The WPA AGM will be held at 7.30pm on Friday the 11th January 2019 at The Monkstone Petanque Club, c/o The Penylan Club, Marlborough Road, Pen-Y-Lan, Cardiff, CF23 5BU.

The Elected Officer posts becoming vacant are:

1     National President – Two year tenure

2     National Treasurer – Two year tenure

3     Director of Public Relations – Two year tenure

These positions are currently vacant or the incumbent is not re-standing.

Those entitled and wishing to put proposals to the AGM shall submit their motions and nominations for office to the National Secretary using the appropriate forms.

Information and documentation relating to the AGM can be found under the heading Documentation / Procedures / AGM 2019 on the website

 

2019 Championships – Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles – Qualifying

If your interested in taking part in the qualifying process for this event, please indicate by emailing: dev [at] welshpetanque [dot] org [dot] uk

The closing date for showing your interest is 11 Nov 2018. Dates and venues for qualifying will then be issued based on the number of entrants.

Registering an interest does not mean you have to attend the qualifying event.

The Championship event is on 02-05 May 2019 in  (El Ejido, Almería, SPAIN). (Note: this is the same date as the Celtic Challenge 2019)

The Wales squad have been given a fantastic boost as they depart Welsh shores for France this week for the 2018 European Triples (Women) Championship.

The team consisting of Caerleon Petanque Club’s trio; Barbara Vaughan, Gemma Foster and Tansy Mayfield as well as Monkstone Petanque Club’s Jayne Dunn travelled to the seaside resort of Palavas les Flots, some 6km south of Montpellier for the biennial event on Wednesday. And the team will certainly look the part when play starts on Thursday, in their brand-new Welsh kit

The Welsh Petanque Association and the squad are extremely grateful for Wenvoe Petanque Club member Ken Aston who has pulled the strings to provide sponsorship for the Ladies’ new kit.

The new sponsor ‘Catch and Despatch Delivery Services’ are based in Barry and Ken boasts over 30 years’ experience as an HGV driver.

With a modern and reliable fleet of courier vehicles, Catch and Despatch Delivery Services’ travel all around the UK and offer a personal service, delivering items on a same day basis, seven days a week, 24 hours a day including bank holidays.

For more information on the company and to book your delivery, contact Ken at the following email – info [at] catchanddespatch [dot] co [dot] uk.

Under the watchful eye of National Shooting Champion and coach Kon Tomczyk, the Welsh team will compete in the qualifications and repechages for the precision shooting event on Thursday. The Championship commences on Friday morning at 08:30 (07:30 BST) and continues through the Sunday evening.

The event will be streamed here and the WPA Website will aim to keep you up to date over the coming days.

There are 33 teams competing in the Championships, all hoping to claim the Title, which was won two years ago by the current hosts France, in Bratislava.

Good Luck to Barbara, Gemma, Jayne and Tansy over the coming days.

Today our ladies team travel to the Women’s European Championships in Palavas Les Flots, France.

Good luck to our team: Jayne Dunn, Gemma Foster, Tansy Mayfield and Barbara Vaughan

We wish them well in the Championship. Play well and enjoy.

The WPA League Cup and Plate finals took on Sunday 23 September 2018 at Creigiau PC on a dry mainly sunny day despite all the forecasts of a very wet morning. Maesteg, Monkstone Minotaurs, Isca Romans & Penarth Pendragons were contesting the Cup semi-finals whilst in the Plate, 2 teams had withdrawn leaving Wenvoe Dragons and Monkstone Mystics to contest the final.

In the semi-finals of the Cup competition the Minotaurs were drawn against Maesteg and had a bad start when Kensett and Adshead (B) were fannied by Clare & Field. It seemed the Minotaurs pair didn’t realise the game had started. Fortunately the other pair, Maroney (J) and Adshead (V), kept the Minotaurs in the tie with a 13-2 win against Edwards & Stevenson so at the changeover the deficit was only 2 points. Kensett & Adshead bucked their ideas up in the second game and ran out 13-6 winners against Edwards & Stevenson leaving Maroney & Adshead needing 9 points against Clare & Field to secure a Minotaurs win. From the start of the game Maesteg always had their noses in front and at 12-6 things weren’t looking good for the Minotaurs. Both sides were aware of the situation but Maroney & Adshead proved to have the stronger nerves taking 2 points on the next end. This left the scores exactly level but when they took another point on the next end, the Minotaurs were home and dry. The game finally ended in a Maesteg win by 13-10 for a 2-2 draw but the Minotaurs had won 36-34 on countback. This result seemed most unlikely after the opening game.

