43rd Post...Things looking up......

Charlie has been eased off top spot [ temporarily!! ] by Ciaran, but very little separates the top four.
The top five have played six sessions thus far.  After discussion today we formalised that there will be 12 play days in each Competition Period.  At least eight players need to be playing to make it a Competition day.  Less than eight players on the Monday mean it won't count as a competition day.
We are just halfway through this Competition today.

SOME PERTINENT RULES: 

Article 14,

 Rules to apply if the jack is dead 

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If, during an end, the jack is dead, one of three cases can apply: 

1) Both teams have boules to play, the end is void and the jack is thrown by the team that scored the points in the previous end or who won the toss. 

2) Only one team has boules left to play, this team scores as many points as boules that remain to be played.

3) The two teams have no more boules in hand, the end is void and the jack is thrown by the team that scored the points in the previous end or who won the toss.

Article 16 [Partial]

If the first boule played goes out-of-bounds, it is for the opponent to play first then alternately so long as there are no boules on the designated terrain.

If after shooting or pointing no boules are left on the designated playing area, the arrangements concerning a dead end as defined in Article 29 apply.

Article 29, 

Boules equidistant from the jack.
When the two closest boules to the jack belong to opposing teams, and are at an equal distance from it, 3 cases can apply:

 1) If the two teams have no more boules to play the end is dead and the jack belongs to the team which had scored the points in the previous end or who had won the draw.

2) If only one team has boules at its disposition, it plays them and scores as many points as it has boules closer to the jack than the nearest opponent’s boule.

3) If both teams have boules at their disposition, it is for the team which played the last boule to play again, then the opposing team, and so on alternately until the point belongs to one of them.

When only one team possesses boules, the arrangements set out in the preceding paragraph apply.
If, after completion of the end, no boules remain within the boundary of the authorised playing area, the end is null and void.


Smaller numbers today as the weather was unpredictable at the start.   We're still socially distancing.
We had a 2 v 2 with three boules each and a 3 v 2 with the larger team playing 2 boules each.  It's not perfect but allows play when there are nine players.

Gerry out of picture throwing the final boule of the day in accordance with Charlie's instructions. Does it work out? No.

Keeping the facility weed-free and well-kept.  Using our battery-operated strimmer and experimenting with 'organic' weed suppressor.  We pick up litter as required also.

Start considering Tuesday July 14th 2020 the French National Holiday [ or Bastille Day ].