Competition Results 2011

  

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Shedfield

20 players were present at the start of the 2nd SCPA Winter Mêlée at Shedfield on Sunday,4th December. It was a cloudy day but thankfully the rain kept away and as the morning progressed a few stragglers joined in and the numbers rose to 23. Only Dave won all four matches, but the battle for the other places was very close with two other players just missing out with 3 wins +16.

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Limesdowne

There were 18 players for the first SCPA Winter Mêlée of the year held at the Limes after the AGM on Sunday, November 20th. With the weather sunny and reasonably mild for the time of year,four 30 minute rounds were played. Surprisingly nobody managed to win all four of their games.

Cobbetts Poppy Pétanque Open Doubles

To persuade some teams to enter the organisers were promising a warm, sunny day. Amazingly that is what we got! It was hard to believe it was November. There were 24 teams entered for the 3rd Poppy Doubles at Burridge on Remembrance Sunday, November 13th. After the morning leagues, this split nicely into Main, Plate and Wooden Spoon. Lyn's excellent food, a well-supported raffle with many donated prizes, and of course 'Smash-the egg' meant the sum of money raised was substantially more than in the previous 2 years even with prizes for 15 of the 24 teams! Mike and Wayne improved on last year's semi-final finish by winning their semi-final against Allan and Carol. In the other semi-final Roz and Dave overcame the home team of Dave and Richard. A hard fought final was won by Mike and Wayne.

Amazingly 13 people smashed the egg to qualify for the final. The log was then moved back to 9 meters and this resulted in just one hit! Danni from The Ship taking home the bottle of vodka.

A cheque for £250 will be presented to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

SCPA 9-a-side Salver, Southampton

On a cold Sunday 30th October, 8 clubs took part. After the morning leagues the winners and runners up went through to the main with the remaining teams competing for the plate. The plate final was won by Farmhouse, beating Adur 2-1.  the Main final was contested by Cobbetts and The Ship with the Ship winning 2-1.

SCPA Doubles, Bordon

There was a lower than expected entry this on Sunday 23rd October, mainly due to the wedding of Mike and Jenny from Bordon the day before! Despite fewer teams the competition was fierce with Dave Stubbs and Richard Greeves reclaiming the title they won in 2009 with a convincing 13-0 win over David & Sam.

Summer Doubles Finals, Burridge

There was an initial entry of 18 teams for the SCPA Summer Doubles with 7½ of these teams from Cobbetts! Unfortunately several teams did not complete their matches and the large number of conceded matches, combined with matches allegedly decided by the toss of the coin, made the qualifying stages somewhat farcical. The following 8 teams qualified for the finals held at Burridge on Saturday, 8th October.

Finals day saw some pleasantly warm sunshine. After the morning leagues, two teams had won all 3 games, Steve & Karen and Dave & Chris from The Ship. The semi-finals saw Steve and Karen fight back to beat Dave and Richard who had been the winners for the last 3 years. Meanwhile Dave and Chris beat another Cobbetts team, Glenn and Stuart. With the two top teams from the morning through to the final a close contest was expected. Unfortunately this was not to be and Steve and Karen were comfortable winners. The final placings were:

SCPA Mixed Doubles, Burridge

A disappointingly low, but organisationally perfect, 16 teams were expected for the SCPA Mixed Doubles on Sunday, 25th September. Unfortunately, a breakdown in communication somewhere saw 17 teams turn-up on the day! League Four was hastily rearranged to allow in the extra team. The top 8 teams after the morning leagues progressed to the Main knock-out while the Plate was changed into a 3 game ‘snake’ to accommodate the remaining 9 teams.

Having narrowly lost a hard fought game with Matt Slater and Michaela May in the morning leagues, Dave and Ali got their revenge when the teams were drawn against each other again in the quarter-finals. This was a close game but even closer was the match between Dean and Sam and Mike and Jenny. Dean and Sam eventually winning 13-12. Dave and Ali then fought back from 0-8 to beat them in the semi-finals. The long games in this half of the draw worked against Mark and Mary who had an hours wait before the final. This, coupled perhaps with some home advantage, saw Dave and Ali through to a comfortable 13-3 win to take the trophy home for the 5th time.

