The Mermaid Cup

Do you hear it? Whispered a pensive voice. Do you hear it? 
The gentle sounds of water lapping the muddied edge of a pool, like time pouring itself over a lichen covered cairn. 
Water that once thrived with life, vibrant life, vibrant salty life, and the echoes of unknown fortunes. Deep within the pool lies its secrets. Death or eternal life. 
A passage to the Atlantic and a creature of untold beauty. Death or eternal life. 
The old voices talk of a mermaid who appears at night bewitching any heroes brave enough to confront her.  Now her pool is muddied with time and god forsaken dreams, wretched forever. 
The grounds around the pool are haunted they say. 
The grounds around the pool are no places to linger on a cold October night. 
The grounds around the pool are no place for man. 
The grounds around the pool are perfect for Extreme Boule.

The Mermaid Cup

The Mermaid Cup... the Greatest Extreme Boule Tournament yet... COMING SOON!

New World Rankings

The New Extreme Boule World Rankings system has been launched! Using results from the last 3 years, the Extreme Boule database, Skynet, has compiled the World Rankings. A players ranking is based on their number of game victories, the number of opponents beaten compared to the number of loses and the average number of points scored per game. It is believed that this scoring system is foolproof.

The current World Rankings can be viewed on the relevant page...

Richard Waterman - World Champion

Richard Waterman is the 2013 World Champion. 

Regarded as one of the most consistent Extreme Boulers around, Waterman, also known as the Wizard of Edale, has honed his skills in the Extreme terrain of the Peak District.

Waterman celebrates another victory

Here are the facts about the World Champ:

2013
World Ranking: 1st
Games Played: 11
Win Ratio: 37%
Opponents Defeated: 32
Extreme Rating: * * * *
Key Fact: Only D. Woolridge beat more opponents than Waterman (42) - however Woolridge played 19 more games than Waterman.

2012
World Ranking: 6th

2011
World Ranking: 4th

Coming soon: Exclusive interview with the 2013 World Champion. In the meantime enjoy this revealing interview from last Autumn.

http://extremeboules.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/rich-waterman-im-putting-myself-in.html

New World Champion - not a controversy says admin team.

Controversy has surrounded the Extreme Boule Administration once again, as Richard Waterman has claimed the World Title, not the hotly anticipated Catrin Davies.

Davies looked set to claim the title after an impressive showing at the year's biggest boule event on the Gower. After these results were inputted into the Extreme Boule record keeper, SkyNet, it looked certain Davies would take the title.
However the late inclusion of some results from France have altered SkyNet, with Rich Waterman being propelled to the top!

C. Davies - devastated

Davies is said to be heart broken as Waterman prepares himself for the untold riches that will undoubtedly come his way.

One source likened this situation to the controversy which surrounded the crowning of the 2011 World Champion Darren Woolridge.

However a spokesman from the Extreme Boule Administration team dismissed this, saying: "All results have to be included, from all around the World. SkyNet is 100% accurate".

2013 World Champion

The 2013 Extreme Boule World Champion is...

RICHARD WATERMAN

Watch this space for the upcoming trophy giving ceremony!

This season 39 players tried to claim the World Championship with the final top 20 looking like this...

1. R. Waterman
2. C. Davies
3. P. Cox
4. G. Burrows
5. Mrs Charles
6. S. Charles
7. M. Wort
8. B. Martin
9. D. Woolridge
10.E. Martin
11.S. Murphy
12.B. Murphy
13.T. Wort
14.D. Murphy
15.F. Coursier
16.L. Waterman
17.J. Murray
18. G. Thomas
19. M. Hopkins
20. L. Charles

2013 Awards

World Champion: Richard Waterman

Game of the Season:
M. Wort claiming a victory in a hail storm  in the Peak District in a match in which no of her 4 opponents scored a single point.

Innovation Award:
D. Woolridge and T. Wort for pioneering the Boule through Ice shot - one of the best things ever done by a human.

True Spirit of Extreme Boule Award (traditionally awarded to the player who finishes 23rd): Mr Charles

2012 winner

2012 winner Mike Hopkins relinquishes the extreme boule trophy for the winner of the 2013 tournament.