Let's have your match reports on the good, the bad and the ugly. I'll start with all 3! I joined a scratch team for the National with 512 teams at Ruoms. I had played in a doubles with a scratch player the day before and was generally happy with my game. The terrains were the usual tarmac with stones and difficult to shoot and point. I was asked to shoot and whilst I explained that I normally point or middle as my shooting isn't good enough to succeed in a National of this level it was decided that was my spot. In general I played mediocre as a shooter, hitting around 55%. We managed to win the first game in a long battle, then waited 90 minutes for the 2nd game which was another LONG battle and we lost 13/12 which put us into a barrage against the team we played first. I hadn't eaten anything and bought a coke for a quick sugar fix and started to smash carreau for almost every shot and we won in 4 ends. My team mates departed for some reason and I got a message from them saying meet at 3pm on terrain 128. I arrived there at 2.45pm and the opposition were there practising. I then waited, and waited and waited. I sent messages to any team mates who I had just met that day with no response. Then after an hours I received a message saying we had lost by default as I hadn't shown up! The original message had a mistake, it was terrain 118 and a long way from where I was waiting. The lesson here is to check myself for terrains and not rely on others for information. I have also built a temporary terrain on the slip road by the house with some gravel to prepare for future Nationals on a similar nightmare piste.

Tonight at 6.30pm UK time we have another get together to discuss tactics, strategies and review some footage. This is also a great way to get together and have a god chat and learn from others. I have 2/3 end from this weekend that I think will be great lessons for anyone, regardless of your ability or knowledge. The invite will say 7.30pm but that's French time. It starts at 6.30pm if you are in the UK. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84451288998?pwd=ssP6LczmfjvsxxdkTLnLH4nFt60Vtw.1

Yesterday I played in the Yorkshire Singles at Stockton Fox, 5 game snake followed by last 8 knockout, my aim was to focus on pointing and only shoot when absolutely necessary as thats where my game is at present, I managed to win 4 out of 5 only losing 10-13 against a strong player in Rob Fox, my tactics worked I even had a few La Rafle style Carreau throughout my games, My opponent in the last 8 draw was Rob which I lost to 8, no trophy but I came away feeling confident and content with where my game is, onwards 🙂

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Hi ALL, I'll be near Disneyland Paris during the week of 19 October, and looking for possibilities to play a few pétanque matches around Paris! If anyone from the community is interested in playing a few friendly matches, please let me know. It would be great to meet fellow players and enjoy some games together. Feel free to comment below or send me a message. Looking forward to hearing from you. Rajan.