HSPC beats Aoyama to stay undefeated in TPL

HSPC hosted Aoyama on Saturday May 24 in the Tokyo Petanque League, winning six games to two to remain undefeated atop the standings.

In the absence of the jetsetting Raj, Bob "Mayor of Myoshoji" Witmer teamed up with Magical Masafumi Kamata and the pair put on an impressive show, winning 13-0, 13-4, 13-10.

Steve and Greg struggled early but managed to win their first game before losing the second. The loss woke the boys up and they went on to win their next two games to seal a 6-2 victory overall. Rain soon washed out any further friendly games and the lads retreated to our favorite pub Amenbo to toast our success.

Later in the evening we were thrilled to get a call from Raj at Hong Kong airport checking on how we did. What great concern, the effort worthy of an early nomination for HSPC Man of the Year.

For full results see the TPL website

Big Al's Big Party

A great turnout recently for Albert's petanque party with about 20 friends -- old and new -- showing up. Between the festivities, we even mananged to play a few games ...

See you soon Albert, take care.

HSPC opens TPL title defense with win over Mon Soleil

HSPC opened its Tokyo Petanque League (TPL) title defense on April 26 with an important away victory over new team Mon Soleil.

Playing against a strong shooting team that included professional Konari san, HSPC expected a tough battle and rose to the challenge, winning the first five games before running out 6-2 winners.

Full results can be seen here.