HISTORIC PISTE-BUILDING PHOTOS

Many thanks to founding CPC President Don Miller for donating these historic pictures of our pistes being constructed in 1999. These and many more photos of the club's early days are in the club's archives and may be viewed by making a request to the club secretary.

 

The croquette pitch just before truckloads of gravel were dumped

 

 
 

Don Miller and Christian Draschler supervise unloading of gravel

 

 
 

The volunteer workers had three wheelbarrows and three shovels to spread 60 tonnes of gravel



 

Rolling the pistes as the new gravel was spread

 

 
 

The weeding that we do at our working bees is child's play compared to this

 

 
 

Christian and Patrick Robin throw out some of the first boules to be put in play on the new pistes

 

 
 

Christian (far right) conducts a Council for Adult Education (CAE) petanque course on the new pistes