Beaux Belles Petanque Team
The Beaux Belles team entered the Suffolk Coastal League in 2010 and have had a reasonable amount of success most seasons since then.
The summer season begins in early March and continues until August when divisional and league play-offs take place. There is now a winter league also.
There are nearly forty teams in the whole league which stretches from the outskirts of Ipswich, up to the Waveney Valley and out to Stowmarket and Eye. Matches usually take place on Sunday mornings.
There is a core of eight regular players but there is always room for occasional players and to date up to fourteen have participated at different times.
A team can have between four and eight players who play in pairs. There is an annual subscription of £5 which is used to pay the annual registration fee and goes towards maintenance of the ‘terrain’ on the Bell Inn Meadow, small pieces of equipment and occasionally trophies.
Matches are organised by a league secretary and take place every two or three weeks on a home and away basis so that the whole season has a maximum of twelve games.
Friendlies are few and far between which reflects the busy lives of the participants, however the pitch is always there and anyone, with permission of the landlord at the pub, can enjoy a game as basic equipment is kept in the pub store.