Year’s Eve
Larkhall Football Club and City of Bath Petanque Club are jointly hosting at LSC, a fun evening of games and a quiz. Complementary glass of fizz at the stroke of midnight on the terrace to watch fireworks over the city of Bath. Bar open from 8 pm. – 1 am. Music to dance along to. Bring along finger food to share. Tickets £5 each, see Terry or Clive for tickets.
New Year’s Day Boules & Meal
Boules in Queens Square on New Year’s Day, 12 noon. Players usually bring along wine and light nibbles to share on the piste before the game, (fancy dress optional). The deadline of 15 December has passed on which to give Christine your name if you wanted to attend the meal at Brasserie Blanc, Francis Hotel at 1.15 pm. There may still be a few places available. Please contact Christine asap if you haven’t already done so. If it’s too wet to play, the meal in Brasserie Blanc will still go ahead. Her email is: chrisw57@blueyonder.co.uk
End of Year Dinner
Our end of year dinner will be held on January 11th at the Larkhall Sports Centre 7pm for 7.30pm. Please contact Mary Bradridge marybradridge@hotmail.co.ukfor all information.
Promoting Pétanque to Women
A small group of women from our club will be shortly meeting to discuss how we can promote our sport to women in the locality.
If you would like to be included in this very informal discussion group please contact Di Greenaway di@bathboules.co.uk . All are welcome.
Please note that new postings have been made on the club page, you do not have to have a Facebook account – just click on the link.
http://www.facebook.com/bathboules
Weekly times of play:
Larkhall Sports Club
Saturday 10.00am – 12.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 12.00pm
Queen Square
Wednesdays11.00am – 1.00pm
Dates for your diary
1st January – New Year’s Day boules & meal
6th January – Melee, LSC, Registration 9.45 am.