Caption Competition

As there are hundreds of visitors to this website every single month and yet very few comments ever left, I thought we'd have a Caption Competition where you can enter your caption by clicking the comment pencil beneath.

The winner will be adjudged by myself and announced at next weeks Registration Night at Huntingfield Village Hall on Friday 11th February. Mystery prize for the best caption.

Thinking caps on.....

Brrrrr!!!..Winter Woolies event

Sunday 30th January saw the entire membership of the newly formed Christchurch Park Boules Club turn up for a 3 hour stint at ''The Triangle'' piste located within the park, as part of their pre-season practice.

Also in attendance was a couple of ladies representing a possible further location that are planning to enter the league before the registration deadline date (but we aren't revealing their identity yet, as we like keeping a few surprises up our sleeves!!).

The weather was better than we had expected and everybody got to know one another much better as players swapped round partners and played on the variety of challenging undulations that the Christchurch piste offers.

Alternative Divisional Name for 2011

We try to reflect the Divisional names as being representative of the areas in which the competing teams play. However as the League continues its expansion the Divisional names need reviewing. There is such an increase of teams around the Woodbridge area that the Deben Division needs to be used for this area and is more appropriate than it being currently used for the Aldeburgh/Snape/Thorpeness/Aldringham grouping.

Therefore a new ''Alde Division'' will be created, with the Deben name used for nearer the Woodbridge area. This means that one of the previously proposed names for 2011 will be dropped. As there are a greater number of new teams in the Ipswich area, the Wolsey name will be used, with the Contable proposal being dropped.

2011 Sizing of Divisions and Priority Placement

Depending upon the final number of teams entered for the 2011 League programme by the time we reach our cut-off registration deadline date of Friday 11th February, we are likely to have a combination of 5-team and 6-team divisions.

With taking geographical location into account as well, it is only right that we try to give teams, who have previously been in 5-team divisions, the opportunity/priority to be placed into a 6-team division. Some teams in previous seasons have had the 5-team division scenario on them more often than others and therefore they will be given priority treatment when the drawing/allocating of the divisions in carried out.

In order of priority, these are the teams who have been in 5-team groups in the past;

Mill Inn Aldeburgh - 3 seasons
The Exiles Bealings - 2 seasons
Suivre Les Boules Playford - 2 seasons
Golden Key Snape (original team) - 2 seasons
Greyhound Pettistree (original team) - 2 seasons
Bell Inn Walberswick - 1 season in a 4-team group
3 Horseshoes North Cove - 1 season in a 4-team group
Harbour Inn Southwold - 1 season in a 4-team group
Hoxne Swan PC - 1 season in a 4-team group
Hollesley Shepherd & Dog - 1 season
Ye Olde Coach & Horses Melton - 1 season
Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham - 1 season
Dolphin Thorpeness - 1 season


Whilst the above will be taken heavily into consideration, it may be that teams nearer the end of the list may still be allocated a 5-team division, but we will do our best.

The ''Original 9'' Back Together

With the receipt of the Harbour Inn Southwolds registration, for the first time since our inaugral 2008 season, we have all 9 original teams in the Coastal League for the 2011 league programme.

In 2009 Hoxne took a year out and then re-joined in 2010 having re-located to the Swan Inn, whilst Southwold themselves took the 2010 season off, but are back, ready to renew local rivalries with The Bell Inn Walberswick and such like.

A Welcome Return

With just 14 days left until the registration deadline, the Harbour Inn Southwold have officially registered, following a one season absence from the league.

The pub itself is now managed by Mr Nick Attfield, who was the instigator in getting the Golden Key Snape team up and running three seasons ago, and has now given himself the job of raising the Harbour team, like a phoenix from the ashes!!

So its a welcome back to one of the ''Original 9'' teams, who were Bronze Medalists in our 2008 inaugral season.

2011 Registration Night venue.....sorted!!

Friday 11th February 2011 sees everyones very last chance to register for this seasons Suffolk Coastal Petanque League and we are very pleased to announce that our Registration Night will be held at the Huntingfield Village Hall (directly opposite the Huntingfield Arms Public House IP19 0PU).

Start time is 7.30pm and we'd expect to be done within say 2 hours, so it will then be over to the pub for a few ''sherberts''.

On the night we will run through League rules, this years format and Play-Offs, we will hand out the Captains Handbooks and Scorecards to each team in attendance and generally answer any questions you may have.

Registration is £12 per team, consisting of a minimum of 4 players

**Please bring your own refreshments, food, alcohol for the village hall part of the evening**