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Three Shires Triples:

As this Competition clashes with the Coates competition on the 16th August

where we would lose many players we have moved it back to the 23rd which is our normal weekend.

This date now clashes with the Kent Classic at Detling, so please get your entries in by 16th August

or let John know you are coming, otherwise the Competition will have to be cancelled.

JD

Doubles 2009 Winners
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Doubles Runners up
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Plate Winners
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Plate Runner up
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Three Shires Winter League Finals Day.

On a bright sunny morning , players arrived at NHIA hoping to have some of the Irish luck.

The smell of cooked bacon by Tasty burger van, attracted 22 teams, to compete in the Three Shires Winter League finals.

Twelve teams competed in the main, and ten in the plate.

John Deaville and Derek Northend as organisers, decided the state of play.

Two leagues of six team played five games with the winners of each league playing in the final of the main.

The same setup was used for the plate, but with only ten teams attending, each team played four games with a bye,

A final was also played by the winners of each league.

The weather turned in the early afternoon. The luck of the Irish maybe had ran out.

A heavy downpour of hailstone (they hurt), sent players looking for cover under the Rory O’Brien stand.

After a ten minute of rain and hail stoppage, play resumed with the usual competitive and friendly banter.

The sun come out again in time for the finals to be played, but in cooler temperature.

The plate final was disputed between Rising Sun (Rob, Anita & Jack) and Engine A (Derek, Gill & Brian).

Engine A come out on top winning 13 -9

The main final was played between Queens Head 2 (John, Mo & Tom) and Plough 2 (James, John & Simon?)

Queens 2 played extremely well all day, not losing any games, and the did not falter at the final hurdle.

They resisted a valiant effort from the Plough 2, but won the contest 13-4.

A great warm up for  the 2009 coming season.

 

 

Winter League Results, final standings

Minutes of the  2008 Annual General Meeting held at

Stotfold Conservative Club on 20th  November 2008

 

 

Clubs attending:

Engine A; Bird in Hand; Noahs Ark; Golden Lion; Ickleford Tigers; Rising Sun C; Luton A;

Plume B; Queens Head; NHIA Cuckoos; NHIA Kestrels; Bell Benington; Cottered; Engine B; Plume A; Bancroft Park; Ickleford Panthers; Stotfold Con Club; Ickleford Lions;

 

Committee Members & Comp Committee Members attending

Chairman Jeff Smith (JS), Treasurer Neil Stevenson (NS) Comp Sec John Deaville (JD)

Comp Committee: John Luke (JL) Alan Brockett (AB) Danny Sims (DS)

Apologies Peter Wright (PW)

 

The Chairman opened the meeting at 8-15pm and welcomed everyone present. He informed the members that in order for the meeting to progress smoothly, that changes in the order of the Agenda were necessary and that the Competition Secretaries report be moved to Item 6 and the Election of Officers be moved to Item 10. He then asked for apologies for absence and the meeting commenced.

 

Apologies for absence were received from

Three Horseshoes; Edward VII A; Edward VII B

 

Minutes of 2007 AGM

The minutes of the 2007 AGM were e mailed to the members by JD and the Chairman asked for a proposer and seconder for approval of those minutes.

Proposed by John Luke – Queens Head and Seconded by Neil Stevenson – Ickleford PC – Approved.

 

Matters arising

There were no matters arising from those minutes.

 

OFFICERS REPORTS

Chairman

The Chairman stated that it had been a very good year, with little or no problems during 2008 and that he was very pleased that this was the case and hoped that it would continue in 2009. He thanked JD and NS for their efforts throughout the season. He also thanked the Divisional Organisers Peter Wright & Adam Sullivan and also thanked Rory O Brien for his work with the League Results and website.

 

 

Secretary

There was no secretary’s report for 2008 as Peter Wright was unable to attend the meeting. He had already decided to stand down from this position prior to the meeting.

