We’re certainly a hardy lot, when we arrived for our New Year session the piste was frozen solid, but after a rake over, it ran like a bowling green and we were all playing like experts. Then it started to thaw and the ruts sent the Boules everywhere again. We’ve decided that we won’t send … Read more

It’s been great to see so many new players joining the group, and we’ll just keep extending the hours to fit everyone in! We’ve now got FOUR sessions running from 10am through to 2pm and they were all pretty full today which was brilliant, it’s certainly a case of “The More the Merrier”. The online … Read more

The HWu3a open afternoon was such a success and another 12 players are joining the group on our regular 1st & 3rd Monday Mornings We’ve juggled the numbers on our booking spreadsheet and hopefully we are fitting in everyone that wants to play. There looks to be enough interest to extend the sessions through 1pm … Read more

As part of HWu3a’s activity week, we hosted 4 short taster sessions on Wednesday afternoon to give other HWu3a members an idea of how much fun we have enjoying our games at the new Piste in the Park. A huge thank you to Maggie, Stuart, Nikki, Garry, & Dacia for turning up and helping people … Read more

Since moving to Welland Park Piste in the Spring, we’ve been able to make the most of the free open access and to play much more frequently. We use an online spreadsheet so that any member can notify people of the extra sessions and we have definitely UPPED our game. When Wycliffe Bowls & Petanque … Read more

It’s Official! The New Petanque Piste in Welland Park has been officially opened by HDC. Lots of people from the Council came along and there was much official picture taking of Councilors with scissors cutting tape across the piste. Special Thanks must go to HDC’s Miranda Mumford who successfully applied for the Government grant which … Read more

We’ve settled in well to the new Piste in Welland Park. There’s been a lot of good press on HFM and HDC websites about HWu3a involvement, which all helps to get the message across to promote U3A and Petanque in the Park. https://harboroughfm.co.uk/new-petanque-pitches-open-mar2025/ We still have our regular 1st & 3rd Monday morning sessions, when … Read more

I’m very pleased to let you know that the Piste in Welland Park is now ready for us to use, so proposing that we start playing there on Monday 3rd March. I’ve thanked John Kemp, the HDC works manager and he has passed on our thanks to the two workmen who completed all the work, … Read more

GREAT NEWS, we’ve just heard that Harborough District Council are about to start work on construction of a double piste in Welland Park. I had started discussions with the Council about 3 years ago and met with their works manager in the Spring of 2024, so it is Great News to hear that it is … Read more

It’s great when a plan comes together, and after the disappointing reception we received at Lyddington last time we went there, the visit to Wycliffe Bowls Club near Lutterworth was a resounding success. Their 10 ( yes ten!) pistes allowed us to stage a 6 game pairs tournament for the 24 players over 5 rounds … Read more