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The Winter Singles League started on 14th November and runs through till the end of February 2010. Twenty club members are taking part in the league. These are :-

Ray A               David A               Jill C
Lisa C               Pat C                     Clifford C
Bill C                Sheena C              Max C
Janice D         Jill G                     Terry G
Fergal H         Alan I                  Tony M
David M         Olive S                 Trish T
Jeff T               Ann W Read the rest of this entry »

The club’s Autumn Mixed Doubles League ended on 1st November. There were 12 teams in total who entered but unfortunately due to illness one team had to withdraw. This meant the remaining 11 teams had to play a total of 10 games each and everyone completed all of their games on time.

 
A win earned 3 points and 1 point for a loss. The overall winners were the team with the most points and in the event of a tie the highest match points difference.

 
No team remained undefeated throughout the league but with only one defeat in 10 games Jill Gebbett & Clifford Conway were worthy winners amassing 28 out of a possible 30 points. Their only defeat was against the 2nd place pairing of Janice Doherty & David Alfred who achieved 8 wins, 26 league points and the highest points difference of +49. Their 2 defeats were against the eventual 3rd place pairing of Ann Wordsworth & Tony Mann and a surprise 2-13 defeat against Dona & Max Crisfield.

The final league table is as follows :-

Key
W  Games Won            

 L           Games Lost

For     Points scored               

  Aga       Points conceded
+/-      Points difference          

 Pts         League Points Read the rest of this entry »

2nd Round – BHPC versus The Welcome Stranger

This knockout competition is to find the top 4 club teams in England who will then play off in a separate event to find the overall winning club. The winning club will represent the EPA at the Confédération de Européenne Pétanque (CEP) European Cup for Club Teams competition. All clubs registered with the EPA with a minimum of 6 members (one of which must be of the opposite gender to the other 5) are automatically entered in the draw. Each club is allowed one team. All players must be EPA members for the current year and hold their membership through BHPC to play for BHPC.

Our squad is as follows :-
Main squad of 6
Ray Ager                                            David Alfred
Janice Doherty                                Norman Hazelden
Fergal Hogan                                    Tony Mann
2 reserves
Pat Connolly                                     Terry Gibbons

In the 1st Round we were drawn against The Junction Inn who withdrew so we received a walkover into round 2 where we faced our friends from The Welcome Stranger. The match was played on Sunday 22nd November at the PST. The conditions were atrocious with relentless strong winds and horizontal rain. With Norman unavailable Pat was brought into the squad. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have entered into any pétanque competitions outside of BHPC then it would be great to include a mention of it in our newsletters. Write a short piece on your experience and email, post or hand it to Tony Mann for inclusion.

The other side of the Brighton & Hove Petanque Club  (Sussex petanque squad) at the English Petanque Association’s Inter-Regional Championships at Brean Sands with their own take on a well known Nancy Sinatra song :