League pétanque made a welcome return to Scotland on Easter Sunday as Inverleith hosted Melrose in the inaugural Lothian & Borders Pétanque League match. Each league match consists of two doubles rounds, one single and one triple. Inverleith won the match 6 games to 0.
Good luck to Lynn Jenkins, Shirley Legge, Robbie Stronach and John Wilson who travel to Ghent this week for the FIPJP World Championships. You can follow their progress here.
Details regarding the Celtic Challenge have now been published and can be found here. Players are asked to note that we will be operating time limited games and should familiarise themselves with the rules we will be using (some of which are different from the timed game rules normally used in our own competitions). You can […]
Inverleith PC went head-to-head with Fochabers PC on Sunday 2nd April at Perth PC’s terrain to decide which club would take Scotland’s place in the 2017 EuroCup for clubs. The qualifier followed the format of one EuroCup match, with 6 Singles games, 3 Doubles and 2 Triples. 2 Match Points were awarded for a Singles […]
The rules applying to our competitions for 2017 are now published and can be viewed by clicking the link below. 2017 Competition Rules Players are also reminded to be familiar with the Official Rules of the Sport of Petanque which came into force in January.
North v South at Perth PC on Sunday: Registration is 10am for 10.30 start. 2 rounds before lunch. 2 or 3 rounds after lunch depending on light/weather/temperature. Please bring your own lunch/ refreshment. Please be aware the clocks go forward one hour on Sunday am!!!
Inverleith PC and Fochabers PC will contest the EuroCup qualifier on 2nd April at Perth. The winning club will represent Scotland in this year’s EuroCup, the first round of which will be played in July. Best of luck to both sides.
Players please note that the venue for Grand Prix 1 on 23 April has been moved to Inverleith PC. It was originally to be hosted by Melrose Gala PC.
We’d like to remind members that, in order to compete in SPA competitions in 2017, you will need to be in possession of a new SPA licence (the new credit card design) and this must be produced at registration for each competition. It takes around 4 weeks from your application to receive your new licence. With […]
The FIPJP has issued a revised set of rules for petanque. You can find them here. The new rules come into effect from 1 January 2017 and we would urge all members to familiarise themselves with them before the start of the new season. The Scottish Petanque Association will issue competition and qualifier specific rules […]