City of Bath Petanquers take tea in Aix

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  • December 9, 2012
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Club Chair Lesley Hall and Secretary Diana Lockwood flew the flag for Bath in Aix for 5 days at the beginning of the month. Taking part in the Aix Twinning … Continue Reading

Boules – A newcomers insight to a Club Tour

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  • November 26, 2012
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Over the past number of years we have often reported back on our boules tours from a group perspective so this time we asked Terry Basson, one of our new … Continue Reading

City of Bath Players Join Great Western Region at the Inter Regional Championships

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  • September 23, 2012
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After the previous years experience at Pontins Holiday Camp in Brean  many of us including the 9 City of Bath Players set out with much trepidation as to what we … Continue Reading

Sospel concours de boules

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  • September 22, 2012
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And so it was that we rediscovered summer in Sospel, a ville fleurie 10 miles north of Menton. Lucky for us it was the day of le concours de boules … Continue Reading

Abbey Ales Bath Thursday Boules League

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  • September 13, 2012
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The presentation event for the 4th season of the Abbey Ales Bath Thursday Boules League took place at The Northey, Box. The league is organised by City of Bath Petanque … Continue Reading

CoBPC Member wins Regional Shooting Competition

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  • September 8, 2012
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Ciaran Crabtree today became the first City of Bath Club member to win the Regional shooting competition. In a field of 9 contestants it came down to a final between … Continue Reading

Brunel League Update

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  • August 9, 2012
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Despite the difficulties of putting out a settled team to represent The Bath Club in this league, the team currently holds 5th place (of 11), having played 13 of the … Continue Reading

Stop the Tram, we have to finish our game!

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  • August 9, 2012
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Included in the 1932 film by Marcel Pagnol  “Fanny”   a famous scene in which a tram is stopped in its tracks in order to allow the game to continue (the clip … Continue Reading

French boulistes show us how it’s done!

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  • July 18, 2012
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After 9 years of Bath petanque players visiting our twin city of Aix-en-Provence, we were able to return the hospitality at last when four intrepid Aixois spent the weekend of … Continue Reading

Club Tour to Alkmaar (Netherlands) October 2012

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  • June 20, 2012
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The beautiful city of Alkmaar is famous for its canals, cheese market, historical houses and windmills. Following a successful Club tour in 2010, a second tour is being organised from … Continue Reading