In the Plate competition Kath and Tomasz were just a single point ahead of Debbie and Graham, both teams having won all 3 games. 

SCPA Triples & Junior Doubles, Southampton City

On another wet and windy day (11th September) 16 teams fought it out for the regional triples title and the chance to play in the Champion of Champions competition.  There were some great games and a lot of people stayed to watch the final despite the cold! Congratulations to the winners and runners up and best of luck for the Champion of Champions.

Due to the low number of Juniors in the region the Junior competition was run as a doubles, rather than the advertised triples, event, with 3 teams playing each other twice. There was some very good play by the juniors, and we were pleased to see some juniors new to regional competitions.

SCPA Singles and Shooting Competitions, Shedfield

On a very wet 4th September Sunday at Shedfield, 23 Players contested the Regional Singles. Play was suspended for an hour during the morning due the poor weather, but once the games restarted a competitive day ensued. Two close Semi Finals resulted in Sean successfully defending his regional title.

19 players also took part in the shooting competition. After 2 qualifying rounds the top 8 players shot again in the final. Congratulations to Dean for winning the competition for the 3rd consecutive year.

SCPA Regional Masters, Arundel

On 2nd & 3rd July the top 12 teams arrived at Arundel on time despite Goodwood Festival of Speed trying to delay the start. Two very warm days followed with lots of good play and some interesting results. We are looking forward to a strong squad getting to Brean Sands to defend the Championship and to better previous challenge results.

2nd Regional Qualifier, Farmhouse

All 20 teams from the first qualifier entered the second event on 19th June. After some interesting results, the teams heading to the masters and possible combined squad have been decided. Well done to all teams that entered.

Worthing Open Triples

On a blustery 22nd May, Worthing Petanque Club held their Open Triples at their club terrain, Field Place, Worthing. They welcomed players from Arundel, Oxshott, ABC Kirdford, Cranleigh, Bordon, Adur, and of course, Worthing. Unfortunately some players failed to show on the day — and some were called in at the last moment — well done Peter and Derek (the gardener at Field Place) who suddenly found themselves playing an unexpected all-day competition. This meant there were 10 teams to fight it out — and to watch one of the gazebos cartwheel gracefully across the bowling greens — not too many divots! A snake system was used for 3 games in the morning, and knockout at 2 levels in the afternoon, with 2 teams playing each other twice for the honour of the wooden spoons. The results were as follows:

1st Regional Qualifier, Burridge

On Sunday 15th May 20 teams attended the first regional qualifer for the chance to play at Brean Sands in September. All is set for a tense second round at Farmhouse on 19th June.

Shedfield Rolling Cash Doubles

Held on Sunday 8th May, the prize money paid out was more than double the take on entry fees which was due to the generosity of Laurie Fenwick and his company Laurie Fenwick Financial Services. We also have to thank Laurie for sitting in the shed all day running the competition.

The winners of the £50 final were Dean Seville and Jacques Tirillier, and Bob Bish was the winner of the vodka prize for ‘Shoot the Egg’.

Adult/Junior Doubles

On a sunny May Day bank holiday (2nd May) 8 Juniors and their chosen Adult partners descended on Arundel for the 2011 Regional Adult Junior Competition. After 2 leagues of four in the morning the league winners and runners up went through to the main with the others heading to the plate competition.

In the Plate the two youngest juniors Liam (8) and Declan (9) fought their way to an entertaining final with Declan and Graham running out the eventual winners. In the Main the Favourites, Sam and Dean, won a hard fought game against  Mike and Kaylee.

Crondall Open Doubles

36 teams booked in to the annual open competition, played under a cloudless sky in delightfully warm sunshine. In the morning we played 9 leagues of four with the league winners and the next best seven going into the afternoon Main competition. The next best 16 were entered into the Plate competition, with the final four playing in a Spoon round robin. There was a Main and Plate Consolage for first round losers. There were some close fought matches and really competitive play, but at the end of a long day the results were:

