Boules Rules OK

Sunday saw the first Brighton and Hove Petanque Newcomers Doubles contest. In all, twenty-one people turned up to play: new players and old hands mixed up to form doubles teams with one of each player in each team (except for one "trebles" team made up with the extra player!).

It was an excellent day and everyone enjoyed both the social and competitive aspect of the games. Each team played a total of six games, and prizes were awarded to the top three teams on the day. Team Nerd managed to scrape in sixth - a row of losses, one after the other, broken by a single solitary win towards the end of the day was just enough to avoid taking home the wooden spoon!

It was also an ideal opportunity to try out my game scoring device. Unfortunately, it was still only at the breadboard stage so I couldn't demonstrate it, although it certainly generated some interest.
A website for recording and displaying game results is already under way and the idea is to eventually link the two - so after playing your game (petanque, darts, snooker, whatever) and recording the results on the device, they can be uploaded to a website where they are automatically assembled into a league table and the winner(s) displayed for everyone to see.

More details will be posted here as they become available.