| Description | Melee Winners |
| 25th January postponed until 1st February A good turn-out of 17 for the first melee of the year on a mild February evening. After 3 rounds only Dave Lucas and Graham had won all of their games and Jim was also undefeated having drawn his first match. The draw put Dave and Graham together and a narrow 6-4 win meant they couldn’t be caught, despite Jim’s best efforts in winning his last match 12-1! Congratulations to one of our newest members, Mark White, who took 4th place in his first melee. | 1st Dave Lucas 4 wins +19 2nd Graham Blake 4 wins +14 3rd Jim Ireland 3 wins 1 draw +19 4th Mark White 2 wins 1 draw +2 |
| 22nd February 15 present for the 2nd melee in February, a combination of the January melee being postponed for a week and a short month! Congratulations to Steve Love on taking home the George melee trophy. Going into the final round only Steve had won all 3 games but with a small plus of 7. There were 7 players on 2 wins waiting to pounce if he failed to win his final game. Steve, drawn with new player Mark and Robin, held his nerve to win 6-0 against Lee, Diane and Jim . Dave was 2nd with 3 wins +14, Ali and Janet were equal 3rd on +10 and Sue also finished on 3 wins and +5. | 1st Steve Love 4 wins +13 2nd Dave Stubbs 3 wins +14 =3rd Janet Dalton & Ali Stubbs 3 wins +10 5th Sue Sandy 3 wins +5 |
| 29th March After a turn-out of 24 at the previous Tuesday club night, it was disappointing to have only 13 present for the melee. After 3 rounds Ali was the only unbeaten player but there were 7 others on 2 wins ready to step in. The third round saw some big wins (13-0 and 12-4) but Ali held on for a narrow 5-4 win to thwart them all and take home George. | 1st Ali Stubbs 4 wins +19 2nd Jim Ireland 3 wins +14 3rd Dave Stubbs 3 wins +12 |
| 26th April A big welcome for Mark Robertshaw and Carrie Litchfield playing in their first club night melee. After 3 rounds only Mark and Vi had won all of their games and they were drawn against each other in the final round . It was a close game but a 9-7 win to Mark’s team saw him finish unbeaten and take home George at the first attempt! There were 5 players on 3 wins. | 1st Mark Robertshaw 4 wins +21 2nd Vi Parsons 3 wins +15 3rd Dave Stubbs 3 wins +10 |
| 31st May It was great to see Mike and Nick Hillier pay us a visit again and take part in the melee. There were drawn games in each of the first 3 rounds involving 12 of the 17 players! Ness looked to be favourite going into the 4th round as the only player with 3 wins. Dave S and Mari, both on two wins and a draw, were drawn to partner each other and ran out 12-4 winners. With Ness losing this left Dave as winner and Mari a close runner-up. | 1st Dave Stubbs 3 wins 1 draw +17 2nd Mari Gravell 3 wins 1 draw +12 3rd Ness Raynbird 3 wins +7 |
| 28th June Congratulations to Jay on winning Tuesday’s club night melee attended by 17. He was the only player to win all 4 games and with a massive difference of +30. Great to see Pete Tomlin out again and he was runner-up on 3 wins +25. The only other 3 winner was Jim who managed to take third place with a difference of -6! | 1st Jay Willcocks 4 wins +30 2nd Pete Tomlin 3 wins +25 3rd Jim Ireland 3 wins -6 |
| 26th July postponed until 2nd August An amazing turn-out of 26 for the delayed July melee. Great to see a number of players attending their 1st club melee including Sue Davey, Dave Kilshaw, Pat Dennis and Jim B. Jim Ireland and Bernie were both on 3 wins but were drawn against each other in the last round. They fought out a 6-6 draw while Dave K., another player on 3 wins, narrowly lost 4-6. Steve D won his game 11-2 to take home George as the only player with 4 wins. | 1st Steve Daykin 4 wins +31 2nd Bernie Miles 3 wins 1 draw +21 3rd Jim Ireland 3 wins 1 draw +16 |
| 30th August Another good turn-out of 20 players. Congratulations to Steve Daykin who retained the ‘George Melee Trophy’. After the 3rd round Steve was trailing in 3rd place with a points difference of +15 behind Viv Tilbury (+23) and Carrie Litchfield (+18). A 13-1 win in the 4th game saw Steve leap into first place ahead of Carrie who won 9-4 and Viv who drew 4-4! | 1st Steve Daykin 4 wins +27 2nd Carrie Litchfield 4 wins +23 3rd Viv Tilbury 3 wins 1 draw +23 |
| 27th September postponed until 4th October The September melee was postponed due to a clash with a Bees league match. It was played on a mild, dry October evening but sadly only 12 players turned-out. After 3 rounds our newest member, Jim Bardell, appeared to be favourite as the only player with 3 wins. A loss for Jim in the 4th round saw a couple of players overtake him. Out of the 5 to finish on 3 wins, Dave had the much better points difference, and would have taken home George but for the previous winner, Steve Daykin, being in France! | 1st Dave Stubbs 3 wins +16 2nd Roy Cook 3 wins +6 3rd Jim Bardell 3 wins +3 4th Viv Tilbury 3 wins +2 5th Peter Dawson 3 wins -1 |
| 25th October The October melee was postponed until November 1st to allow some club doubles matches to take place. The melee was then cancelled as unfortunately, after a very wet day, only 7 turned up in the evening, even though it was now dry for the most part. | Cancelled |
| 29th November postponed until 6th December The November melee was postponed because of the England v Wales World Cup football match on the 29th. There were 13 present on the cold December evening. After 3 rounds, Dave was the only player on 3 wins but there were 6 others close behind on 2 wins. Mark R won his 4th game 13-1 to finish on +19. Dave’s game was at 3-3 going into the final end. With Dave on +18, a defeat would have meant a win for Mark but Dave’s triple managed to take the end for a 4-3 win, in one of the many low scoring games on the evening. | 1st Dave Stubbs 4 wins +19 2nd Mark Robertshaw 3 wins +19 3rd Robin Tucker 3 wins +13 |
| Sunday, 18th December Christmas Melee |
We play petanque at Burridge near Southampton
