18 teams contested the final Grand Prix of 2018 at Fochabers on 10 June. With only 8 lanes available at the terrain, a temporary piste was created in the carpark. It is great to see that support for our competition is increasing – it’s a good problem to have! Pretty Vacant (Shirley Legge, Derek Adam […]
We are delighted to announce that Carnoustie Petanque Club are the latest club to affiliate to the Scottish Petanque Association. Welcome!
20 teams contested Grand Prix 2 at Inverleith PC on Sunday 20 May. With a couple of teams adding a 4th player in this round, player numbers topped 65. Another very healthy turnout. Thank you to all the players who continue to support our events. The weather was good, glorious at times, and Inverleith PC […]
Glasgow Petanque Club are holding their first open come-and-try event as part of the West End Festival on Sunday 17 June from 2pm. You can find out more about it here http://www.westendfestival.co.uk/events/galas-fetes-and-street-parties/petanque-french-boules/
This weekend 4 teams from Scotland will travel to Dublin to compete with Ireland and Wales for the 30th Celtic Challenge. The Scotland teams are: Scotland 1: Derek Adam, Robbie Stronach, John Wilson Scotland 2: Shirley Legge, Richard Carter, Mike Watt Scotland 3: Mags Montgomery, Colin Montgomery, Matthew Neilson Scotland 4: Emma Montgomery, Paul Fletcher, […]
On Saturday 5th May, Norham PC are having an open day to publicise the new club and to encourage new people to join in. If you are in the area do pop along between 10 and 12 to say hello and find out more about their plans. Contact details are shown in the poster below […]
20 teams (64 players) registered for the first round of the 2018 Grand Prix Series on 22 April, held at Troon Petanque Club. Numbers for SPA competitions continue to grow each year and it is many a year since we have attracted 20 teams to a triples competition. This is excellent news and it is […]
Good luck to John Wilson, Richard Carter, Mags Mongtomery, Colin Montgomery, Gavin Hillson, Alec Davie and Mike Watt who are competing for Scotland in the Nations Veterans Cup invitational tournament in Schijndel, Netherlands this weekend. They are accompanied by coaches Shirley Legge and Robbie Stronach. Teams from Denmark, Jersey, Monaco, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Wales and […]
Melrose Gala PC and Inverleith PC contested the EuroCup qualifier at Penicuik on Saturday 7th April. The format played was the same as one EuroCup match. Inverleith won 4 of the Singles games to lead 8-4. The Doubles resulted in 2 wins for Inverleith to take the score to 14-7. Melrose Gala knew they needed […]
The annual North v South challenge match is the traditional season opener. This year, the friendly match fell very early in the calendar on 25 March and was contested by 53 players at Perth Petanque Club. With the demographic of our clubs somewhat skewed towards the south nowadays, the north/south divide was drawn along the […]