In the other semi-final Isca Romans got of to a flying start against Penarth Pendragons with a fanny by Mayfield (T) & Tomczyk and ran out comfortable 3-1 winners with a points score of 50-29.

The Plate competition was disappointing in, that with only 2 teams, it left Monkstone Mystics to go directly into the Final against Wenvoe Dragons. The First Division team with pairs Cannan & Jellings and Westall & Coleman proved too strong for the Mystics pairs of Clarke & Baildon-Smith and Dunn & Smith (J) and ran out winners by 3-1 and 47-25.

The line-up for the Final

Adshead B&V, Mayfield, Foster, Gregory, Tomczyk, Kensett & Maroney

After lunch there was only the Cup Final to contest between the Minotaurs and Isca Romans to whom the Minotaurs had suffered two 4-0 defeats in the League. The Minotaurs left themselves with a mountain to climb when Kensett & Adshead and Maroney & Adshead both went down 2-13 to Mayfied & Tomczyk and Foster & Gregory (P) respectively. Team captain Adshead (B) tried to rally his team by reminding them that they could still win with two fannies! This battle cry obviously had some effect as Kensett & Adshead ran out easy winners by 13-4 against Foster & Gregory followed by Maroney & Adshead having a comfortable 13-6 win against Mayfied & Tomczyk. Unfortunately for the Minotaurs, despite the 2-2 draw, is was not quite enough with Isca Romans winning 36-30 on countback. At least the Minotaurs had salvaged some pride after the opening 2 games.

The Winning Isca Romans Team

Congratulations to Isca Romans on their deserved win and a big thank-you to Harry Drake and all the members of Creigiau PC who worked hard to host the day and make it a great success.

Reminder

A WPA OGM is being held at Caerleon RFC this Monday the 24th September starting at 7.30pm.

All members welcome

 

Congratulations to players and teams who represented Wales at this years Petanque Enqland, Inter Regionals.

 

Day 1, we had some good results which left us in fourth place and only one game behind Thames in third and five wins behind Sussex and Eastern and still with a chance to gain promotion to division 1. A special mention must go to Wales 4 who won all 7 games on day one and were in the running for top team.

 

Day 2, some more good play by the Wales teams, but unfortunately in the first round of the day Wales 4 lost their winning streak. In the end Wales came a creditable 5^th winning half their games and Wales 4 were the 3^rd best team in the division winning 9 of their 12 games.

 

Thank you to all the teams and players for making the weekend a great success. We look forward to meeting up with oue friends old and new next year.

 

Final Standings
Region	W	F	A	D
Sussex	58	1031	877	154
Thames Valley	56	979	902	77
Heart of England	52	1005	932	73
Eastern	51	978	890	88
Welsh PA	48	971	946	25
Great Western	47	911	949	-38
Devon	39	837	1030	-193
Mercia	33	859	1045	-186
Best Teams
Region	W	F	A	D
Thames Valley-1	12	156	49	107
Sussex-5	10	146	98	48
Welsh PA-4	9	144	91	53

 

 

 

 

 

Creigiau PC

Sunday 23 September 2018

Semi-finals commence at 11:00am. This will be deemed to be the latest start time for the purposes of Rules 4.3 & 4.4.

After lunch (bring your own), the Finals will commence at 2:00pm and this will be deemed to be the latest start time for the purposes of Rules 4.3 & 4.4. If all teams are present the games may start at the earlier time of 1:30 pm depending on the finishing time of the semi-finals.

Creigiau PC have kindly offered to provide tea & coffee but you are advised to bring your own chairs as seating is very limited near the piste.

The matches will proceed regardless of weather conditions unless of course the pistes are unplayable.

SEMI-FINALS

CUP

Maesteg v Monkstone Minotaurs

Penarth Pendragons v Isca Romans

PLATE

Wenvoe Warriors v Monkstone Inn Un

Wenvoe Dragons v Monkstone Mystics

Wenvoe Warriors are unable to field a team, Monkstone Inn Un will, therefore, have a bye into the Final.

Welsh Cup for Clubs

The 2018 Welsh Cup for Clubs is to be held at Abergavenny Petanque Club on the 7th & 14th October 2018

Closing date for entries is: 26th September 2018

Entry is £60 per Club

Pre Entry is required

Please email your entry to: dev [at] welshpetanque [dot] org [dot] uk

Registration is 9.00 – 9.30

NOTE: The Successful Club will be invited to take part in the European Cup for Clubs