 

Treasurer

The treasurer thanked Pete Wright and Adam Sullivan for sponsoring the League and asked for new Sponsor’s for 2009. He also stated that revenue was up, from league Competitions on previous years due to better weather. He also stated that costs had increased slightly as we had gone for better trophies. Overall the account was in good shape and he could see no point in increasing league entry or competition fees.

Proposed by Rob Munday (Engine B) Seconded by Lyn Howard (Queens Head) Approved by meeting

 

Competition Secretary.

JD reported that 2008 had been a successful season with Divs 1 & 2 results a lot better than the previous year and although there was a problem with Div 3 & 4 results, that this wasn’t down to the clubs themselves, but to the results going astray after being sent to the DO,  because of a mix up of addresses. JD thanked Div 3 & 4 for their forbearance whilst this problem was sorted out. A brief round up of League results cups & Competitions for 2008 was reported and details of this can be seen on Rory’s website.

JD thanked the divisional organisers Pete Wright and Adam Sullivan for their efforts and also Pete Wright and Neil Stevenson for running the Sponsors Cup.

 

League divisions for 2009 and proposed playing nights.

JD then gave a resume of next years promotions and relegations. Engine A & Ickleford Panthers down to Div 2 and Plough Langford & Plume B up to Division 1. Ickleford Tigers & Luton B down to Div 4 and Rising Sun C and Luton C up to Div 3. These will finally be decided at the Captains Meeting in March

 

Club registration forms

JD said that these will be e mailed out to Clubs and will also be available at the Captains Meeting.

 

New clubs in the league

JD welcomed the Bell Sandy into the League and also hopefully the Red Lion at Weston may be re joining.

 

Winter League entries

Winter League entry forms were emailed out to the members in advance and also distributed at the AGM. JD to collate and send out to the teams entered.

 

Amendment to rules

JD proposed to amend the rules regarding the Sponsors Cup, that no team may play in this competition until they have fulfilled their 3 Shires league obligations. This is providing the Sponsors Cup takes place next year. If there are enough new teams wishing to join the League, it won’t take place. This will be put to the Members at the Captains Meeting.

 

Election of officers

JS reported to the meeting that Peter Wright (PW) the League Secretary would be standing down at this meeting and that the League needed a new secretary urgently, as according to our Constitution the League should not legally operate with out one. JS asked for volunteers and John Luke (JL) said that he would fulfil the role for the next year. The remaining Officers of the Committee and the Competition Committee members all agreed to stand again, apart from Tony Dean (CC) whom we are unable to contact. Alan Roden (Luton APC) volunteered to join the Competition Committee. JS asked that they be voted in en bloc

Proposed by Kevin Daisley – Cottered PC. Seconded by Sharon Fane – Plume A.P.C

Approved by the Members

 

 

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EPA registration for 2008

All clubs were Registered with the EPA for 2008 season.

 

Any other business

 

There was no other business and the Captains Meeting was set for Thursday 12th March at Stotfold Conservative Club. The Chairman then closed the meeting at 9.00 pm.

 

John Deaville – Honorary Competition Secretary

Three Shires Petanque League

25th November 2008.

 

 

 

POST AGM NOTE:

Due to personal reasons Tony Dean has decided to stand down from the Competition Committee and this vacancy will be filled by Alan Roden (AR) who was voted on at the meeting.

 

John Deaville

27th November 2008.

Three Shires Triples

 

After very slow entries there was a good turnout for this competition. The day started wet and dull but spirits were good. I must say the atmosphere at this competition was really great. Play was serious but friendly. After a 3 round snake then knockout for the main and plate Paolo, Pete and Sue played Gavin, Wash and Steve from Luton in the plate final, Home advantage was a benefit for Paolo and his team as they came out victorious.

The main final between Myra, Adrian and Tony V Jez, Miles, Gareth was equally as exciting as the plate final. The score did not reflect the great boules played by both teams. The final result was the young lads took the title.

