The FIPJP are holding the first combined Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles World Championship for men and women in Gent, Belgium on April 13-16th 2017. On Sunday 5 June 2016 the SPA will hold a one day qualifying competition for this. Teams of 2 men and 2 women are requested to register in advance for […]
Players who wish to play in the North v South on 3rd April should note the following: Registration is 10 am for 10.30 start. Coffee and croissants will be available at registration. Please bring your own lunch (the cafe at Bells is likely to be very busy – see below). Due to a major gymnastics […]
The 2016 Calendar is now available to view in the events section. There are two dates reserved for potential qualifiers – 20 March (for the EuroCup) and 5 June (may be a qualifier for the 2017 World Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles pending a final decision by the SPA). Club secretaries/contacts have been sent details of […]
We are very pleased to advise our members that, following unanimous agreement between the Scottish, English and Welsh petanque associations, the Jersey Petanque Association will compete in the Home Nations for the first time in August. We look forward to welcoming all of the teams to Edinburgh.
We’ve had a few enquiries about the 2016 Calendar. We have added the dates of competitions we know about so far (watch out that for some both date and venue are TBC – e.g. Men’s World Championships). The National Executive Committee are meeting on Sunday 24th January and will issue dates for our 2016 competitions […]
Troon are hosting an open doubles competition on 29 November and you can find the details by clicking here. Please note you need to pre-register. To do so, please email Therese Ward therese_ward@hotmail.com and she will send you an application form.
Members are reminded that the AGM will be held at Perth Petanque Clubhouse on 25th October at 1pm. Any motions or proposed changes to our constitution must be sent to Lynn Jenkins (you can do this via the Contact page here) by Monday 12th October latest. These must be accompanied by the name of the […]
The Men’s European Triples Championship was held on 24-27 September in Albena, Bulgaria and our representatives were last year’s Masters winners, Derek, Istvan and me. A total of 34 nations competed, with the top 24 being given an automatic place in next year’s World Championships. Albena is a holiday resort in Eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. […]
The top 12 ranked teams from the 2015 Grand Prix Series contested the SPA Masters at Perth on 12/13 September. As ever, the Masters is highly competitive with places in next year’s Celtic Challenge, Women’s European Championships, Men’s World Championships and European Veteran’s Championships up for grabs. The volunteers at Perth did a great job […]
Good luck to the teams of Brian Ward, Malcolm McKinley & Charlie Rennie and Gavin Hilson, Mike Watt & Alec Davie who travel to Denmark today to represent the SPA in an invitational veterans competition.