Winner of the 2011 most improved player

Winner of the 2011 Most Improved Player Trophy

Roger receiving Trophy from our chairman Kath

NDL Cranleigh v ABC Hornets

Cranleigh played host to ABC Hornets on Saturday 7th April.  The weather was quite cool but at least the rain stayed away.
In the the first Round, Dan and Joan won their game, Jeff and Les and Peter and Richard lost theirs
In the second Round, Dan and Joan and Jeff and Les won their games but Tony and Sue lost theirs
Going into the last round it was 3 games each and all to play for.
Last round;  Jeff and Les won; Tony and Peter lost, leaving all the pressure on Joan and Dan, but they were just beaten in the end.
Final score 5 games to 4 in favour of ABC
Thanks to both teams for an entertaining afternoon which was followed by drinks in the club house afterwards.
Cranleigh:
Jeff, Les, Joan, Dan, Tony, Peter, Susan, Richard
ABC:
Mike, Christine, David, Hazel, Carolyn, Sonia

Will be organising our next two games shortly. Away to ABC Wasps and Home to Crondall Panthers

English Petanque Association Insurance

The EPA Management Committee has arranged a new insurance package for 2012:

 

• The maximum cover is now £5m (note that paragraph 5.3 of the Southern Counties Pétanque Association  Constitution and Rules sates that "Registered Clubs shall be such Pétanque Clubs as are admitted to the SCPA having a Constitution and Rules that do not conflict with the SCPA's. The Officers of such Clubs shall be and remain members of the SCPA. Registered Clubs may admit members who are not members of the SCPA/EPA but such members shall not be entitled to any of the rights and privileges of membership of the SCPA/EPA and shall hold third party liability insurance equivalent to that afforded to members of the SCPA/EPA in respect of any activities related to pétanque").
• Advertised "Come and Try" events are covered as they are looking to engage with the public and encourage them to participate and join the EPA.  People will be insured as long as they take part in no more than three "Come and Try" events.  That could be one held by the region and one more from each of two different clubs then that would be considered the person's "full quota" and they would only be insured once they have joined the EPA.
• Exhibitions and shows are more likely to be organised through the EPA MC and as such are covered.  Local events, such as the Horsham French Weekend, are covered are covered as the SCPA is demonstrating the the sport and encouraging new players and members and the time demonstrating the techniques and rudimentary play is quite short, say 20-30 minutes.
• The EPA insurance only covers members playing in the United Kingdom and not anywhere else.  The exceptions to this is that the EPA Insurance will cover players participating in representative events, such as the World or European Championships, or Invitational events where England, through the EPA, has been invited to send a team.  All other events where playing is the focus, such as twinning or similar will not be covered under the EPA policy and players are strongly recommended to check that their own travel insurance policy covers playing.
• As ever, members must be aware that any claim is subject to scrutiny by the Insurers and no there is no guarantee that a claim will be successful.  However, completing Risk Assessments prior to any event may well increase the possibility of a successful outcome.

NDL Cranleigh v Crondal Lions

In the first rain for months we travelled to Crondall for our first match in the North Downs League.
The evening stayed mainly dry with just a few quick showers.
Joan and Daniel, Emma and Peter  and Lesley and Jeff all won our first games. In the second round Joan and Daniel picked up our fourth win.
Going into the last round we needed one win to take the match; Lesley and Jeff just managed to pull out the stops to take the win.This gives us our first match win and puts us third in the league table.
Thanks to Crondall for providing a good evening's boule and tasty food afterwards.

Celebrating Frank's Ninetieth Birthday

On Saturday 24th of March thirty players attended Frank's ninetieth birthday celebrations at our club.
We were joined by his daughter Lesley and  members of his old club.
After two games of boule, Frank blew out the candles on his cake and we all had a glass of champagne to toast the birthday boy. Our Club presented Frank with a leather bound edition of The Times for the
day that he was born.

 Old Time music to play by!

Frank has already put in his order for his 100th Birthday cake!

Southern Counties Winter Doubles

Tony and Ash, and Lesley and Jeff have been representing the club in this years winter doubles tournament. We have travelled to Portsmouth (4 times) Southampton, Crondall, and Lancing.
This years event has seen a very strong turn out of English and  Regional champions which has made the going very hard. The competition will reach the final stage at Cobbets Club, Botley at the end of March.

Club AGM

The AGM was held at the Sports and Social Club on Saturday the 12th Feb.
We elected the following new Chairman:  Kath,
New Treasurer: Susan,
New Committee members:   Ashley, Emma, Richard, Roger.
Susan proposed a vote of thanks to Tony for running the club for the last year.
The meeting finished and we had sandwiches and coffee thanks to Susan.