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
Alexandra Mixed Pairs
The competition was played on Sunday 30th at the Burnt Post. Bunting and flags were used to decorate the pistes, and to show the affiliation between Coventry and Alexandra.
16 mixed pairs were present with a age span from 12 to ermm quite old ........
The format was 3 timed games in the morning, lunch and 2 games to 13 in the afternoon, with wins and points difference deciding the winners. Players from all around the region, and some from up North participated.
Brian Stote and Mel Williams were the eventual winners with 5 wins and 45 points
Graham and Bunty finished in 2nd with 4 wins and 31 points
Rachael Kelly and Colin Smith finished in 3rd, with 4 wins and 19 points
Full results sheet is available in Results tab.
The raffle on the day was for "Archie's Smile" and raised £87 - well done and thank you all. Tony Thompson
The competition was played on Sunday 30th at the Burnt Post. Bunting and flags were used to decorate the pistes, and to show the affiliation between Coventry and Alexandra.
16 mixed pairs were present with a age span from 12 to ermm quite old ........
The format was 3 timed games in the morning, lunch and 2 games to 13 in the afternoon, with wins and points difference deciding the winners. Players from all around the region, and some from up North participated.
Brian Stote and Mel Williams were the eventual winners with 5 wins and 45 points
Graham and Bunty finished in 2nd with 4 wins and 31 points
Rachael Kelly and Colin Smith finished in 3rd, with 4 wins and 19 points
Full results sheet is available in Results tab.
The raffle on the day was for "Archie's Smile" and raised £87 - well done and thank you 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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