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144th Post: Busy June.....

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Monday Competition: The last day of this iteration of the Monday Competition was held yesterday.  We await the name of the winner when the number crunching is complete.....Great turnout most days and genuinely competitive as members improve their pointing and shooting skills.    The winner will be announced shortly. Singles Competition:  BBC Club Singles 2025 Ciarán has started the Summer Singles with four groups chosen randomly.  Each group member plays one game against the other players in the group.  The top two in each group go into the Tier 1 bracket and the remaining players enter the Tier 2 bracket.  All finalists will receive a prize.  Many games have already been played in the early rounds and are organised individually via the App. BBC v Cabinteely:  Wed 25th June in Alden Park The long awaited return fixture v Cabinteely happened last Wednesday.  The weather was pleasant for play and with 38 players and a number of spectators ...
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143rd Post: BBC hosts the IPA Mixed Doubles.

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 IPA Irish Mixed Doubles     Sat 24th May 2025: Our first opportunity to host and run an Irish Pétanque Event arrived on Saturday 24th May.  As there were originally 20 teams entered and since the Competition Secretary, Sylver Bréteché, preferred that no team would sit out the early rounds we decided to split the event between Alden Park [ 6 pistes ] and St.Anne's Park [ 4 pistes ]. As Sylver was unable to attend Ciarán offered to run the event with the 18 teams committed to the day.  12 teams were grouped to play in Alden and 6 teams went directly to St. Anne's Park to commence by 10:30 under Tom D's supervision. Both venues had much maintenance work done in advance both by members of BBC and with the input of Fingal Co Co [ Alden Park] and Dublin City Co. [ St. Anne's Park].  BBC volunteers [ James and Mairéad ] had already helped to weed Piste 3 and the bench area in St. Anne's.   In Alden Park, with grant aid of €150 from Bayside Community Ass...
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