Home Nations Qualifier

Results

The following teams have qualified to represent Wales at the Home Nations Championship, hosted by the Whitnash Windmill Petanque Club, over the weekend of 12th/13th August 2023.

Congratulations to those teams representing Wales, but also to the two qualifying reserve teams and four teams which unfortunately failed to qualify. All the games were played in good spirits, even when it got wet in round five.

Position  Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Wales 1 JY Robic Len Field Julie Bailey
Wales 2 Derek Jones Stewart Spencer Steve Snudden Ken Aston
Wales 3 Sean Smith Ian Bailey Tony Smith
Wales 4 Bernard Adshead Vickie Adshead Roger Griffin Peredur John
Wales 5 Darren Hardwicke Didier Mack Joe William Alvaro Saget
Wales 6 Ian Wheeler Tania Howard Sue Foster David Languerand
Wales 7 Roger Green Gill Clark Gareth Spencer Aaron Player
Wales 8 Selwyn Lloyd Terry Lloyd David Morgans Gloria Davies
         
Reserve Team 1 Jayne Dunn Gill Greenwell Tim Howard Andrew Howard
Reserve Team 2 Sonia Ford Peter Stahl  Leonard Christian 
       
  David Long Gareth Coombes Andy Rios-Hall
  David Bevan Neil Wilkinson Robert White Gail Brookbank
  Derek Lomas Gary Giles Mel Giles  Adrian Morris
  Roger Bennett Ros Goddard Peter Lipett

24th April 2023

Date: Sunday, 23rd April 2023
Venue: Monkstone Pétanque Club
Registration: From 09h00 to 09h30
Organiser: T S Smith & J-Y Robic
Umpire:

Rules of Play:

  • FIPJP rules.
  • Games will be timed – 60 minutes plus two ends. 
  • Lanes will be allocated.

Number of Teams: 14

Play begins at 10h00 – at the latest.

Competition Format: The format for the competition will be a five-round Swiss System using the FineBuchholz Number (fBHN).

A bye will be scored as a 13/7 win.

Teams will be ranked 1 to 14 based on the five rounds using the:

  • Wins,
  • FineBuchholz Number (fBHN),
  • Points difference
  • Points +

If two teams are tied, and one team has been awarded a bye-win, the team without the bye will be ranked above the team with a bye-win.

If two teams are still tied, then the result of the match between the two teams (if played) will be used to separate them.

Lunch (45 minutes duration) will take place after Round 3.

IMPORTANT REMINDER.
ALL TEAMS MUST BE IN MATCHING TEAM TOPS

Tony Smith
President
20th April 2023


The following teams have entered the competition:

Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Jayne Dunn Gill Greenwell Tim Howard Andrew Howard
Bernard Adshead Vickie Adshead Roger Griffin Peredur John
Sean Smith Ian Bailey Tony Smith
JY Robic Len Field Julie Bailey Scott Murray
Ian Wheeler Tania Howard Sue Foster David Languerand
David Bevan Neil Wilkinson Robert White Gail Brookbank
Derek Jones Stewart Spencer Steve Snudden Ken Aston
Darren Hardwicke Didier Mack Joe William Alvaro Saget
Roger Green Gill Clark Gareth Spencer Aaron Player
David Long Gareth Coombes Andy Rios-Hall
Derek Lomas Gary Giles Mel Giles  Adrian Morris
Selwyn Lloyd Terry Lloyd David Morgans Gloria Davies
Sonia Ford Peter Stahl  Leonard Christian  David Elston
Roger Bennett Ros Goddard Peter Lipett