2011 was a very successful season for the Air Hostess Petanque Club teams with   "Air Hostess 5"   remaining unbeaten in Division One and clinching the Championship title .They also secured the Knockout Cup Plate for 2011.

The  "Air Hostess 6"  team also flourished and became the Division Two  Champions  in a very close fought league. 

"Read more" for the full results and league tables for 2011

A shedload of silverware for Air Hostess teams

The culmination of a very successful season for the Air Hostess teams took place on Thursday 24th. November at the "Three Crowns" in Hathern where  the Presentation Evening was held. The event was very well supported and  representatives from the majority of the Thursday Petanque League teams packed the bar.

'Air Hostess 5'  collected the prized Division One Championship trophy for the first time in their history and the 'Air Hostess 6'  team took the Division Two Champions trophy.   Nutbrook 1 claimed the Knock Out Cup with Air Hostess 5 taking the Knock Out Cup Plate for the second year in succession.

Thanks go to the our sponsors  Jay Webb Consultancy Services Ltd. for providing a sumptuous buffet and to Mike , Mike and Jay for the hard work put in during the season and for organising the event.

The Knock Out Cup for 2011

KO Cup Preliminary Round

Nutbrook 1 beat Notts City PC 1

Red Lion Too beat Nutbrook 2

Killarney Park 1 conceded game to Beacon.

  21st July 2011 – KO Cup First Round

Plough Thorpe Acre v’s Red Lion Too

 Red Lion Tree...... 3 - 1 .......Air Hostess 5 

Three Crowns v’s Nutbrook 1

Killarney Park 2 v’s Plough N-o-W

Nags Head 2 v’s Beacon

Nags Head 1 v’s Notts City PC 3

 Air Hostess 6 (win by default) v’s Cap & Stocking 

Notts City PC 2..... . . .2 - 3 ......... .,Air Hostess 3

KO Cup Main Competition  – Quarter Finals

Nag's Head 2 v’s Nutbrook 1

Plough T/ Acre........2 - 3.......... Air Hostess 6

Air Hostess 3.........2 - 3...... Killarney Park 2

Notts City PC3 v’s Red Lion Tree 

Semi Finalists

Red Lion Tree     Air Hostess 6

Nutbrook 1       Killarney Park 2

Final

Nutbrook 1.....3 - 2.... Red Lion Tree (aet)

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Knock Out Cup Plate

 Quarter Final

Air Hostess 5.........3 - 1.........Beacon

Semi-Final

Red Lion Too...... 1 - 3 ......Air Hostess 5

Final

Air Hostess 5 ....... 4 - 0 ........Nutbrook 2

The Chairman’s Boule d’Argent team trophy

(This competition was newly inaugurated in 2010 and is an inter-team competition within the club)

 'The 2011 Chairman's Boule D'Argent competition was contested this year by the three club teams AH3, AH5 and AH6 on the evening of Monday 19th.September
Squads-
AH3- Sue, Mac, Ann, Ian, Jo, Tony, Chris
AH5- Rob, Malcolm, Will, Andrew, Mike, John, Peter
AH6- Richard, Kevin, Dennis, David, Steve K, Steve M, Keith

The seven players from each team formed one triple and two doubles to play the other teams on a round robin basis.
The final result had AH5 on 5 wins ,one more than AH6 to taking the trophy for the second year in succession.
It was an enjoyable evening's petanque for all concerned, but especially for AH5 who have also just reached an unassailable position at the top of division 1 in the League.

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 The competition for the  “Singles Champion Trophy” was newly inaugurated in 2010 and is held yearly within the Air Hostess Pétanque Club.

AIR HOSTESS INDIVIDUAL PETANQUE COMPETITION 2011

Monday  25^th July 2011 saw the second individual petanque completion.  The competition was well supported with 20 team members turning up to play.

Played as a pairs competition over five games with each player having a different partner for each game.  One point was awarded for each win and a half point for a draw.

It was a close fought contest with no player scoring five wins, but with four players each scoring four points it came down to count back on points difference over the five matches.

Rob MacShane was the eventual winner with +31 just beating Peter Johnson-Marshall into second place by four points with +27, Andrew Winter came third with +22.

 The club held it's secomd annual 'members only' triples competition on Monday July 11th 2011.

22 players turned out to have an enjoyable competition in hazy but warm summer sunshine.

Names  were placed into boxes depending on their home team, and then one was  drawn from each box in an attempt to get a mix of players in each triple.

20 minutes were allowed for each of four games (with suitable breaks for topping up of glasses), “Tinkerbell” Johnson-Marshall sounding his bell to signify the beginning and end of each match.

3 Teams finished with 3 wins and one loss so that a calculation of points for & against finally produced a winner by one point.  Ann Thompson, Will MacShane and Steve “landlord” Marshall were pronounced winners.

OUR ANNUAL TRIPLES OPEN COMPETITION WAS HELD ON  EASTER  MONDAY  25th.  APRIL  2011  AT THE AIR HOSTESS, STANSTEAD AVENUE, TOLLERTON, NOTTINGHAM.

All the ingredients were in place to ensure a very enjoyable day; a packed full house with 20 competing teams from far and wide, not a spare piste in sight and a wonderful social atmosphere as old acquaintances were once again renewed at this annual gathering; an open barbeque simmering in the background with ale and wine flowing under the cloudless blue skies – a warm summer’s day in spring which produced some high class entertainment and enjoyment for all involved.