Competition Results 2003

 

Nine-a-side Salver (9th November)

On a miserably wet day at Bordon, only four teams took part. The winners were Crondall with 13 wins (out of 15 games played) and the runners-up Southampton City with 9 wins.

Regional Mixed Doubles (26th October)

This event was played in yet more glorious sunshine at Sam's Shedfield when 16 teams took part. The results were as follows:

Regional Doubles (19th October)

The results of this event held at Farmhouse were:

Summer Doubles Finals (18th October)

Held at Burridge Sports Club, this event's 8 finalists were treated to glorious autumn sunshine and Pete Young's excellent soup! A closely fought final saw defending champions Ian Burchell and Stuart Hale retain their title with a 13-11 win over Mark and Ken Robertshaw. Father and son-in-law beating father and son! The final positions were:

Regional Singles (28th September)

Some 20 players travelled to Crondall for this competition. The results were:

Regional Triples and Junior Triples (14th September)

The results from this event held at Adur were:

Inter Regional Competition (6/7th September)

At this annual event held at Brean Sands, the Southern Region finished overall in 6th position. The regional team results were:

Shedfield Classic Triples (24th August)

20 teams from Southern Region and Isle of Wight took part in fine weather at Sam’s Hotel, playing morning 4-team leagues and afternoon knock–out competitions.

The Main Competition Final was hotly contested, the winners recovering from a 5-9 deficit to take the trophy by the smallest possible margin.

At the other end of the spectrum the Spoon Competition was conducted with relaxed insouciance by the morning’s four least successful teams, which mostly featured keen but modest players - evidently with much to be modest about. However, it has to be recorded that the line-up actually included a former BPA National President, a 2003 National Ladies Doubles Team Champion player, the Southern Region Umpire, and a former England International player ... how are the mighty fallen!

National Ladies Triples (13th July)

There was more success for our Southern Region ladies at this competition held at Luton.

Southern Region Shooting Competition (12th July)

Held at the Admiral Cunningham, the event attracted a grand total of 12 players - a 50% increase on last year!

National Ladies Doubles (6th July)

Congratulations go to Southern Region members, Kath Knight and Trish Neville, who won this national event held at Shedfield.

Regional Qualifiers (4th May - Bordon / 8th June - Crondall) and
Regional Masters (21st/22nd June - Shedfield)

The teams to play in the Inter-Regional Championships at Brean Sands in September are:

Shedfield Spring Weekend (25th/26th May)

15 teams entered the Triples event on the Sunday and an encouraging 42 teams played in the Monday Doubles. The results were:

Cobbetts Doubles (5th April)

A great pity that only 21 teams entered (and 20 turned up - I wonder if 'Hugo and Jimmy' are still lost!) as for the second year running this competition was played in glorious warm sunshine on a Saturday afternoon at Burridge. Those who played enjoyed another of Pete Young's excellent BBQs and some very good but friendly petanque. Many thanks to the teams who travelled from afar - Lamb, Leatherhead, Adur, Croydon and Crondall but what happened to the locals? They can't all have been watching Saints play the Hammers!
A 2 p.m. start and timed games of 40 minutes saw the competition completed by 8p.m. and there was even time for a break in play to watch the Grand National (sweepstake won by Pam Treend!). The holders Dave and Kath narrowly lost out in the semi-finals.The score being tied at 10-10 when time was called but an extra deciding end saw the winning point go to Pam and Elwyn. The final was won by Paul and Sheila who seem to like this terrain having triumphed here in the Regional Summer Doubles a couple of years ago!

Results were as follows

SR Winter Doubles Final

This event was played on Sunday 23rd March at Burridge. The 12 teams who qualified for the final from the original 26 entries battled it out in glorious spring weather. The results were as follows:

2003 Regional Quiz

This was held at The Lamb, Yapton, on Friday 28th February. Support from Southern Region clubs was very poor, but we are grateful to the following clubs for coming along: Cobbetts, Farmhouse, Lamb, Worthing, Worthing Juniors, Shedfield and Southampton City (your attendance very much appreciated). Southampton City and Elvis's Disciples (Lamb) were neck and neck for first place until the very last round (when the Disciples realised that if they won The Lamb would have to run it again next year!) . The scoring on the continuous round (Underground Stations) saw Cobbetts Encore creep from 4th place to first place. There was a tie for 2nd place between Southampton City and Cobbetts Lovers - the latter team gaining the ascendancy on a tie-breaker. The teams enjoyed a sandwich supper at half-time. The 2004 quiz will be back at Burridge next year - it's Min's fault for living in London for so long! The results were:

SR Winter Mêlée, Bordon

In the last Winter Mêlée of the season, on Sunday, 2nd March, 41 players came to Bordon to enjoy another four timed games played on a dry, but chilly, day. The results were:

SR Winter Mêlée, Ship

On Sunday, 2nd February, on a mild and bright morning, a good turnout of 46 players from around the region arrived at the Ship Inn, Owslebury for the Winter Mêlée. The winners were:

Worthing Junior/Parents Afternoon

On Saturday, 11th January, eighteen of the Worthing Juniors brought a parent each along to show them the ropes of petanque (you didn't know you could do it with ropes did you?!). It was a cold cold day so we only had 3 games in the snake competition, with drinks and hot sausage rolls afterwards. Only 3 of the parents had played before - 1 only very new, but several were very interested and would like to continue playing. Both parents and juniors want us to hold another such competition in the summer. The results were:

SR Winter Mêlée, Shedfield

About 30 players turned up at Shedfield on Sunday, 5th January to play in the first mêlée of 2003. After a bitterly cold and grey start, the sun soon emerged and brightened everyone's spirits. The winners were:

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