CEP Veteran’s Squad Confirmed
The SPA are delighted to confirm that Scotland will be represented by Christine Thomson, Douglas Hamilton and Ed Strachan at the 2014 European Veteran’s Competition in Lulea, Sweden, in June.
Category: SPA News
SPA Calendar now published
Following yesterday’s NEC meeting the dates for SPA events are confirmed. The only 2 changes to the provisional calendar are Grand Prix 2 will be on 18th May and the AGM moves to 26th October. All other dates as per the provisional calendar. You can view the calendar with confirmed venues here.
Robbie Stronach: FIPJP Men’s Singles World Championship
The SPA are delighted to announce that Scotland has been offered a place at the Men’s Singles World Championship in Nice in January 2014. With no time to organise a qualifier the SPA unanimously agreed that Scotland will be represented by five times Scottish Singles Champion (including a current 3 year winning streak) Robbie Stronach. […]
Club Invitation to Host 2014 Events
It is that time of year again when we’d like to hear from clubs interested in hosting 2014 SPA competitions. The draft calendar has been added to the Calendar on this site (click here). All dates and venues are TBC. To host an SPA event a club would require 8 pistes. We’d also like the host […]
Life Membership Award: Douglas Hamilton
Following his decision to step down from the National Executive Committee for 2013/14 the SPA have awarded a Life Membership to Douglas Hamilton. Douglas introduced petanque to the Perth area initially by getting together with a group of friends and neighbours in the St. Martin/Balbeggie region. They initially played in their driveways on a rotation […]
SPA AGM 2013
The 2013 AGM was held at Perth Petanque Clubhouse on Sunday 21st October. The 2013/14 National Executive Committee (virtually unchanged from 12/13) can be viewed here
More Good Luck!
The SPA would like to wish our Men’s European Championships squad the very best of luck for the competition this weekend. You can follow their progress here
Good Luck!
The SPA would like to wish the Scottish Women’s World Championship team – Emma Montgomery, Dani Cassini, Lynn Jenkins and Shirley Legge – the very best of luck for the competition in Montauban, France this weekend. Follow their progress here.
Follow Our Teams
There are now dedicated websites for both the Women’s World Championships and Men’s European Championships. You can follow the progress of the Scottish teams by clicking on the images below.
SPA Masters Results & Report
The 12 top ranked teams from the 2013 Grand Prix Series turned up a Fochabers to contest the 2013 Masters. With places up for grabs in the 2014 Celtic Challenge, Men’s World Championships, Women’s European Championships and Veteran’s European Championships there was certainly a lot to play for. A big thank you to all the […]