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The morning was dry when we started but heavy rain ensued and drowned
the 2nd game. But spirits were not dampened, and the sun came out in the
afternoon.!

There were saw some excellent games, but there has to be a
winner.

Bronze winner Hazel Baron; Silver runner up Dave Jones; Silver
Winner Nicole Ware. Gold runner up Richard Ford. Gold winner Paul
Hayward( again), the 4th time his name appears on this trophy.

And of course the kissing the Fanny ceremony was this time the honour of
Paul Tiller, Gary White and Sara Tiller.

The Drawn Doubles took place yesterday afternoon. It was nice and sunny with a breeze. In the end 16 people played. Unfortunately some entrants had problems and were unable to attend. The start of play was delayed but the draw produced some interesting pairings. This was the first competition for our new members so they learned a lot and enjoyed the day.

We only played 3 games in the end and the winners were:

Fareham PC celebrated 40 years this year with a party at their club house in Fareham NW Community Centre. More than 60 people including some founder members attended, and played a fun petanque match. 3 players playing doubles, so that our veterans could take a breather at any time. Many of them were over 80 years old. But still ready for a game. We received a visit from our Mayor Cllr Pal Hayer, who cut the birthday cake for us and stayed to watched the final games in the afternoon.

The winners were:

We were happy to have 27 entries to this competition. It was  a beautiful day. There were leagues in the morning and knock-out in the afternoon with gold, silver, bronze and pewter divisions.

After an exciting final Callum Lombard and Dave Plumhoff were crowned champions having won 13-12 against Tomasz Rypien and Jay Willcocks. Congratulations to them.

Paul Hayward with Don Power and Martin and Nicole Ware both played well and qualified for the Gold level of the competition. Paul and Don went on to play in the semi-finals. Julie Power with Bob Bish and Sheila Hayward with Ed M-W played in the Silver level.

A wintry morning with intermittent rain. The terrain decorated with many pretty leaves. Inside was much warmer with decorations and Christmas music. Sheila and Sue served bacon sandwiches before play and delicious home-made soup afterwards.

There were 16 players with 4 games of 40 minutes. 14 were Club members with two visitors from Kent.

1st Clive (from Kent), 2nd Jackie (Churcher), 3rd Sheila and 4th Gary. Strongest player Richard. (Sue from Kent thought she was vying for this accolade).

This year’s Chosen Pairs had a Guy Fawkes theme but the day proved mild and sunny, a welcome change in November! Eight teams rolled out with Roz and Julie looked splendid as Guy Fawkes!

Three hotly contested games in the morning with Carrie and Mark leading the plotters at lunch. Sadly George and Gary fizzled out after lunch – a familiar tale!

Carrie and Mark where winners with Paul and Sheila second, Don and Bob third and George and Gary forth. Roz and Julie were consolage winners.

Many thanks to Sheila and Sue for their hospitality. Excellent Bacon Sandwiches and Cakes!

On Sunday 22nd October Fareham PC managed to sweep the board at the SCPA Silver Salver competition beating all the other teams, taking 6 rounds. Well done everyone.

Our Charity Melee took place on 13 August 23 in aid Alzheimer’s Research. 18 players took part in this event. The Isle of Wight team were unable to attend at short notice, but we did have visitors from Portchester and Muscliffe.

Play started at 10 am and the weather was kind. A buffet lunch was served at 12.30. Many thanks to Lois, Jackie Lee, Mari and Marion. many thanks also to the cake makers. Absolutely delicious and made about £50 for the charity. 

The results were as follows: 1st Thomas Williams from Portchester, 2nd Gerry MacAleese, 3rd Bob Bish, 4th Paula Fauvel, 5th Sue MacAleese, 6th Don Power. 

Great to see Don playing so well after his eye op. Carol and I ( Gary) narrowly avoiding a fanny loosing 13/1 against Don playing with Thomas

A very good time had by all, no one with 5 wins, but top 6 had 4. And we made over £200 in total for our chosen Charity Alzheimer’s Research. Well done Fareham.

Brilliant sunshine at 9 gave way to Mizzle for most of the morning, but we saw sunshine in afternoon. A light lunch was included in the entry fee.

14 players participated in many very tight games. Bob, Robert and Sheila went through to the main with 3 wins, joined by Daena on 2 wins and plus 20 after narrowly loosing to Sheila 12-13. With Daena beating Bob and Sheila beating Robert we saw a repeat match in a very entertaining Final. The result. 1st Sheila Hayward, Club Singles Champion.

2nd Daena Vincent. 3rd Bob and Robert. Consulate winner Jackie Churcher, and Plate Sue MacAleese. Gary Fannie’d Tim. And he looks delighted about it.

Well done all.

On a day of contrasting weather, FPC hosted a Come and Try session at Whiteley! A great time was had and a lot of interest from parents and children and the members of Lost Search Party.