The Home Nations was contested at Monkstone Petanque Club, Cardiff on 10 and 11 August. The annual triples tournament pits squads of eight teams each from Scotland, England, Jersey and Wales and is one of the highlights of the petanque season for our players. The squads travelled to Cardiff on Friday and we were able […]
With an impressive 32 wins Scotland have retained the Celtic for another year, making it a record 6 wins in a row. A notable mention goes to Scotland 1 ( Shirley, Robbie & Derek) who won all 12 of their games over the weekend. A massive congratulations to the entire Scotland team for their efforts. […]
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.
This weekend, eight teams from Scotland will compete against squads from England, Jersey and Wales in the 2017 Home Nations at Hayling Island. The squad is: Scotland 1: Emma Montgomery, Colin Stewart, Derek Adam Scotland 2: Art Ager, John Dryburgh, John Taylor Scotland 3: Mags Montgomery, Colin Montgomery, Matthew Neilson Scotland 4: Alison Swiffin, Christine […]
Good luck to Inverleith PC who travel this week to Draguinan, France for the EuroCup Qualifying Round which starts this Thursday. Their opponents will be the club champions from France, Latvia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The top 2 teams from the round robin qualifier will play in the EuroCup Finals later in the […]
On 29th and 30th April, the Scottish Petanque Association welcomed our friends from Ireland and Wales to the 29th Celtic Challenge at Inverleith PC in Edinburgh. Scotland fielded the top 8 teams from the 2016 Masters competition in 2 squads, A (the top 4) and B (teams 5 to 8). Ireland and Wales each fielded […]
Good luck to Lynn Jenkins, Shirley Legge, Robbie Stronach and John Wilson who travel to Ghent this week for the FIPJP World Championships. You can follow their progress here.
Details regarding the Celtic Challenge have now been published and can be found here. Players are asked to note that we will be operating time limited games and should familiarise themselves with the rules we will be using (some of which are different from the timed game rules normally used in our own competitions). You can […]
Inverleith PC and Fochabers PC will contest the EuroCup qualifier on 2nd April at Perth. The winning club will represent Scotland in this year’s EuroCup, the first round of which will be played in July. Best of luck to both sides.
We’d like to remind members that, in order to compete in SPA competitions in 2017, you will need to be in possession of a new SPA licence (the new credit card design) and this must be produced at registration for each competition. It takes around 4 weeks from your application to receive your new licence. With […]