Farmhouse Petanque Club - Competitions/League

Competitions/League

Competitions/League

Here lays the results of sweat , hard work and fearce competition !!!...

The league so far..." The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (29/10/2008)

In the 9-a-side league Hampshire Rose, having had a poor start to the season, finished with a convincing 7-2 victory over Southampton City to steal the Division 2 trophy from us and once again we ended up the bridesmaid, never the bride, in 2nd position. Farmhouse had a better points difference than them so a 5-4 win over Southampton City for us would have secured the club the Championship.

As stated in the last report, the 6-a-side team have been confirmed in the third position in Division 2, an improvement on last season against strong opposition. It is also some comfort that the team actually beat the League Champions, Oxshott, on their home terrain at the start of the season and Southampton City Saints, who were second, at home in September.

Perhaps next year it will be our turn for success!

"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (31/10/2008)

Well, that's it then...3rd on the 6-a-side league, behind Oxshott who did not won more games than we had, and Southampton City who missed a great chance of winning the league this year. I think it's quite honorable really....As for the 9-a-side, it was down to us to win the match against Hampshire Rose to take the leadership, but we failed and we now have to pay the price !!! Still, being second is a good result. In the view of those results, I see no reason why next year's leagues shouldn't be a top year for us !!

The league so far..." The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (09/10/2008)

The 6-a-side team needed to win the last 3 matches to stand any chance of winning the league or achieving promotion by coming 2nd.

Unfortunately, the first game against Lamb on 17/09/08 resulted in a 2-3 loss. Having said this, our compliments must go to Mike Hordern, who at 90 years of age, shot and pointed superbly in both the triples and doubles and was largely responsible for wins in both. Luckily for their opposition Mike does not play away games so the odds are more evenly balanced! Whilst not the main object of the evening the landlord also has to be praised for providing what is probably the best refreshments in that league.

Our last two games were both played on our home terrain against Southampton City Saints on 17/09/08 and Limesdowne Wonders on 02/10/08. A good win of 3-2 was achieved against
Southampton which was pleasing after the 0-5 defeat away, particularly as they are in serious contention for the championship of this league. This, unfortunately, was not maintained against Limesdowne where we lost 1-4. (Due to a certain anxiety by our players to follow Pompey's fortunes, I understand.) The team nevertheless have ended up a creditable 3rd position in the league which I believe is the best result since being demoted from the 1st Division.

In the 9-a-side league the team has fallen by the wayside. Having been top for 3/4 of the season our last two results have let us down. The loss away against Crondall 4-5 was not entirely unexpected as the team always seem to struggle on their terrain. Still, with two home games to come our hopes were high. However, against a competent Southampton City team on 25/09/08, our players did not perform and ended up winning only one game each with a resulting scoreline of 3-6. With Hampshire Rose winning their home game against Crondall on the same night they now lead with 5 wins and we are level 2nd with Crondall.

It now needs Southampton City to beat Hampshire Rose and us to have a convincing win against Shedfield to give us a tilt at the championship.

Finally, our down fortunes continued in the European Championships when we lost to Crondall, again on our home terrain, 3-4 on 29/0908.

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The league so far..." The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (aug 2008)

Our 6-a-side team has had mixed results recently. We beat
> Adur Manor in away match 3-2 on 8th July, then achieved a
> win at home 3-2 against Royal Oak on 7th August, whom we had
> lost to in the away match earlier in the season.
> Unfortunately we then lost 1-4 to Oxshott at home on 14th
> August, having beaten them on their home terrain earlier.
> The last match that has been played was away to Cobbetts on
> 20th August where again a 3-2 win was achieved.
>
> This leaves the Club in the situation in 3rd position in
> the league with only three match losses whilst Oxshott , the
> current leaders have lost five matches, but with a better
> scoring average than us. Southampton City Saints, with games
> in hand and only one match loss, look in a good position to
> win the League and it is now down to the remaining few
> matches to determine whether we can secure second position.

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"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (21/08/2008)

While I understand our 6-a-side team didn't perform too well against Oxshott (1-4) on the 14th august, a recovery was made last night against Cobbetts. The victory was grapped on the last match as Edwin went to score the needed 13th point to secure a 3-2 victory. I can't help to think that we have been quite unlucky so far in this league as that was our 9th victory out of 12 and still remain third in the table. It seems that we just can not find the path to larger victories ! Saying that, we have 2 games remaining and we can still finish in the top two's !

