HSPC put together two teams for the 9th Kanto Petanque League Cup, held under stinging sunshine at the Akasaka Junior High School ground on Sunday March 6.
The event marked the debut of our team T-shirts, which initially were a good omen as both teams -- HSPC-A (Bob, Raj and Bill) and HSPC-B (Steve, Greg and Francis) -- went through the morning with impressive 3-0 records.
Prior to the big day, Albert from Aoyama Petanque had kindly reminded us of the need to go undefeated in the morning if we wanted to advance to the championship round in the afternoon, a sharp reminder of a previous hiccup when our team failed to advance despite having a solid 2-1 record.
Ironically, this time Albert's team (Aoyama Petanque 2, comprising of Adrian, Albert and Bernard) lost one morning match (6-5, called game) and were crossing their fingers that they would go through to the finals.
Surprise, surprise, they advanced with a superior point differential than their opponents.
The Aoyama Petanque guys made the most of their opportunity and went on to win the event convincingly after HSPC's two teams lost their first afternoon games to different clubs, albeit by the narrowest of margins.
Congratulations Aoyama Petanque.
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