The 2024 Celtic Challenge Qualifier was recently held at the Caerleon RFC Petanque Club, hosts of the 2024 Celtic Challenge, the annual event between Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Over two days, 19 teams from affiliated clubs and unaffiliated members fought to achieve one of the eight places available to represent Wales. A five-round Swiss Ladder system was used for each day’s encounters. However, 19 entries resulted in a Bye in each of the five rounds for one of the poorest-performing teams.

Finally, the results of the two days of play were combined and sorted so that the Bye (13/7 win) would not significantly affect the ranking.

The final results of each day are listed below.

Saturday’s Final Results

Sunday’s Final Results

Combined Saturday & Sunday’s Results

The competition between teams this year to achieve one of the top places was fierce, with teams moving between the top spots with each completed round.

The WPA Executive would like to congratulate all the teams that participated in the qualifier, especially those that finished in the top eight, with many of their players representing Wales for the first time.

Wales A1	Jean-Yves Robic	Julie Bailey	Ian Bailey	Kon Tomczyk
Wales A2	Sean Smith	Tony Smith	Len Field
Wales A3	Didier Mack	Joe Williams	Alex Lacey	Alvarro Saget
Wales A4	Steve Love	Cai Jones	Matthew Shearman	Andrew Hemms
Wales B1	John Attfield	Lyn Babbage	Ian Stevenson	Marie Jones
Wales B2	David Long	Gareth Coombes	Andy Rios-Hall	Daveed Langeurand
Wales B3	David Bevan	Neil Wilkinson	Alan Evans
Wales B4	Roger Green	Alex Skibinski	Harry Camfield	Francis Ryan

Reserve Teams:

Jim Page	Tony Griffiths	Jay Geldert
Derek Jones	Stephen Snudden	Robert Pugh	Ken Aston

Updated 23/10/2023