May the force be with us !!!

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"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (09/07/2008)

Farmhouse has kept all its chances alive in the 6-a-side league last night : The first triple (Eric/Goeff/Trevor) was lost quite quickly and the second one was not looking better as being down (3-12 I believe it was) ... However, Pam, Maureen and Bob managed to fight back. Luck was on their side this time, especially when the opposition moved the "cochonnet" while measuring a winning point. It appeared to be a fatale mistake... Eventually, two more doubles were won (Trevor/Bob & Maureen/Eric) et voila !.. FARMHOUSE 3 / ADUR 2

As usual, a big thank you to Adur for their hospitality in their fabulous facilities !

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04/06/2008: Pat on the back for Chris & Andy Barron (along with David Plumhoff) who were Runners up in the Main at the Southampton City Open (29/06/08) ...

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The league so far..." The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (03/07/2008)

The 6-a-side team continued its campaign when they played away to Limesdowne on Thursday 26th June. The evening went off to a good start with both teams winning their triples matches. However they then went on to lose two of the doubles with only Trevor and Eric being successful which ended the evening with a disappointing 3-2 win against a team who is currently bottom of the table. Nevertheless the result was sufficient to keep us in second position in the table but very close in points to other clubs with games in hand to play.

The 9-a side result away against Hampshire Rose on Wednesday 2nd July was even more disappointing as this resulted in the first loss of the season. The terrain was challenging and the team struggled to adjust and certainly did not produce the standard of play of the previous matches. Only the team of Bob, Matt and Michael managed to win two of their games although we thought the match was secure when Eric, Geoff andTrevor were leading in the final game 10-3. However an excellent recovery by the home team of Mark, Maurice and Ros resulted in them winning 13-11 . The final result was therefore a 4-5 loss to Farmhouse.

This still maintains our position as leaders of Division 1 with a good points difference but we need to win all the 3 games to follow to ensure our position as League Champions.

Table:

Farmhouse           Played 5, Won 4 (points difference +11)
Hampshire Rose     Played 5, Won 3 (points difference -1)
Crondall               Played 3, Won 1 (points difference +1)
Southampton City Played 3, Won 1 (points difference -5)
Shedfield              Played 2, Won 0 (points difference -6)

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"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (03/06 2008)

Yesterday evening was a much anticipated match as we were up against Hampshire Rose, second in the 9-a-side league. Unfortunetly, things didn't go our way this time, and we were 1-2 down on the first round, then caught up on the second round at 3-3 each ! It was on the last round that the drama took place...In fact we reached a 4-4 score and it was up to the last game to secure the result. However, after leading 10-3, the team (Trevor, Jeff, Eric) just couldn't score any more points for some reasons. They had to shake hand at 10-13 . So the good run of 4 victories in a row is over, and we will need to be cautious for the remaining 3 matches (Shedfield, Crondall and Southampton city) .

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"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (27/06 2008)

That was quite a windy day last night and the sun had decided to hide from Trevor's shooting ! However, after winning the first two triples, Farmhouse was quite confident, too much may be ?... Only one double was won eventually, which gave nonetheless much needed 4 points. A big thank you to Limesdowne Wonders for their great hospitality. The attitude of those players remind us all why we like this game so much !

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SCPA qualifiers 1 & 2 (1st & 22nd june 2008)

Farmhouse did pretty well in the qualifiers as :

Trevor's team "Jammy Do'Nuts" (Ashley Odell, Harrison Ash, Rod Fisher) finished first and the Barron's Bros (Chris&Andy) + Eric got in 5th position.