Cobbetts Open Doubles

There was a clear blue sky and warm sunshine for the full-house of 32 teams at Burridge on Sunday, 10th April. Unfortunately several other teams had to be turned away but those present were treated to superb weather, great food and excellent prizes, with all the entry money returned as trophies, wine and chocolate. After the morning leagues, the top 16 teams went through to the main knockout and the remaining 16 to the plate, with a consolage competition in both for the first round losers. One of the favoured teams, Dean Seville and Graham Elcome, were beaten by Paul and Sheila Hayward in the first round of the knock-out but did go on to win the Main Consolage. Dave and Alan, having won the competition in 2009 and been runners-up last year, were hoping to make it three finals in a row but were narrowly beaten 13-10 by Rich and Tomasz in the semi-finals. Paul and Sheila beat John and Bob in the other semi. In a hard fought final Paul and Sheila eventually triumphed 13-10 to become worthy winners. There were teams present from all corners of the region, including Poole Pirates from the west and a couple of teams from Handcross in the east and it was nice to see one of those Handcross teams, Nigel and Tony, taking home a trophy after defeating Tracey and Stuart in the Plate final. Sam Thatcher from Southampton City won the shoot-the-egg competition. The 18 teams that won prizes were as follows:

Arundel Open Triples

On 3rd April, 24 teams from all over the Southern Counties, London and Kent, entered the second Arundel Annual Triples competition. The morning format was 6 leagues of 4 with league winners and next best two going into the main section of the afternoon knock-outs. The next best 8 made up the Plate competition and the last 8 went into the Spoon. There were consolage events in each section for first round losers.

Most of the players in the Main are known names on the National circuit so the standard of play was high. Carnage lived up to its name and stormed through to win, beating another young team, Manic, in the final. The Main Consolage final was between two more strong teams, with Cobbetts beating Escargot.

In the Plate final Arundel Aarvarks got the better of KGBA. A surprise appearance in the Spoon for Oxshott saw them beating Bouledog Trio, with their natty new shirts, in this final, and two new Arundel players, Mervyn and Jo, playing with Doo were successful in the Spoon Consolage.

The friendliest team were Team Talisker from Brighton, holding up all the others, to win the wooden spoons!

The success of the day was a complete team effort from the members of Arundel PC. And thanks must go to Roger for organizing trophies and prizes, as well as being our David Bailey for the day, Peter M and his team for the food, Peter S for the paperwork (his first time), Mike H, Mike K and Kath for the raffle, Arundel members for providing the raffle prizes, Clare for keeping a careful eye on the finances, John for his car park attending and terrain management, and Tomasz and Doo for the shooting competition. The full results were:

High Level Roofing 6-a-side Knockout Finals

the final stages of this competition were held on Sunday 27th March at the Ship, Owslebury, in exceptionally fine weather. The morning semi-finals saw Southampton City Saints playing Crondall and Farmhouse playing Cobbetts. Both matches were keenly contested with the Saints and Farmhouse progressing to the afternoon final, each with scores of 3-2 from the morning. In an excitingly close match Farmhouse beat the Saints by 3-2, the match being decided by an extremely tight last game!

The awards were made by Bernie Miles , President SCPA.

Winter Doubles Finals

The Finals took place on a glorious spring day at Burridge on Saturday 26th March. The 12 teams that qualified for the finals, from the initial entry of 25, played in two 6 team leagues in the mornings. Only Richard Patterson and Mark Robertshaw won all their morning games. Runners-up in their league were Paul Hayward and Mike Sheppard. The holders, Dave Stubbs and Richard Greeves, topped the other league ahead of club colleagues Mike Porter and Alison Stubbs.

The league winners both won their semi-final matches with Dave and Richard defeating Mike and Paul while Mark and Richard beat Alison and Mike. This set-up an exciting final which ended in the narrowest of victories for Dave and Richard 13-12.

Farmhouse Open Triples

There was a good turnout of teams for this event, held on Sunday, 20th February. The weather was dry, but a bit chilly. The format was a pre-drawn snake, giving everybody 5 games, and there was an exciting final played between the top two teams. The results were:

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Ship

On a damp and windy Sunday, 6th February, 32 players turned up at Owslebury. The results after 4 timed games were:

SCPA Winter Mêlée, Crondall

16 players turned up at Crondall on Sunday, 2nd January. The weather forecast was cold, but the sun shone for the first time in many weeks and it turned out to be a lovely day. The results after 3 untimed games were:

 

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