53rd Post.....Its a Numbers Game.....





On a damp and dreary Summer morning we had twenty players for this mornings competition. Our max. is twenty four or six players on each piste. 

We had the cards drawn and the groups of five organised on each piste with three minutes to spare!.........  a first for us....well done. 

Since we were playing five on each piste, which would be frowned upon in 'official circles', we played
3 v 2 and changed partners after each game. Everyone gets to play with three boules at least once. We are aware that everyone wants to play with three boules but sometimes it's not possible.
 
Under our new protocols for this competition each player's best 24 of a possible 36 scores, in the twelve week period, will decide the winner. Should there be players on equal scores after the twelve week session we will keep taking the next best scores until we have a winner.

Chris and Ciaran have established a tidy lead already with only Sean and Eileen in the 70s, besides.  No score in the 60s so.......early days.........all to play for.......sure its only a game.............isn't great to be out.........

Honestly, its August!!!

What else would you be doing on a damp Monday morning....

Acceptable distancing.....difficult to remember at times...

Charlie ....the mind reader...


Ciaran ....just checking out all potential rivals.....


A few photos from a sunnier Saturday last.................






A couple of young adults were playing on Sunday last.  One declined to be photographed and one was ok when I said it might be in the next edition of Ireland's Own....


Ciaran obliged by taking the following photo of the previous competition winner with his 'good' wife, just in case it never happens again!!


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