Competition Results 2004

 

2nd Winter Mêlée, Crondall

A cold but dry morning on 5th December 2004 saw 35 players from a number of clubs turn up at Crondall. The final placings were:

1st SR Winter Mêlée, Limesdowne

To blow away the cobwebs after the Regional AGM on 14th November, 19 players stayed behind and enjoyed four timed games on a dry and chilly afternoon. The winners were:

Secretary's Cup

This was held at Shedfield on Sunday, 7th November, on a drizzly but otherwise mild day. Twelve teams entered and played leagues of four in the morning with Main and Plate events after lunch.

9-a-side Salver

On the last day of October (Sunday, 31st), five clubs turned out at Crondall to compete in this event for the players in the 9-a-side league. The weather was fine and unseasonably warm in the afternoon. After 5 rounds, the results were as follows:

Regional Mixed Doubles

21 teams entered this competition held at Limes on Sunday, 24th October. Ian and Sue from the Horse and Jockey successfully defended their title.

Summer Doubles Final (the June Lombard Trophy)

23 teams entered the competition this year with the finals held at Burridge on Saturday, 23rd October. The top 12 twelve teams should have battled out it out on the day but unfortunately Brian & Sally Squires from Royal Oak had to withdraw at the last minute due to a birth in the family! In weather more suited to the Winter Doubles, Ian and Stuart overcame the pouring rain to successfully defend their title and win the competition for the third year running.

General Wine Company 6-a-side Trophy

There was quite a good entry of 19 teams this year. In the final on Sunday, 10th October, on a breezy but sunny day, the semi-finalists were Shedfield v Racing Club 1 and Limesdowne 1 v So'ton City 2. The finalists were Limesdowne 1 and Racing Club 1. Racing Club 1 were overall winners by 4-1 in a very close well-fought game.

Junior Inter-Regional Competition - Southern Region vs Isle of Wight

This event was held at Burridge on Saturday, 25th September 2004 and resulted in a win for the Southern Region, as follows:

Regional Triples

Held at Shedfield on 19th September, the results were

Regional Singles

This event was held on Sunday,12th September at Crondall, when 25 players competed on a breezy, but otherwise dry, day. From the morning leagues, 8 players were selected for the Main Competition, the next 13 played in the Plate and the remaining 4 in a Spoon. The results were

Inter Regional Competitions, Brean Sands

See the full results for the BPA Southern Region and read the Team Managers’ reports.

Regional Masters

Held at Adur on the weekend of 10th/11th July, the 12 winning teams from the Regional Qualifiers battled it out to determine their placings in the Inter-regional competitions to be held at Brean Sands in the Autumn. The top 8 teams (shaded) will form the main SR Squad for the Inter-regional Challenge. The remaining 4 teams will represent the SR in the Pontins Inter-regional. The results were:

Regional Doubles

This event was held at Crondall on 6th June 2004 when 16 teams participated on a warm and sunny day. In the morning there were 4 leagues of 4 with the top 2 teams from each league qualifying for the Main and the other 2 teams for the Plate. First round losers in the Main and the Plate then played for a Consolage. The winners were as follows:

Congratulations to the Winners and Runners Up in the Main who will represent the Southern Region in next year's Founders Cup.

Shedfield Spring Weekend

14 teams entered the Sunday Triples event with the following results:

The Monday Doubles was an afternoon only event using the format of a French village friendly competition (simplified continuous play barrage with final knockout rounds and consolages as necessary). Progressively increasing cash prizes were awarded to winning teams after every game. 33 team entered as the results were:

Regional Qualifiers 2

After the second Regional Qualifying event, held at Farmhouse on Sunday, 23rd May, the final placings are shown below. The top 12 teams (shaded) have qualified for the Regional Masters, which will sort the final team placings for the Inter-regional squad and the Pontins Challenge squad. The Masters weekend will be held on 10th and 11th July and will be a round robin format. The top 8 teams will form the main Inter-regional squad and the final 4 teams will be entered into the Challenge competition. (Note: for the players' names, see the results of the First Regional Qualifiers).

Regional Adult/Junior Championship

The results of this event held on 3rd May were as follows. Thanks go to all those adults who volunteered to play with the juniors. Their help was very much appreciated.

Liz Farrow writes...

This year's Adult/Junior competition was on May 3rd, Bank Holiday Monday. And a typical British Bank Holiday it was! The weather ranged from miserable and damp first thing to torrential rain by lunchtime and eventually to warm afternoon sunshine. But nothing puts off the juniors in the Southern Region. Whatever the weather they are there giving it their all. I had volunteered to play with a spare junior and was matched with Martin, an eight year old player from Worthing in his first big competition. He was a wonderful partner and together we managed to get as far as the semi-finals of The Plate before being knocked out. This was an enormous achievement for such a young junior. Martin played superbly and astounded many of the adults that we came up against with his obvious talent. He has a long way to go in petanque and I hope he will remember his first big day and possibly his partner on that day for a long time to come. In all there were 24 teams and I must repeat what I have often said that these juniors are a real credit to the region.

Regional Qualifiers 1

The results of the first Regional Qualifying event, played at Bordon on Sunday, 2nd May, were as follows:

SR Winter Doubles

30 teams entered the competition this year. All the teams with 8 or more wins from their 15 games qualified for the final at Burridge Sports Club on Saturday 6th March although unfortunately Harrison Ash and John Farrow from Crondall were unable to take part. The 12 finalists finished as follows:

SR Winter Mêlée, Bordon

Unfortunately, the last of the current series of Winter Mêlées was not well supported. Only 16 players turned up and large parts of the region were not represented. To start with the weather was dry and very cold, but after the 3rd game, it deteriorated into hail, strong winds and thoroughly miserable conditions. At this stage it was agreed to finish the competition. The winners were:

SR Winter Mêlée, Ship Inn

An excellent turnout of 39 players made this a very enjoyable morning. The winners were:

SR Winter Mêlée, Shedfield

25 players turned up at Shedfield on Sunday, 4th January to play in the first mêlée of 2004. The weather was a bit grey and damp to begin with, but the sun soon came out and quite a mild morning ensued. The winners were:

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