Results
The 2024 Home Nations Qualifier recently took place at the Monkstone Petanque Club. The Executive would like to thank the committee and members for allowing the WPA to use their facilities.
Two teams with no wins in the morning ranking phase played an additional elimination game to determine who progressed to the main competition in 8th place. Derek Jones’ team edged Phil Freegard’s team out of the competition to take the final spot.
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| After lunch, the ranking phase of the competition took place, using a complete elimination format to determine the team’s final ranking.
Derek Jones’ team, which had to play the elimination round, came through in the quarter-final stage to win 13/12 against Tony Smith’s team, which was a real turn-around in fortune. Another tight game was between Tony Smith’s team, ranked 1, and Dan Rawlings’ team, ranked 2, fighting for 5th and 6th place. After a game in which the lead continued to swap, Tony Smith’s team managed to win 13/12 and take the 5th placed position. |
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| The final ranking of the eight teams is as follows: |
Reserve team: Cardiff Harlequins – Phil Freegard, Gareth Spencer and David Jones. |
Date: Sunday, 28th April 2024
Venue: Monkstone Pétanque Club
Registration: From 08h45 to 09h15
Organisers: S Smith & J-Y Robic
Rules of Play:
- FIPJP rules.
- Games will be untimed.
- Lanes will be allocated.
Number of Teams: 9
Play begins at 09h45 – at the latest.
The following teams have pre-registered:
| Main Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| Wheatsheaf PC | Linda Hutchinson | Gail Brooksbank | Basil White | Jim Hutchinson |
| Abergavenny PC | Peter Stahl | Andy Pook | Dave Bevan | Wally Wilkinson |
| Monkstone PC | Tony Smith | Gill Greenwell | Jayne Dunn | Roger Green |
| Monkstone PC | Ash Seath | Gill Clark | Len Christian | Sonia Ford |
| Cardiff Harlequins PC | Phil Freegard | Gareth Spencer | David Jones | |
| SWBRC – PS | Joe Williams | Darren Hardwicke | Didier Mac | |
| SWBRC – PS | Dan Rawlings | Alvaro Saget | Alex Lacey | |
| Pontyclun PC | Derek Jones | Ken Ashton | Steve Snudden | Stewart Spencer |
| Monkstone PC | Bernard Adshead | Roger Griffin | Vickie Adshead | Claude Le Razavet |
IMPORTANT REMINDER – ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST PLAY IN ONE GAME, AND ALL TEAMS MUST BE IN MATCHING TEAM SHIRTS
Competition Format:
Teams will draw a number at registration, resulting in three groups of three teams.
Resting teams during the rounds will not score a win.
Teams will be allocated two lanes to play their matches, which will take place on the following lanes.
- Poule One – Lanes 3 and 4
- Poule Two – Lanes 6 and 7
- Poule Three – Lanes 9 and 10
Teams will be ranked 1 to 3 in each poule.
- Wins,
- Points difference
- Points +
The teams will be ranked 1 to 9 upon completion using the same criteria as above.
Teams ranked 8 and 9 will play one additional game. The winner of the match remains in the competition, and the losing team takes no further part but is the first reserve team.
Lunch will take place after Round 3.
The competition format for the afternoon will be a complete elimination to obtain a final ranking from 1 to 8.
WPA Executive
27/04/2024