Getting people to play Pétanque
Registration for the NC Triples: Men and Women and the Veterans is now closed. Due to the level of entries for each competition, Men 4 No., Women 2 No. and Veterans 4 No. one of which was not fully completed the Executive is sadly announcing the cancellation of the event. It is disappointing that the […]
Updated: 29/07/2022 Saturday 6th August – NC Triples: Men & Women ***Registration is now closed.*** Venue: Pontyclun RFC PC Registration: Saturday 6th August 09h30 – 09h45 Organisers: WPA Entry Fee: £7.00/player NC Triples: Men A minimum of eight teams are required for this event to take place. Bernard Adshead Tony Smith Roger Green Kon Tomczyk […]
Again, there was a damp start to the second day of the National Doubles Championship weekend; eventually, the sun came out from behind the clouds and provided perfect weather for playing petanque. The format was the same as the previous day, but this time with only eleven mixed doubles teams registering. However, this did not […]
The National Doubles Weekend occurred at Caerleon RFC PC on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July. On Saturday, the competition got off to a damp start. Twelve doubles teams were drawn into three groups of four, and the top two teams from each group progressed to the Championship. The best two teams from the remaining […]
The qualification competition was to see which club will represent Wales at the 23rd European Cup for Clubs – 2021 at Saint Yrieix, FRANCE, in early December. The qualification competition was held on Saturday 9th October between Monkstone PC and South Wales Bowls & Recreation Centre Pétanque Section – Sully (formerly Penarth PC). The first […]
This Sunday (12th), the National Triples Championship for Men & Women. Currently, the following teams have registered for the two events to be held at Caerleon PC. Men: Bernard Adshead Roger Griffin Peredur John Kon Tomczyk Derek Jones Stuart Spencer Jean-Yves Robic Ian Bailey Nai Kongchung Team Withdrawn Jake Caston Len Field Matthew […]
After a nail-biting last round, the Welsh PA team emerged as Champions of the Challenge Division 2, with 29 wins to Anglia’s 28. Congratulations to Wales 4 (Gemma Foster, Tansy Mayfield, Barbara Vaughan & Kon Tomczyk) on winning the Top Team award with 9 wins. (More details to follow) The WPA would like to thank […]
A Cold and Wet Day for the opening round of Assessments The morning (in particular) weather didn’t help the competitors in the first round of the Qualifying Assessments for the 2021 World Championships (Triples: Men), European Championships (Triples: Men) and European Championships for Veterans (Triples: Women & Men). I need to begin with thanking the […]
Rainbows, Road-Closures & Floodlit Finale fail to Dampen Spirits Re-arranged after being postponed as a result of the recent Welsh Government Firebreak, this year’s National Mixed Doubles finally got underway at Caerleon RFC PC. Having offered to host the original event, we were delighted that Caerleon were able to also meet the revised date. Our […]
WPA NATIONAL EVENTS POSTPONED. With the latest news from the Welsh Government (WG), and yesterday’s announcement of a further 4 areas of South Wales put into a lockdown state, the WPA EC feels it has no choice but to postpone the National events that were scheduled to be played in the next few weeks. These […]