Terrain Dressing

Ian Fox reports:

This is the first dressing to be applied to our Terrain since it was constructed about 10 years ago. The dressing is exactly the same as was originally laid thanks to some detective work by Paul & Ian. It took about 1.5 hours on Tuesday, 27th April 2010 to spread and level the dressing. A really good soaking and rolling now should consolidate the whole. We can all expect the playing characteristics to change from now on. My grateful thanks to all who helped on the day.

The Working Party and finished product


Spreading the dressing


The dressing heap as delivered

ABC Bees v. Bordon in the NDL

David Lipman reports:

ABC Bees played Bordon at Kirdford on Tuesday, April 20th.

We won. What else is there to say!!!!

Each couple (Kateleys Lipmans and Myles) won 2 games.

Special mention must be made of Jill and Alex's contributions as this was their first ever match for the club in the NDL - well done!!!!

Final Score 6-3

ABC Wasps v Claygate Bedouins

Ingrid Richards reports:

On Sunday, 18th April the ABC Wasps had their first match in the NDPL against the Claygate Bedouins, at Kirdford.

We started at 2pm and the Bedouins were there in good time to parctice and they brought 3 extra players, whom they used for substitutes during the match. The game was played in glorious sunshine.

Our team was Benny & Margaretha, Carolyn & Jean Vanstone and Tony Riches and myself (Ingrid).

Benny & Margaretha won all three games, Carolyn and Jean won two, but I'm afraid to say that Tony & myself were the "weakest link" and lost all our games (not for want of trying!)

The match stood at 4 games all with Benny & Margaretha trailing 11-12 when Margaretha managed to put her last two boules nearest to the cochonnet and with that we won the match - well done everybody!

We finished off with a cream tea in the pub. A great day!

North Downs League

Peter Molsher reports:

The Bees, represented by Valerie & John, Barbara & Peter(M), Muriel & Chris, played their first fixture of the season this month at Crondall resulting in a 6 - 3 win for the home side. Two of the lost games went to a close
finish.

This is one of the oldest fixtures in the NDPL calendar; we were invited by Crondall in 1993 to join them in starting a new league. The other founders were Arford (now Bordon), Leatherhead (now Oxshot), and Sun Inn(at Dummer). They were joined in the second season by Kingsclere, Chilworth(Percy Arms)[the club from which Mary Robson joined us] and Racing Club.

Clive Clarke was elected NDPL chairman for that season and made and presented the Runners Up trophy on behalf of Amitiés.

Grand National Draw

The Results of the Grand National Draw were:

First - Margaretha with "Dont Push It" ... £25

Second - Ingrid with "Black Apalachi" ... £10

Third - Margaret Fox with "State of Play" ... £5

Congratulations to all three ladies ... High Street sales will no doubt soar this week!

A Fox in Oz ...

A Report from the Antipodean Fox now back in his UK den.

Here are 4 pics. of our sole exposure to Boules in Oz.

This club one of several in the Perth metropolitan area is in an upmarket
suburb called Subiaco about a five minute drive from Perth city center and
the same from Kings Park, a part Bush, part planted area, several times the
size of any London park stretching from the city center to the Swan river.

Margaret on the terrain, one of several each considerably bigger than Kirdford. We learned that this club hosts many of Western Australia's largest ompetitive meetings.



Now that's a club house! Doesn't the grounds man keep it looking well? Part of a community facility we think.



Well that's enough boule playing, have a drink. The going rate in the club house was between 1&2$AUD (58p)-(1.16p)for all drinks. The temperature that day at around 1500hrs was at least 40 degrees and no breeze.



Some of the more serious players!
Margaret and I selected our boules from an ad hoc collection of mostly mismatched boule with the clubs apologies.