We managed to play our spring Melee number 4 in relatively dry conditions. Is summer on its way you may ask ? 27 members entered the competition and it turned out to be once again a close finish . As a reminder the scoring system is one point for each win plus extra points for coming in the top 5 places . An extra 5 points for the winner, 4 for second place down to 1 extra point for fifth place. Only 4 players managed the 3 wins, but with some new names in the top 5 the leader board is like a game of snakes and ladders . In 5th place Alan Bate with 2 wins +12 . 4th place with 3 wins + 14 Migs ..read more

This time Tony McDonald takes over as chief sports reporter for our first 2024 fixture… A fantastic start to the season.. Our first game of the new 2024 league saw weather suitable for all four seasons of the year in one match. We started to play in bright sunshine wearing only t-shirts and then turning bitterly cold with hail and wind. We all finished well wrapped up to keep the elements out. All players turned up early after dodging their way through roadworks and bad traffic heading into Harrogate for the flower show. GAME ONE (Triple Clive Kath and Roger) Despite going down 4-0 in the fir ..read more

More once again from our man on the pistes, Alan Bate… Firstly a big congratulations to Huddersfield Petanque Club for reaching their 10 year milestone! Here’s to many more! Sadly, the best thing about Saturdays 10th Anniversary event as far as Heckmondwike success was concerned was the weather! We entered the 3 separate competitions, Mixed Triples, Mixed Pairs, and Open Triples and fared as follows: Mixed Triples: Alma, Shirley, Ken Hutchinson and Roger Farrar shared the workload, but struggled to gain any momentum as a team in their 3 league games. In the silver semi final they lost to Holl ..read more

The results of the Grand National Sweepstake .  1st Carol Johnson 2nd Caroline 3rd Janet Spencer  4th Clive Wesley See Alma for prize money   Thank you to everyone who took part ..read more

Tomorrow is Grand National Day. Alma will be running a sweepstake so don’t forget to bring along your £1. Good Luck everyone Kind Regards David ..read more

More from chief roving reporter Alan Bate A wet and windy day at Trafford in the invitational. Heckmondwike represented by Alan and Anita plus Clive and Graham. Alan and Anita lost their first 3 games and yet were only minus 7 points. Clive and Graham having more success winning their first 3 and that left Clive and Graham in the Gold semi finals with Alan and Anita in the Bronze semis. Final results being 3rd place in Gold group for Clive and Graham with Anita and Alan winning the Bronze group. Unfortunately only 3 of the Trans Pennine teams fielded representatives in today’s invitational, wi ..read more

From our roving reporter (and player!) Alan Bate… A 5 game snake faced the 18 teams who entered the YP Triples at Hollicars on a typically wet Bank Holiday Easter Monday. Only 1 team contained Heckmondwike members, The Heckythumps, aka Alan, Anita and Shirley. A poor start losing 13 – 5 (to the eventual winners) followed by 4 excellent wins against decent teams saw us to a 4 win +12 total. With Anita and Shirley sharing the pointing and making many excellent deliveries with Alan on good shooting form and adding points to ends where we were already lying shot. We had to wait until completion o ..read more

Well the sun finally came out for us on Saturday . Forty members enjoyed a day of competitive petanque in the spring melee number 3. After checking the score sheets a number of errors were found , it was like the final question on the 1% club . Please try and take a little more care when filling in your scores. Nine members archived 2 wins in the first 2 rounds , so it was all to play for in round 3 . Only four members managed the elusive 3 from 3 . In 4th place with 3 wins + 8 was Cath Clegg . In 3rd place our reigning champion Ken Hutchinson with 3 wins +11. In second was Bev Whittington jus ..read more

Hi everyone, it’s that time of year again. Subscriptions are now due for individual membership of Yorkshire Petanque . If you are already a member you can renew via the YP website. Alternatively you can pay me by cash £8 and I will arrange for the fee to be paid. If you are not already a member you will need to download and fill in the membership form from their website. Any issues please give me a call. Kind Regards David ..read more

As you all know we started a project to improve the banking adjacent to the terrains last year . We obtained a grant from KMC, and with help from our friends at Transformers North we were able to clear the weeds and overgrown plants, lay membrane and bark chippings. We have now started the process of planting out to make the area a feature. A big thank you to everyone who has already donated plants. In the next few weeks I know many of you will be busy in the garden, preparing for summer, if we get one . If you have any perennial plants that can be split, please bring them down. Kind Regards D ..read more