Perth Petanque celebrated their 25th season at the Fenton Quaich Competition on Sunday 2nd August. Players from Inverness, Fochabers, Perth, Inverleith, Birds & Bees, Tweed Valley, Troon and Ayr, 44 in all making up 16 pairs and 4 triples teams, congregated at our North Inch piste to cross boules for the coveted Fenton Quaich which […]
If you have a burning question about the rules of petanque or if something happens in a game which you don’t know how to resolve, our National Umpire, Monty, is the man to help. We’ve set up a new ‘Ask Monty’ page where you can email him questions. The good ones might even get a […]
Perth PC advise us that this competition is now fully subscribed. No more registrations will be accepted due to all playing space being full – i.e. don’t turn up expecting to play if you haven’t already registered!
Good luck to the team from Fochabers PC who travel today to Saarbrucken, Germany, to represent Scotland in the EuroCup for Clubs. They are up against club teams from Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Perth PC celebrate their Silver Jubilee! A reminder to all that you need to register in advance (contact Perth PC) by Friday 24th July latest to play in the pairs competition. Entry is £6 per person and includes lunch and soft drinks (if you bring your own alcohol it must be consumed in the clubhouse […]
The weekend of 11/12 July saw the SPA formally celebrate our 30th Anniversary in Fochabers. The weekend started on Saturday afternoon with Fochabers PC hosting the ‘Summer Fling’ – a friendly open competition. As well as many of the usual players we were delighted to find players from nearby Portknockie joined in too. With play […]
The final Grand Prix of 2015 was contested by 16 teams at Inverleith Petanque Club on 21 June. A number of teams were in with a chance of winning the Grand Prix Series and with places at the Scottish Masters and 2016 Home Nations up for grabs, it was all to play for. The top […]
Sixteen teams competed for the second Grand Prix of the season, hosted by Troon PC, on Sunday 24 May. As ever, the hospitality at Troon was superb and the palyers were treated to breakfast rolls and lunch of baked tatties and home baking. By lunch, two teams emerged in contention – Triaxle (having lost only […]
The 27th Celtic Challenge was once again a memorable affair, held at Frankfield Petanque Club in Cork on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2015. The players arrived at Frankfield house on Friday evening to a friendly welcome with a homemade curry before being handed an array of goodies and enjoying the local ales whilst catching […]
This weekend sees the Celtic Challenge return to Cork and we look forward to renewing our friendship with the Irish and Welsh teams and supporters. The four Scotland teams are: Scotland 1 – Derek Adam, Istvan Poka, Colin Stewart Scotland 2 – Jimmy Johnstone, Kevin Johnstone, Paul Fletcher Scotland 3 – Richard Carter, John Wilson, Robbie […]