HSPC could only manage a draw against Aoyama Petanque in the Tokyo Petanque League on Saturday July 11 at Myoshoji Park. After both clubs split the first two games, Bob and Raj won the third and Steve and Greg were leading 10-6 in the fourth but squandered the opportunity to take a 3-1 lead.
From there Bob and Vas lifted us to 3-2 but Steve and Raj couldn't hold on for the win against Ogawa and Yokoyama san. With the games tied 3-3, Vas and Bob came up large to beat the hot pairing of Adrian and Albert, but Greg and Raj fell to Bernard and Mochizuki san to see the day end at 4-4.
Both teams blew several opportunities to score big and, as hard as it is to say, a draw was probably the fairest result.
Big thanks to Vas who once again played great, winning both his games. Sorry we couldn't do the same.
More pics to come later.
