Competition Results 2010

SCPA Triples and Junior Competition

These competitions took place on 18th July at Southampton City. There were 14 teams in the adult triples and, because only 6 juniors turned out, their competition was played as singles games.

The cold and windy morning saw some close games and the sunny afternoon seem to raise everyone’s spirits. Some good play was seen in the afternoon session especially as the first and second teams on the day represent the region in October at the Champion of Champions.

In the Junior competition many of the games were close fought and long games and all showed good sportsmanship. The final result showed a younger sister betting her older one by only a total of 4 points over five games.

Well done to Daniel Baker, Martin Brooks and Hannah Lombard for making the others struggle at times.

SCPA Regional Masters

Two really hot days at Arundel (10/11th July) saw 12 teams play off for places for the Inter-regional Competition at Brean Sands to be played in September. It is hoped that all players who have qualified will represent the Southern Counties in this competition.

Arundel Liz Hordern Memorial Doubles

Sunday 13th June was a beautiful summer’s day in the striking surroundings of Arundel town and Castle, the perfect setting for The Liz Hordern Memorial Trophy competition. Liz was the wife of Arundel PC’s President, Mike, and a well-loved member of the club when it was based in Yapton.

24 teams competed from all over the region, many of them getting a taster of the terrain before the Regional Masters is played at Arundel next month. The club was pleased to have the opportunity to try out its new BBQ at lunchtime, with the Arundel Special Burger quickly becoming a firm favourite.

The standard of play was high, with a number of games seeing a close 13-12 result. Local teams of John Barnes and Pat Parsons (Littlehampton Lovelies) and Mike Knight and Geoff Sully (Arundel Extra) reached the Main knock-out round, with Mike and Geoff fighting off fierce opposition to win through and carry off the Trophy. Other Arundel members were runners-up in the Plate Consolage (Tomasz Rypien and Clare Ide), the Spoon (Derek Coates and Tim Lawson) and winners and runners-up in the Spoon Consolage (Peter Maynard and Simon Kimber), (Steve Love and Sue Sandy).

The prizes were presented at the end of an enjoyable day by Arundel Pétanque Club President, Mike Hordern.

Handcross Tony Watson Memorial Doubles

Held on 6th June, the club would like to thank all competitors for their generosity during this year’s charity event, held in the memory of Tony Watson.  In excess of £525 was raised for St Peters and St James’s Hospice which cared for Tony during the last few months of his life. The results were:

SCPA 2nd Regional Qualifier, Farmhouse

On 16th May, the day began chilly and cloudy but luckily there was very little in the way of showers with the sun peeping through during the afternoon. There were some closely fought contests, especially amongst the teams with the greater wins. All looks well for some close games in the Masters competition, to determine the final playing order, on 10th and 11th July at Arundel.

Worthing Open Doubles

Although there was a slightly smaller entry than usual, Worthing PC held their Open competition at Arundel on Saturday 8th May. There was a good mixture of experienced teams and those for whom it was their first competition. It was good that many 1st time competitors enjoyed the day, and look forward to boosting the numbers of other competitions in the future. As usual, there was a good raffle, a break-the-egg shooting competition, and food provided by that well-known chef, Michel Chevalier. The prizes were presented by the President of Worthing PC, 90 year-old John Townsend-Green, who also played several games during the day. A big ‘thank you’ goes to all those players from around the Region who did support us.

SCPA Adult Junior Competition

On a showery and rather cold 3rd May Bank Holiday the above competition had 8 junior members playing with adult partners at Burridge. The competition was played in 2 leagues in both the morning and the afternoon. The top four teams were entered in the main competition, the other four played in a plate competition. Each team played six games during the day.

SCPA 1st Regional Qualifier, Crondall

On Sunday, 25th April the day began with a wet cold journey and it remained chilly for most of the day although the sun peeped through during the afternoon. There were some closely fought contests, especially amongst the teams with the greater wins. All looks well for some close games in the second round at Farmhouse on 15th May.

Arundel Grand Opening

On Sunday, 18th April, a beautiful warm and sunny day, Arundel Pétanque Club (formerly The Lamb Inn PC) held the official opening of its new terrain at Arundel Football Club. The Mayor of Arundel, Councillor Mrs Wendy Eve, performed the opening ceremony of cutting the ribbon to the accompaniment of party poppers, blowers, cheers and champagne shower. She then threw the first boule and was presented with an Arundel club cap, which should go well with the Mayoral Robes! The ceremony was also attended by Mrs Judith Buckland MBE DL, (a keen local pétanque player), Mr Bernie Miles, (SCPA President), and representatives of Arundel Football Club. Phil and Marion of Pen-y-Coed Pétanque tempted us all with their great selection of goods, and messages of congratulation were read out from the patron of Arundel Pétanque Club, the Duke of Norfolk, Mr Mike Pegg, EPA President and M Christophe le Rille of Pétanque Trévièroise, the Club in Normandy with which APC is twinned.

