Brighton and Hove Petanque Club

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.

This was another fundraiser, this time towards Team Sussex 2010 (raising funds for the Sussex Squad for next year’s Inter-Regional Championships). Three BHPC teams entered using the competition as a good training exercise for possible team formations for the European Cup for Clubs Teams competition

The 3 BHPC teams were :-
Pat Connolly & Ray Ager
Janice Doherty & Fergal Hogan
David Alfred & Tony Mann

 
There were 10 teams in total and they were split into two leagues of 5 for the morning sessions with 3 games in total being played in each league by each team (including a bye in each league in each round). Unfortunately for the BHPC teams they were all drawn in the same league and all had to play each other in the morning. This kicked off with Pat & Ray beating David & Tony with a terrific display of pointing from Pat. Janice & Fergal lost their opening game and then had to play David & Tony in the 2nd game which they also lost. Pat & Ray had a bye for their 2nd game (a 13-7 win) and then beat Janice & Fergal in their 3rd league game. David & Tony won their 3rd game too. Read the rest of this entry »

This was the club’s final all-day competition of the year and despite a grey and drizzly morning a very respectable 22 members competed.
In this competition everyone gets to play with someone different in each round. The first round was an open public draw using the familiar BHPC bingo machine. The next rounds were also random draws but ensuring that the team formations werem always different. With 22 players taking part for each round there were 4 doubles matches and 1 triples match. This negated any need for byes throughout the day.

There were 3 rounds in the morning before a break for lunch. At the end of the morning session only three players had achieved 3 out of 3 wins and these were David Alfred, Fergal Hogan & Tony Mann. Read the rest of this entry »

Club members getting out ‘n’ about
Adur Open Autumn Triples

 You may have read Jeff Taylor’s report on the previous page of playing alongside Ray Ager and Tony Mann in this competition. The competition was also to be a fundraiser for the EPA Ladies Team that was to be representing England at the Ladies World Championships in Thailand this year. Debbie Elcombe of Adur PC is one of the members of the ladies team. Unfortunately it was announced before the start that the England Ladies Team would not now be going to Thailand. This was a surprise to all those present but the competition went ahead none the less.

 
It was a 5 round snake competition which is where each team plays 5 games always against different opponents (3 in the morning, lunch, then a further 2). Jeff was the first pointer, Ray played middle and Tony was the shooter. They got off to a great start winning all of their morning games. After lunch their form continued with a further win. In their final game they were up against Debbie Elcombe’s team and unfortunately they lost this match.

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This was only the 2nd year of these awards and is a celebration of the most elite and hard-working sports performers in Brighton & Hove. It gives local people a chance to be acknowledged for achievements and successes within the field of sport.
Brighton & Hove Pétanque Club were nominated and then shortlisted for the Active for Life Participation Award. This award recognises the work of a community group or club that has made an extra effort in 2009 to reach out and encourage new participants to become active and get involved in community sport or physical activity. The award may serve to recognise a particular project/initiative that has attracted a lot of new members to an activity, or one that has sought to encourage and enable people who face the most barriers to become more active.

The awards were held in the wonderful surroundings of the Old Market in Hove and attended by various Councillors, the Mayor, the new Chief Executive of Brighton & Hove, staff from the Sport & Leisure team of the Council and various representatives of the community based sports and activity clubs in our city. Representing BHPC were Ray Ager, Pat Connolly, Terry Gibbons and Tony Mann. Read the rest of this entry »