Shedfield

Wendy's 80th Birthday event will now be held at Sam's on Saturday 30th August, instead of Saturday 29th September.  It will be an afternoon informal mixed doubles mêlée competition, followed by a barbecue with traditional jazz music at about 5pm.

Visit to Zywiec, Poland in 2008

Adur are again arranging a trip to the Zywiec Festival of Boules in Poland in late July. Arrangment by Ray Austen of Adur PC. Further details...

Members Area

As well as the Meeting Minutes and a Directory of Members, this area now has a facility for members to add comments or requests. Any member of an affiliated club in the SCPA may register by clicking here .

Interactive Club Map

You can find the exact location of any SCPA club and see a satellite image of its terrain on our mapping application. To use this facility a broadband connection is recommended

Website

We hope you like our current website design. It is written to comply with the latest XHTML 1.0 standards and is much easier to maintain than its predecessor.

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Privacy Policy

The SCPA respects your privacy. If you register for this website, we only ask for your name, club and email address. These details will never be passed on to any third party and will be held securely and in strict confidence.

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English Pétanque Association

Are you a member of a club affiliated to the SCPA, but not yet registered? Then click here to request a User ID and Password.
Click here if you have forgotten your password.

Coaching

The SCPA are holding a coaching session open to all members to be held at Farmhouse on 31st May between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Qualified coaches will be in attendance and there will be no charge. For further information and to enquire about the limited spaces available, contact .

Competition Entry Forms

Entry Forms for all the SCPA competitions (including the Qualifying Series) are now available on our fixtures page. See also the Selection Procedure for the Southern Counties Senior Squad.

European Cup for Clubs Knockout Competition

At the EPA's European Cup for Clubs Knockout on 16th March, both Cobbetts and Crondall unfortunately were eliminated. Nevertheless, the SCPA is proud that two of its clubs qualified to be among the top 8 teams in England. Our congratulations and good wishes go to the winners - Colne Angels, Essex.

Inter-Regional Championships

This event is on 6th/7th September 2008 and will as usual be held at Brean Sands. Further details...

Southern Counties win the Inter-regional Championships

Southern Counties were crowned Inter-regional champions at Brean Sands in 2007. The last time our region won the event was in 1994!

Club Events

Advertise your event here!

•  Shedfield Spring Triples & Doubles, 25th/26th May
• Handcross Charity Doubles, 1st June

SCPA Constitution
(version adopted on 5th November 2006)

Unwanted Trophies

Does anyone have trophies, medals, etc., that they no longer want? Instead of throwing them away or hiding them in the loft, would be very grateful to receive them so they can be recycled for prizes for juniors on a local basis.

What's New

• SCPA Adult/Junior Doubles results and a picture
• Results and some pictures from the Hampshire Rose Open Triples
• Results of the Worthing Open Doubles
• Winter Doubles Finals results and some pictures
• Results of the Cobbetts Open Doubles
• Minutes of the February Executive Meeting (available to registered members only)

Forthcoming Events

• Mon 19th May: SCPA Full Council Meeting, Limes
• Sun 25th May: Shedfield Open Triples
• Mon 26th May: Shedfield Open Doubles
• Sat 31st May: Portchester Charity Mêlée (moved from 17th May)
• Sun 1st Jun: SCPA Qualifier 1, Adur
• Sun 1st Jun: Handcross Charity Doubles (moved from 11th May)
• Sat 7th Jun: Admiral Cunningham Summer Doubles
• Sun 8th Jun: SCPA Juniors/Espoirs v Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight
  

A Message from our President

A warm welcome to you all from the Southern Counties Pétanque Association.

As one of fourteen regions within the English Pétanque Association, the SCPA covers Hampshire, West Sussex, Dorset as well as parts of Surrey and Wiltshire.

If you are looking for a sport that provides a good social atmosphere, but also instils a competitive edge, then this could well be what you are looking for. One of our objectives is to organize a variety of competitions throughout the season. These range from singles to mixed adult and junior competitions through to the regional qualifying series. There is also a comprehensive league structure.

Many clubs in our region cater for the beginners through to experienced internationals. We have a number of players, including juniors, who have gained International honours.

So, if you are young or just young at heart, there is a club for you and a level of competition that you are looking for. This is a sport where young people can play with older people on an equal footing. Have a look through our list of affiliated clubs and see if there is one close to you. They will all make you feel wanted and help you to enjoy our sport.

Richard Baker
President
Southern Counties Pétanque Association

Home Nations

England won the Home Nations Championships. England 66 wins, Scotland 47 wins, Wales 31 wins. Juniors: England 23 wins, Wales 9 wins, Scotland 4 wins. Two adult teams of SCPA members formed part of the winning England contingent. Richard Petterson, Graham Elcome, Jon Inglis & Mark Robertshaw (Adur & Limesdowne) had 9 wins out of 12, and Rod Fisher, Harrison Ash & Ashley Odell (Crondall) had 7 wins. The Junior team of Stuart Floyd, Helen Manley & Charlotte Dennis (Hampshire Rose and Worthing) had a magnificent 11 wins. Well done, everyone!