Teams from all over the Southern Counties, from as far away as London, the Isle of Wight and Cardiff, battled for the shiny new trophy and the selection of fine wines.

The morning format was 5 leagues of 4 plus one of 3, 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 7 went into the Spoon. First round losers in the afternoon were able to carry on playing as there were consolage events for each section.

Only 4 teams won all their morning games. The Welsh Dragons looked to be favourites, grilling Les Escargots with their flames in the first round, but falling asleep (their own words) in the semi-final. The luck of the Irish Shamrocks ran out against the Arundel Aardvarks team to leave the final to be a local derby between the Aardvarks and KGB. The new Arundel Pétanque Club triumphed in its opening competition with players Geoff, Tomasz, Mike and Kath carrying off the Main Trophy.

Arundel teams were strong at the other end of the scale too. Arundel Castles (Peter, Clare and John) winning the first fanny AND Plate Consolage, and DDT (Derek, Dave and Tim) being the friendliest/strongest team, holding all the others up, to win the wooden spoons!

The successful teams were:

Cobbetts Open Doubles

There were 20 teams at Burridge on a lovely spring day for the Cobbetts Open Doubles. Dave Stubbs and Alan Forse, last year’s winners, were trying to defend their title and started well by being one of the five teams to win all of their three morning league games. Four of these teams continued this success in the first round matches in the afternoon to reach the semi-finals, with Arundel being the team to miss out.

The semi-finals brought together two Cobbetts teams with Dave and Alan just beating Mike Porter and Alison Stubbs 13-10 in a game that only lasted six high scoring ends! The other semi-final saw a comfortable win for Mark Robertshaw and Richard Patterson against the Oxshott team of Frank Charlesworth and Christine Peat. Dave and Alan became the first team to take any points off Mark and Richard in the afternoon games but this was not enough for them to retain their title as they fell to a 13-5 defeat in the final.

A case of mistaken identity saw David Plumhoff and Aaron Giles, playing in his first competition, win the Plate Consolage twice! Having beaten Richard Greeves and Alan Baker  in what they believed was the final it was pointed out that they should have played the Shire Roses so they then played Roz Silvester and Lynn May and beat them too. Meanwhile Richard and Alan had to play again in the real Plate Final against Steve Love and Sue Sandy their Cobbetts clubmates and lost again! Chris Barron and Terry Rixon won the Main Consolage ensuring that five of the six Cobbetts teams entered finished in the prizes!

Crondall Open Doubles

32 teams arrived at Corndall on Easter Monday, 5th April, and included teams from Kent, Thames Valley and Wales as well as our own region. Although it was overcast and with a very cold wind, the rain stayed away. In the morning eight leagues of four were played with the winner and runner-up of each league going into the main competition after lunch. The remaining teams played in the Plate competition. First round losers of the Main and Plate went into the respective Consolage competitions. As usual there were some surprises, but the prizewinners were:

SCPA Winter Doubles Finals

From an initial entry of 24 teams the top 8 teams contested the finals at Burridge on Saturday, 27th March. Unfortunately the holders and top qualifiers, Harrison Ash and Ashley Odell, could not defend their title due to work commitments. After the morning leagues three time Winter Doubles winners Mike and Paul had won all three games along with Sean and Trevor. Neither of these two teams could maintain their winning ways after lunch with Chris and Dave fighting back to beat Sean and Trevor 13-12 while Dave and Richard defeated Mike and Paul. In the final, Chris and Dave again fell a long way behind but could not repeat the fight back and Dave and Richard added the Winter Doubles title to the Summer Doubles they won in October. 

Hampshire Rose Open Triples

This took place on Saturday, 20th March. Despite a forecast of a wet weekend, 12 teams entered from as far a field as, London, Kent and Redlynch, as well as some SCPA teams.

A drizzly start to the day saw a lot of waterproofs being worn. Leagues were played in the morning with the top two teams from each league plus next best two teams going into the Main/Main Consolâge in the afternoon. A A Round Robin was played by the remaining four teams. After lunch a play off (best of three ends) determined the 8th place.

The eight teams played some exceptional games, ending in a final Battle between Nemesis (a Hampshire Rose Team), and Kingston ‘B’s (a London Team). Despite being beaten in the morning league by Kingston ‘B’s, Nemesis were the victors.

The Results of the Main Competition

Fifth SCPA Winter Mêlée, Hampshire Rose

Held on Sunday, 7th March on a cold but sunny morning, this event attracted 14 players. All were well wrapped up to play this last Mêlée of the winter. Four timed rounds were played with the following results:

Fourth SCPA Winter Mêlée, Ship

A great turnout of 38 players ventured to the Ship Inn on Sunday, 7th February in dry but quite chilly weather. The results after 4 timed games were:

 

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