Both finals were great to watch with fun and sportsmanship from all four teams, it was also nice to see such a crowd stay around for the final.

Thanks to all who attended and helped with the running of the day. (apologies for no photo of plate runners up, they were a little camera shy and run off before I could snap them)

On a personal note; to me this competition was what boule should be all about, great play, skill, sportsmanship, fun and laughter.

Runners Up
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Three Shires Doubles

Winners
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Plate Runners Up
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Plate Winners
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Three Shires Winter League Finals Day Rport

 

 

The 2008 Shires Winter League was held at Cottered PC this year on what tuned out to be chilly but fairly dry day, with one short spell of rain. Much better than the dire weather that was forcasted.

 

The main competition was made up of 3 Leagues of 4 with the top two teams from each league going thru with the two best runners up into the Quarters, Semis and final. It was a hard fought contest with the Engine A going on to win the final against the Rose & Crown A without losing a game all day. So congratulations to Martin Hughes and Gill & Brian Howarth.

 

It was decided that as the plate had an odd number of teams ie 9 to, use a four round snake system, with the top four teams playing off for first and second place. Although this proved to be a bit long drawn out with some very close matches the final was eventually won by Ickleford lions against Queens Head 2.

 

Many thanks to Cottered PC members for all the hard work they put in to make the event successful and for the great food that they laid on. Thanks Cottered and thanks to all the players for making it a great day.

 

John Deaville

Three Shires Comp Sec.

11th March 2008.

 

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League Cup Winners
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League cup runners up
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Plate winners
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Plate runners up
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Sponsors cup winners
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Sponsors cup runners up
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321 Winners
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321 Runners up
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Three Shires Triples

A good turn out and good weather for this competition. It was surprising that teams did not use it as practice for Brean, but regardless there was some very strong teams entered. We had a junior team enter comprising of Amy, Reece, Sam B. They started off strong with a convincing win in their first game, but then hit a downward slope. They battled well but did not win anymore morning games. There was a couple of teams in the morning games that showed obvious strength. Sarah, Jeremy & Ben played with ease throughout the morning, as did Derek, Martin and Danny.

The plate final was between Pete T, Sue, Paolo and Amy Reece, Sam. I would personally like to thank Pete, Paolo and Sue who were kind and sporting enough to allow me to advise the juniors through this game. The attitude of this team was 2nd to none and an example to all. The juniors once again put in a good performance but the experience of the slightly older team won through making Sue, Pete and Paolo Plate winners.

The main final was no surprise, between Derek, Martin, Danny and Sarah, Jeremy, Ben. Derek’s team had played convincing boule all day clocking up some great results, but could not quite get into their stride in the final. The confidence of the youngsters game them the added edge and allowed them to gain yet another stunning win, making them Three Shires Triples Winners.

Thank you to Ickleford for your hospitality and to John Luke for yet another well run competition.

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Plate Winners Pete, Sue, Paolo

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Three Shires Doubles

It was a good day weather wise but the turn out was very poor. With four divisions in this league you would expect a good turnout. But sadly only a handful of teams supported this event.

However it turned out to be a great day and a whole load of fun.

The Main final was under way quite early,Ben and Tom scrapped it into the main after a very scratchy but enjoyable morning. They played against Paolo and Pete T who put in superb performances throughtout the day. It was a good game to watch and play was of a high standard. Ben and Tom finally surged forward to take the title of Three Shires Doubles Champions with Pete and Paolo as Runners Up.

The Plate final started much later but the was still a fair crow of supporters who stayed to watch.

So John L & Steve took on Robin and Ian B in a final that provied much entertainment. Unfortunatly John and Steve who never gave up battling could not quite get a grip on the game. Robin and Ian played a great game and were deserving winners.

Thank you to all who entered and to the organisers and host club.

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Winners

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Main Runners-Up

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Plate Winners

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Plate Runners-Up

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Mexican Wave from the spectators

Three Shires Match Rules

Three Shires Constitution.

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