Penicuik hosted their latest open, this time a triples, at their new piste in Penicuik Park on Sunday 9th June. With only 5 triples teams registered the decision was made to split up the 2 Penicuik triples teams into 3 pairs to create a round robin of 6 teams. 3 games were completed before before lunch […]
SPA President Colin Stewart attended Monymusk Boules Masters competition on 8th June having accepted an invitation to act as time keeper and arbitrator. 30 teams of 4 players pre-registered to play in the charity event. 12 pistes were erected in the village square (and dismantled within minutes of the end of the event) by a […]
Paul Fletcher and Kevin Johnstone won the Margaret Burden Pairs at Inverleith on 2nd June. Colin and Mags Montgomery were runners up.
Coaches from Penicuik Petanque Club (with help from Colin and Emma Montgomery) ran taster sessions for 220 pupils from Penicuik High School and Beeslack Community High School on 29th and 30th May. The hope is that a few of those pupils will be keen to learn more and so Penicuik PC are offering youth only […]
Fourteen teams fought for Grand Prix 2 at Troon Petanque Club on Sunday 26th May. Once again the weather defied the forecast and it was warm and sunny for most of the day. Troon PC pulled out all the stops, making the competitors feel very welcome with bunting, balloons and a feast of lasagne, […]
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th May brought the 25th Celtic Challenge to the Wheatsheaf Inn, Llanhennock, nr Newport, Wales. We were welcomed at the piste on the Friday night for a practice on the challenging surface (bare, hard and sloping car-park) followed by a buffet and musical entertainment. A nice welcome after our long journey. […]
Final result: Wales A 34 – Scotland 32 – Wales B 17 – Ireland 17. Report and stats to follow.
Scotland 23 – Wales A 20 – Wales B 8 – Ireland 5
After 3 rounds the scores are as follows: Scotland 10 – Wales A 7 – Wales B 5 – Ireland 2
Good luck to the four triples teams representing the SPA at this weekend’s Celtic Challenge in Wales. Scotland are aiming to retain the trophy having won it in 2011 and 2012. The Scotland 1 team of Paul Bretenoux, Robbie Stronach and John Wilson have not been beaten in a Celtic Challenge since 2010.