Melrose Gala PC and Inverleith PC contested the EuroCup qualifier at Penicuik on Saturday 7th April. The format played was the same as one EuroCup match.
Inverleith won 4 of the Singles games to lead 8-4.
The Doubles resulted in 2 wins for Inverleith to take the score to 14-7.
Melrose Gala knew they needed to win both Triples games to win the match, however it was Inverleith who won them both to leave the final score 24-7.
Inverleith will find out where they will travel to at the weekend, when the draw will be made at CEP headquarters in Luxembourg.
Congratulations to Inverleith and commiserations to Melrose Gala.
The annual North v South challenge match is the traditional season opener. This year, the friendly match fell very early in the calendar on 25 March and was contested by 53 players at Perth Petanque Club. With the demographic of our clubs somewhat skewed towards the south nowadays, the north/south divide was drawn along the Firth of Forth this time around. Here’s hoping we can get it to creep north in future – we’re trying!
5 rounds were played and while it was quite cold at times, at others the sun made a welcome return after the long winter.
The result was an emphatic win for the South 31 games to 14.
This weekend, Inverleith PC and MelroseGala PC go head-to-head in Penicuik for Scotland’s place in this summer’s EuroCup for clubs (petanque’s equivalent of the Champions League). The winning club will travel to either France, Belgium, Monaco or Italy to one of 4 EuroCup Qualifying Rounds, with a place in December’s Final up for grabs for the top 2 placed clubs from each of the 4 qualifiers. Best of luck to both clubs.
The Scottish Petanque Association are delighted to announce that Glasgow Petanque Club have affiliated for the 2018 season. They are a new club based at Willow Bank Bowling Club in the West End of the City (Dowanside Road) and have just built a new terrain.
You can follow them on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowPetanque/
It’s with a heavy heart we write to remember our dear friend Anne Gardiner who passed away on Thursday the 7th December at Ayr Hospice. Anne has been a valued member of the Scottish Petanque Association for a long time and started playing with her beloved Robin. Anne continued to play throughout her battle with cancer, attending every competition she could, with her last competition being a charity event at Troon Petanque Club 2 weeks ago which saw her raise £600.
Anne’s smile, courage, determination, happy nature, amazing baking skills and love for life will be missed on the Petanque scene by each and every one of us.
Anne’s celebration of life will be held at West Lothian Crematorium on Friday the 15th of December at 2pm.
The SPA’s Annual General Meeting was held in Perth PC’s Clubhouse on Sunday 29 October. The following individuals were elected to the National Executive Committee:
President: Colin Stewart
Vice President: Shirley Legge
Honorary Secretary: Lynn Jenkins
Honorary Treasurer: Gordon Scott
Publicity Officer: Shirley Legge
National Umpire: Mags Montgomery
National Coach: Derek Adam
Youth Development Officer: Emma Montgomery
Committee Members: Colin Montgomery, Peter Harrington, Paul Gillam, Carol Cheam, Michael Rennie, Istvan Poka, Sandy Crawford
A motion was passed at the AGM asking the NEC to consider the current club affiliation fees formula. As a result the NEC have commenced a detailed review of our affiliation fee structure. To ensure we have a good understanding of the views of our members, we have written to each of our affiliated clubs today to ask for their input, prior to making any recommendations. The aim is to complete the review by the end of December.
Good luck to our men’s team, Derek Adam, Robbie Stronach, Johnny Wilson and Colin Stewart, who travel with coach Shirley Legge to St-Pierre-Les-Elbeuf, France tomorrow. Shooting competition starts on Thursday evening with the main even kicking off Friday morning.
Scotland’s top twelve teams competed in the final SPA competition of the season, the Masters, in Fochabers on 9th and 10th September. The competition is used to select players to compete for Scotland in a number of events in 2018. As usual, the welcome at Fochabers was warm (even if the weather wasn’t so inviting) and we were treated to tasty lunches and home bakery over the weekend. The SPA would like to thank Fochabers PC for their hospitality.
The competition format is a round robin and the only triples event this year where timed games were not used. 6 rounds were completed on Saturday and 5 on Sunday.
The winning team of the Sex Pisteols amassed 10 wins from 11, with points difference of +78. Pretty Vacant were in second with 9 wins +58 and Les Champignons Sauvage were pipped in to third with 9 wins +47. Triaxle were fourth with 7 wins -1.
Derek Adam, Robbie Stronach and John Wilson will be included in the team to compete in the 2018 FIPJP Men’s Triples World Championships in Canada, should Scotland receive an invitation.
Lynn Jenkins and Shirley Legge will be included in the team to compete in the 2018 CEP Women’s Triples European Championships in Palavas-les-Flots, France.
The highlighted in blue below will represent Scotland at the 2018 Celtic Challenge in Dublin.
Congratulations to all the qualifiers and commiserations to those who missed out this time.
Melrose Gala PC hosted the SPA Triples at Kingknowes Hotel, Galashiels, on Sunday 27th August. 10 teams registered to play on the challenging pistes.
The Sex Pisteols, Johnny Wilson, Derek Adam and Colin Stewart emerged victorious with a perfect record of 6 wins +58. The local team MeGa, Peter Harrington, Charlie Coward and Ron Anderson finished in 2nd with 4 wins +28 and The Laupers, Emma, Mags and Colin Montgomery were 3rd with 4 wins +19.
The SPA would like to thank Melrose Gala PC for their hospitality and preparation which made the day go smoothly.
Next up is the SPA Masters in Fochabers this weekend.
Melrose Gala Petanque Club are hosting the SPA Triples on Sunday 27th August at their home piste at the Kingsknowes Hotel, Galashiels.
Registration is 9.00 – 9.15 and play will commence at 9.30. Entry £6 per player and teams of 3 or 4 players can enter.
The club have arranged for a light lunch to be provided at a cost of £6.50 per head. So they are able to plan catering etc, if you intend coming to the competition and have not already done so, please contact Peter Harrington by email as soon as possible melrosepetanque@gmail.com
Please remember that for National Competitions such as this, teams are required to wear matching tops and to present their SPA licence at registration. Those who have applied for a licence but not yet received should inform the person manning the registration table.
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