D1 Report - Monument - Home - Won 5-0

From Phil

When all's said and done, however, charming as they were, they turned us over and sent us down the river. But the Natives are not remotely downhearted because that's not our way. As the song nearly says, "we'll meet the Monument again . . . some sunny day!"

That was written 9 weeks ago. The Natives A team had just suffered a narrow and, as it seemed at the time, needless defeat in their early season league match at the Monument. Well, that match was played in a finger-freezing Arctic gale and we may still be waiting for a sunny day to arrive but the return match was duly played on Tuesday night at the Belmont ground and, while the weather hasn't greatly improved during the intervening time, the result could hardly have been more different from that of the earlier encounter. 

D1 Report - Northwood HGB - won 3-2

From Phil

Any petanque match played on Northwood Beach is subject to a certain amount of ups and downs, not to mention skids, slides and erratic bounces. Last Tuesday's league match between the Northwood HGB team and Whitstable Natives A was no exception,

D 1 Report - Blean Herons - won 4-1

From Phil

Heavy autumnal rain was blattering Robin's silver van like rapid rifle fire as we approached the Blean Tavern last Tuesday evening for the Whitstable Natives A team's league match against the Blean Herons. The forecast was diabolical, so we were all anticipating another night of aquatic petanque. John Keats wrote about the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his Ode to Autumn.

D 1 Report - Blean Herons - won 4-1

From Phil

Heavy autumnal rain was blattering Robin's silver van like rapid rifle fire as we approached the Blean Tavern last Tuesday evening for the Whitstable Natives A team's league match against the Blean Herons. The forecast was diabolical, so we were all anticipating another night of aquatic petanque. John Keats wrote about the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his Ode to Autumn.

D 1 Report - Blean Herons - won 4-1

From Phil

Heavy autumnal rain was blattering Robin's silver van like rapid rifle fire as we approached the Blean Tavern last Tuesday evening for the Whitstable Natives A team's league match against the Blean Herons. The forecast was diabolical, so we were all anticipating another night of aquatic petanque. John Keats wrote about the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his Ode to Autumn.

D 1 Report - Blean Herons - won 4-1

From Phil

Heavy autumnal rain was blattering Robin's silver van like rapid rifle fire as we approached the Blean Tavern last Tuesday evening for the Whitstable Natives A team's league match against the Blean Herons. The forecast was diabolical, so we were all anticipating another night of aquatic petanque. John Keats wrote about the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his Ode to Autumn.

KL Report - Sidcup Reckers (Home) - Lost 1-4

From Phil

On Wednesday evening, just twenty four hours after recording a notable victory against a top-drawer team in the Coastal League the Whitstable Natives, playing with roughly the same personnel in the Kent League, were handed their first home defeat of the season. All day we had been hearing warnings issued by the Met Office of stormy weather ahead and these were to be realised for the Natives in more ways than one.