Leeds Pétanque have recently been in dialogue with the local Mölkky team to discuss meeting up formally for an introductory session for our members. This should be sorted soon and further information will be posted on the website.
If you’re not familiar with Mölkky, the game hails from Finland and is probably best described as a cross between skittles and Pétanque, with a touch of darts scoring, with teams taking it in turns to throw a wooden pin towards numbered skittles to score points.
The local Mölkky team recently took part in the world championships in Japan and came 7th in the World Championships, beating former champions Estonia, and came a very creditable 7th whilst Finland were this year’s champions.
Paul in particular has become somewhat of an expert, and two weeks ago took part in the Yorkshire Open that was held at our Vesper Gate terrain. A combination of singles and doubles were played in leagues, then the knockout stages followed in the afternoon, and after a long day the doubles final was played in the near darkness aided by several phone torches! Paul and his friend Dave came in third in the doubles out of a total of 48 players! They now have bronze medals to show for it.
Not bad at all for players that have only been in the game for a few weeks… congratulations gentlemen!
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