Pétanque is a sport played throughout the world, in fact if you have been on holiday to France you will almost certainly have seen it played on village squares, indeed you may have been invited to join in.
What is not often realised is that pétanque is also played in the UK. It is a fast growing family sport for all ages and ideal for the whole family.
Coventry Pétanque Club welcome all new comers, whether experienced players or new to the sport, and all ages, though we must ask that young people under 13 are supervised by parents at all times. Boules are available for your use, to get you started.
See contact page for details
Nottingham weekend report
It was a good weekend on the 11th. & 12th. May, for the Heart of England teams at Nottingham.
First competitions up were the Men’s and Lady’s Triples ranking competitions.
Seventeen teams competed in the Men’s where two, mainly HoE, teams reached the last 8 but could not progress further. Nouri Beladaci (Nomades), John Geddes (Coventry) and Mokhtar Benarab (London) were narrowly defeated 12-13 by Paul Webb, Dean Webb and Mark Dowman. Along the way Nouri and co had beaten the fancied team of Nick Baxter, Safiane Lachani and Monty Quaia. 13-0.
Bill Wood (Hereford) Ian Williams (Hereford) and Philip Price also got to the last 8 but were defeated by Jeremy Huntley, Ross Jones and Rowland Jones.
In the Lady’s event Hannah-Louise Griffin (Whitnash), Ella Slade (a 12 year old Junior) and Sabrina Seville beat Chris Spray, Jan Weaver and Gay Evans 13-11 to progress to the semi-final where they met Sarah Huntley, Lisa Goliger and Emma Longstaff. They were narrowly defeated 13-12.
Also into the last 8 were Mel Williams (Hereford), Eileen Sollis (Nomades) and Aimee Collee (Nomades) but they met their match in Claire White, Kaylee Thatcher and Sammy Thatcher, being defeated 13-0.
Overall an excellent day for the region’s players especially when you consider the international experience of some of their opposition Tony Thompson
It was a good weekend on the 11th. & 12th. May, for the Heart of England teams at Nottingham.
First competitions up were the Men’s and Lady’s Triples ranking competitions.
Seventeen teams competed in the Men’s where two, mainly HoE, teams reached the last 8 but could not progress further. Nouri Beladaci (Nomades), John Geddes (Coventry) and Mokhtar Benarab (London) were narrowly defeated 12-13 by Paul Webb, Dean Webb and Mark Dowman. Along the way Nouri and co had beaten the fancied team of Nick Baxter, Safiane Lachani and Monty Quaia. 13-0.
Bill Wood (Hereford) Ian Williams (Hereford) and Philip Price also got to the last 8 but were defeated by Jeremy Huntley, Ross Jones and Rowland Jones.
In the Lady’s event Hannah-Louise Griffin (Whitnash), Ella Slade (a 12 year old Junior) and Sabrina Seville beat Chris Spray, Jan Weaver and Gay Evans 13-11 to progress to the semi-final where they met Sarah Huntley, Lisa Goliger and Emma Longstaff. They were narrowly defeated 13-12.
Also into the last 8 were Mel Williams (Hereford), Eileen Sollis (Nomades) and Aimee Collee (Nomades) but they met their match in Claire White, Kaylee Thatcher and Sammy Thatcher, being defeated 13-0.
Overall an excellent day for the region’s players especially when you consider the international experience of some of their opposition Tony Thompson
Sunday was the turn of the Home Nations Qualifier.
Results are not yet published for this but Carol Woodward, Glenn Woodward and Hannah-Louise Griffin finished third to bag a place in the England team at Cardiff later in the year.
Congratulations one and all.
Tony Thompson.
Congratulations to Nouri
Winning the Winter league and combined Autumn and Winter League series
Winning the Winter league and combined Autumn and Winter League series
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Coventry Inter-Club team
Team 1: Brian Stote, Jane Geddes, John Geddes, Mike Smith Team 2: John Baxter, Tony Thompson, Rita David, Alan Colliver Team 3: Sheila Eburne, Reg Eburne, Charles Caruana, Christine Caruana Everyone had fun on the day, and the new members learnt a lot about competition Petanque as well as about different pistes. The results from the day don't reflect or show how close a lot of the matches were, so many positive were taken from the event and experience |
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It must be catching!! Following in Dad John's winning footsteps Junior Jane Geddes fought her way through the HoE qualifying round of the International Women's Day Pairs at Solihull and into the National Final at Oxshott in April. Her partner for the day was another, slightly older, young player Rachel Kelly. The competition attracted 12 teams from 6 clubs with 4 to qualify. Those team members represented 5 different clubs. The overall winners and first recipients of the new cup were Carol and Gill from Solihull. Runners up were Josette and Rosemary, also from Solihull. Photographs of some of the day's play are on the gallery page.
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The first Friday of the month melee continues throughout 2019 but with the added element of a free come and try it for anyone interested in pétanque. Saturday Club, on alternate Saturday mornings, will start Saturday April 6th. 10am to 12 noon. All dates on the Calendar page. |
A second coaching session is to be offered, at 6pm. on the 4th. Friday of each month, starting in February. This is in addition the the ones on the second Friday. Open to all club members. Don't forget that individual coaching is available by arrangement with either of the club coaches. |
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