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 […]
The Scottish Petanque Association are delighted to announce that Glasgow Petanque Club have affiliated for the 2018 season. They are a new club based at Willow Bank Bowling Club in the West End of the City (Dowanside Road) and have just built a new terrain. You can follow them on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowPetanque/
The SPA are pleased to welcome the latest club to affiliate to our association, Norham PC. We’re delighted to have them on board.
It’s with a heavy heart we write to remember our dear friend Anne Gardiner who passed away on Thursday the 7th December at Ayr Hospice. Anne has been a valued member of the Scottish Petanque Association for a long time and started playing with her beloved Robin. Anne continued to play throughout her battle with […]
The SPA’s Annual General Meeting was held in Perth PC’s Clubhouse on Sunday 29 October. The following individuals were elected to the National Executive Committee: President: Colin Stewart Vice President: Shirley Legge Honorary Secretary: Lynn Jenkins Honorary Treasurer: Gordon Scott Publicity Officer: Shirley Legge National Umpire: Mags Montgomery National Coach: Derek Adam Youth Development Officer: […]
Good luck to our men’s team, Derek Adam, Robbie Stronach, Johnny Wilson and Colin Stewart, who travel with coach Shirley Legge to St-Pierre-Les-Elbeuf, France tomorrow. Shooting competition starts on Thursday evening with the main even kicking off Friday morning.
Scotland’s top twelve teams competed in the final SPA competition of the season, the Masters, in Fochabers on 9th and 10th September. The competition is used to select players to compete for Scotland in a number of events in 2018. As usual, the welcome at Fochabers was warm (even if the weather wasn’t so inviting) […]