Following a hot day the evening was warm and sultry. Our opponents, in their pale blue team kit flooded onto our Piste in readiness for a good, hard fought match. They were not disappointed!
Three formidable lady players from Luton Jets were up against three equally determined men from the opposition. It did not go well for the ladies from the get-go. It seemed they were stuck in the (sparse) grit. End after end saw Martyn Gray's grenades nuzzle the fickle coche...
But the ladies foud inner strength and stormed back (no pun intended) to find themselves, like their opponents, on 'sticky 12' The last end was the decider. Martyn pitched his last boule to lie a good 2 and a half feet from the coche. The final boule from the Jets rolled straight and true towards that annoyingly inapproachable coche. Breath was held, eyeballs riveted, silence prevailed except for metal on stone as the final boule slicked past the coche to give The Storm their win: 13-12.
What a game though! And more to come! Our husband and wife team Rosie and Kevin Moore teamed up as Doubles. Rosie's shiny boule twinkled in the floodlights as she strove hard to point nearest the coche. Play swung forwards and backwards. Points for the opposition and points for us. And again, down to the wire our gallant duo battled. Kevin, shooting well to keep the opponents boule away from the coche. Determination had set in like a bulldog's jaw and sheer doggedness and resolve saw our happy duo win the game. They deserve a special mention and surely 'Man and Woman' of the Match. Not long on the Petanque circuit, they have just got better and better. An absolute pleasure to watch! Keep it up guys!
Last words? Well, The Storm won, but judging by last night's endeavours, we are a force to contend with.
Three formidable lady players from Luton Jets were up against three equally determined men from the opposition. It did not go well for the ladies from the get-go. It seemed they were stuck in the (sparse) grit. End after end saw Martyn Gray's grenades nuzzle the fickle coche...
But the ladies foud inner strength and stormed back (no pun intended) to find themselves, like their opponents, on 'sticky 12' The last end was the decider. Martyn pitched his last boule to lie a good 2 and a half feet from the coche. The final boule from the Jets rolled straight and true towards that annoyingly inapproachable coche. Breath was held, eyeballs riveted, silence prevailed except for metal on stone as the final boule slicked past the coche to give The Storm their win: 13-12.
What a game though! And more to come! Our husband and wife team Rosie and Kevin Moore teamed up as Doubles. Rosie's shiny boule twinkled in the floodlights as she strove hard to point nearest the coche. Play swung forwards and backwards. Points for the opposition and points for us. And again, down to the wire our gallant duo battled. Kevin, shooting well to keep the opponents boule away from the coche. Determination had set in like a bulldog's jaw and sheer doggedness and resolve saw our happy duo win the game. They deserve a special mention and surely 'Man and Woman' of the Match. Not long on the Petanque circuit, they have just got better and better. An absolute pleasure to watch! Keep it up guys!
Last words? Well, The Storm won, but judging by last night's endeavours, we are a force to contend with.