Urban Boule Power Play

Date: 28/4/12
Location: Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff  Bay
Weather: Night wind.
Extreme Rating: ****
Dangers & Annoyances: Traffic. People of the night. Missing our lift.
Result: 1st Wort 2nd Moss

Match Report: On an incredibly windy night Wort took on Moss in a pioneering Urban Boule showdown. Playing next to a busy road with the clock approaching midnight, the game was illuminated by street light.  With no grass in sight, the boule cracked and rolled along the concrete. The weather was atrocious and the terrain hard to gauge. In a short power play, Wort walked away victorious leaving Moss floundering in the wind.

Lloyd George Avenue by day.

Clapham Common Spousal Smackdown

29th March 2012
Clapham Common

Results:

D. Woolridge: 11
S. Murphy: 5
(note to boules administration, scores already counted)

Another devastating win for Woolridge.

World Rankings - Top 10

The Current Top 10 in the World of Extreme Boule

Rattenbury Points
1. P. O' Brien 6.450
2. S. Murphy 6.264
3. D. Woolridge 5.900
4. B. Martin 5.243
5. S. Moss 4.488
6. T. Wort 4.302
7. R. Waterman 4.150
8. M. Wort 3.928
9. P. Cox 3.800
10. A. Betts 3.550

Extreme Boule Weekend

Date: 13-15/04/12
Location: Cardiff and Tongwynlais
BeaconsWeather: Spring sunshine
Extreme Rating: ** through to *****
Dangers & Annoyances: Over indulgence. Wild garlic poisoning.
Consumables: So much ale, wine, strong continental beer, home made wine, spaghetti, oil, pansnakes, super beans.

Results: Over a weekend in Cardiff, a number of impressive games were played, including high precision show downs in the Gravel Dome and some extreme woodland play in Tongwnlais. M. Wort came close, T. Wort dazzled with some accuracy, D. Woolridge returned to the form that made him World Champion and S. Murphy smashed the World Rankings to peices with some tremendous play!

Gravel Dome Night Match
1. D. Woolridge 6
2. S. Murphy 5
3. T. Wort 2
4. M. Wort 1

Gravel Dome Morning Match
1. S. Murphy 7
2. D. Woolridge 6
3. T. Wort 5

Fforest Fawr Power Play
1. S. Murphy 3
2. M. Wort 1

Fforest Fawr Power Play 2
1. T. Wort 3
2. D. Woolridge 2

Wild Garlic Odyssey
1. T. Wort 21
2. D. Woolridge 16

Bluebell Delight
1. D. Woolridge 21
2. T. Wort 20

Dinocroc Match
1. D. Woolridge 12
2. T. Wort 5

Supergator Match
1. T. Wort 11
2. D. Woolridge 8

Spaghetti Feast Show Down
1. D. Woolridge 12
2. T. Wort 2

Super Beans Go
1. D. Woolridge 11
2. T. Wort 10

Pansnake Face Off
1. D. Woolridge 11
2. T. Wort 6

Fizzies Match
1. D. Woolridge 12
2. T. Wort 7

Paracetamol Play Off
1. D. Woolridge 12
2. T. Wort 8

Gravel Dome Meltdown
1. S. Murphy 6
2. D. Woolridge 5
3. T. Wort 4
4. M. Wort 2

Four Peaks Challenge - Battle of the Beakies

Date: 12/04/12
Location: Brecon Beacons
Weather: Warm and very clear (you could see England from Pen y Fan!)
Extreme Rating: ******

Dangers & Annoyances: The drop off the edge - retrieval of boule could possibly take all day.

Consumables: Ploughman's roll and penguins.

Result: On a sensational day T. Wort took on M. Wort over four peaks in the Brecon Beakies. The breathtaking views helped to summon some exciting boule. Each peak bore witness to an intense micro game. M. Wort clearly could handle the altitude better claiming the Four Peaks Challenge 3 games to 1.

Cribyn(795m) Champion: T. WortPen y Fan (886m) Champion: M. Wort

Twyn Mwyalchod (642m) Champion: M. Wort

Corn Du (873m) Champion: M. Wort

Current World Rankings - Top 10.

1. P. O' Brien
2. P. Cox
3. A. Betts
4. B. Martin
5. R. Waterman
6. T. Wort
7. S. Moss
8. D. Woolridge
9. C. Davies
10. J. Murray

The new number One is P. O'Brien. Little is known of this Extreme Boule newcomer but they smashed straight into the number one spot. Ben Martin will be gutted - he's closed the gap on Betts and Cox to a fraction of point and was hotly tipped to be the new number one if he won his next game.... Woolridge has started a slow creep up the table with Waterman heading in the opposite direction. Journey men Boulers Moss and T. Wort are refusing to budge from the top 10, whilst sass mouth Catrin Davies is still hanging on in there. Murray has overcome some terrible form to appear in the top 10 for the first time in 2012.

Positions 11 to 18: 11. M. O'Brien, 12. M. Wort, 13. S. Murphy, 14. C. Walton, 15. M. Murphy, 16. D. Murphy, 17. I. Thomas, 18. M. Hopkins

Slop Bog Incendiary Match

Date: 08/04/12

Location: Slop Bog Conservation Area, Dorset.
Weather: Pleasant, Dusky Conditions.
Extreme Rating: ***
Dangers & Annoyances: Bonfire.
Consumables: Ale, JP's (Jacket Potatoes), Cheese, Wine.

Results:

P. O'Brien: 8

D. Woolridge: 6
S. Murphy: 2

M. O'Brien: 2

M. Murphy: 1

D. Murphy: 0

Match Report:

A dusk match with a lot at stake. During play last nights bonfire re-ignited! A testament to how on-fire the boule playing was. Basked in the heat of the flame, six players with an average age of 48 battled it out by torchlight. Their collective Boule experience clearly visible for all the bats of Slop Bog to see. P. O'Brien enjoyed a quick succesion of highly accurate plays which won him first place.

St. James' Sitting Match

Date: 01/04/12

Location: St. James' Park - London
Weather: Lovely.
Extreme Rating: *
Dangers & Annoyances: Ale Hangover.
Consumables: None.

Results:

D. Woolridge: 11
T. Wort: 10
S. Murphy: 9

Match Report:

After a bombastic evening chugging ale in Wandsworth, the match was played entirely from seated poses. A subdued, pleasant match played out with plenty of Moon Pies a nest match and a sweet Double Kisser to win the match from Woolridge.

Y Mochyn Du Show Case Event

Date: 30/03/12
Location: Mochyn Du Garden, Cardiff
Weather: A warm evening
Extreme Rating: *

Dangers & Annoyances: Us

Consumables: Fine ale and slightly less fine port

Results:

T. Wort : Played 4, Won 4

S. Moss: Played 4, Won 2

J. Murray: Played 4, Won 2

C. Walton: Played 4, Won 1

C. Williams: Played 4, Won 1

A show case event in the garden of the Mochyn Du pub drew a large crowd for an evening's worth of games. Murray was looking to capture his form of 2011 but it is very clear he is struggling to translate his natural razzmazztazz into any sort of Extreme Boule form at the moment - a loss to new comer C. Walton compounded his woes. Wort and Moss played out the game of the evening and were likened by some to the Harlem Globetrotters of the Extreme Boule World. Moss, powered by cheap port, played some fine shots. Wort was keen to prove his relevance in the modern era and seemed to shrug off the 'Cats licked your bacon' style of play that has hounded him recently and walked away with the wizard's share of the points.