Bayside Boules Club - Alden Park - since late 2019

  IPA Interclub Competition: One team of 6 per club.  At least one member of opposite gender.  Two subs possible [ one must be opposite gender].  Probably Doubles and Triples matches.  Saturday 21st September  [ 10:30 to 17:30 ] in Marlay and/or Bushy Park.  Probably 6 games with best overall team score to win.  [Much depends on number of entries]. Six teams are registered nationally of today 29/08/25. It would be great to have a BBC team entered.  Presently, we have 5 interested names.  I'm making the cut-off date this Sunday 31/08/25.  The next one to three names on the poll will, for this year, make our team.  In following years we will try to have a ranking system and invite members to represent us at these competitions.  Last year it was not obligatory to be a paid-up IPA member to participate but they will have priority, if oversubscribed. There is a once off cost of €8 for each player on the day and you will have to...

Seapoint visit to Alden:      We welcomed Seapoint Pétanque to Alden Park on Wed July 2nd.  We had a great morning's play in lovely weather. We played all doubles fixtures and eventually BBC managed to win overall - cumulative score 169 v 154 while the head to heads were a draw at 9 wins apiece. We were impressed by their 'uniform' appearance which is our goal shortly. Bastille Day: We had our annual Bastille Day Fun and Games on Sunday 13th this year. The weather obliged and we had a very enjoyable afternoon. We had a variety of winners over the 6 disciplines. The players all wore some Red and Blue articles with the French theme on the day. Calendar of upcoming events: We have the IPA Doubles on Sunday Aug 3rd to look forward to.  Dirk will represent BBC at the IPA Precision Shooting .  We are endeavouring to get a team of four willing to travel to cork for the Celtic Challenge Qualifiers.   Team has to be entered before Sat 9th August.  The Celt...