Out of 23 teams involved, that is a nice result. Now looking forward the Masters (19th & 20th of july), then of course Brean Sands (6th&7th september)... -Eric- (Full results)

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I was curious to see what Farmhouse previously achieved in the leagues ... Here is what I digged out :

Year 9-a-side (Div 1) 6-a-side
2007 2nd 4th
2006 3rd 3rd (Div 2)
2005 3rd 7th (Div 1)
2004 4th FIRST (Div 2)
2003 2nd 7th (Div 1)
2002 5th 5th (Div1)
2001 FIRST (div 2) 6th (Div 1)

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The league so far..." The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (20/06 2008)

Following a recent downturn in our fortunes, the 6-a-side team returned to its winning ways in the home game against local rival, Lamb, on Thursday, 11th June. The evening started well by the team winning both triples and completed the match by winning two of the doubles comfortably. The last pairing of Bob and Geoff were unfortunately unable to overcome their opponents, the husband and wife team of Mike and Kath Knight, but the match was nevertheless a good 4-1 victory.

The same six, together with three other players, then combined to play in the 9-a-side team away to Southampton City on Tuesday, 17th June. This went off to a bad start with the team only managing to win one out of the first three games, but this was reversed in the second round with a 2-1 win. This left the final round to be played with the score standing at 3-3.

All three teams started well by taking the lead and the team of Bob, Michael and Matt went on to win their game comfortably at 13-4. The other two teams however were struggling to maintain their position but in a very tense final couple of ends Gareth, Eric and Jean triumphed with a 13-12 win.

The match having now been won, we were looking to complete it with a 6-3 victory and again the team of Elwyn, Geoff and June fought very hard to achieve this. Once again it came down to the very last end at 12-12 which could have gone either way, but this time our fortunes were reversed and the game was lost. The result was still a 5-4 victory but without the efforts of one of the opponents' teams who came through with wins of 13-11, 13-11 and 13-12 the result could have been an even greater achievement.

"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (18/06 2008)

It was a sweet victory (5-4) earned by Farmhouse 9-a-side team versus Southampton City. There were some pretty tough matches down there, and after the first round being 1-2 for Southampton, Farmhouse managed to pull through the 2 other rounds... That places us in a confortable lead in the 9-a-side league. Once more, we would like to thank Southampton City for their hospitality. Personally, I am pretty impressed by the dedicated volonteers running the Rugby Club Bar. Super friendly ! Thanks guys !

15/06/2008: Good result for the "Little Boys Blue", AKA Chris & Andy Barron who were Main Semi-finalists at the Lamb Spring Open Doubles ...

"Un mot sur la ligue"... By Eric (13/06 2008)

Farmhouse 6-a-side team made a good recovery last night by beating Lambs by 4-1. Only our good captain and Jeff thought it would be of good manners to let our opponents win a game (2-13) !!! That was the least they could have done since our guests kindly offered us a "pique-nique" by the end of the matches ! Lambs hospitality goes over their own pub, so big thank you guys !

The league so far... " The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (11/06 2008)

Our 9-a-side team played Crondall, always a difficult team to beat, at home on 5th June.

The first round started badly with only one win from three games. However a good recovery came in the second round with all three teams winning their games and leaving us 4-2 up going into the final round.

Feeling reasonably confident of winning the match hopes were again dashed by the team losing the first two games, levelling the scores at 4-4. Fortunately in an interesting end to their game the team of Elwyn, Jean and Gareth beat their opposition to clinch the match.

The next match in this first half of the season will be played away on Tuesday 17th June against Southampton City with a weakened Farmhouse team due to holidays and illness. A nervewracking thought after our massive defeat in the recent 6-a-side!

The league so far... " The Official report" By Elwyn-Jean (03/06 2008)

After an encouraging start to the season, our 6-a-side team has not done as well in the last 2 matches. On the 15/05/2008, they played Cobbetts at home and having won both triples, it was looking set for a good win. However, Cobetts managed to take 2 of the doubles and the final result was not such a large victory after all (Farmhouse 3 - Cobbets 2) . The next game was against Rotal Oak away on 22/05/2008. This was always likely to be a close match, and the addition of father & son Peter and Jason Wilcox to the home team added to Farmhouse's woes. These 2 played superbly both in the triples and doubles to win convincingly 13-0 and 13-2. Bob and Eugeen had the opportunity to snatch victory in their doubles in a close fought game but the final result was a 2-3 loss. Finally, the less said the better for the game against Southampton City Saints . A resounding 0-5 defeat, our first ever of this maginitude! This leaves us tenuously in 3rd place in the league, with other results yet to come in.