Welcome to the website of Pétanque Wellington. On these pages you will find information regarding the game of pétanque within the Lower North Island.
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There are still places available in the Upper Hutt Swiss Doubles on Sunday, 14 February. (Entry form) (Tournament field)
Pete Hamilton and Richard Turfrey won the Hawke's Bay Summer Doubles beating Jared Handford and Nico Toyne 13-9 in the final. This is Richard's maiden Open tournament win.
Park Avenue successfully defended the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy in the first challenge for 2010.
Results (Park Avenue names first)
Singles: Clive Williams vs. Peter Dennett 6-13, 11-13, 13-8;
Doubles: Monica Smiler/Tommy Werry vs. Gerald Bryan/Catherine Maher 13-5, 13-5, 13-8;
Triples: Robin Mann/Graeme Pilcher/Enoka Smiler vs. Erica Drake/Margret Fleck/Richard Lawton 13-5, 13-9, 13-5.
Score: Park Avenue 7, Hataitai 2
Park Avenue's next defence is at home to Masterton.
The entry form for the Rotorua Open Doubles in March is now available. There is a change to the playing format and numbers are limited to 32 teams.
Forty-one teams have entered the Hawke's Bay Summer Doubles to be held over Waitangi weekend at the Bay View Pétanque club.
Good Evening
Please find attached the notice for the AGM and the agenda. Can you please ensure your club members are advised of the meeting date and time, as we'd like to see a good turnout.
Thanks
-Margret
Forty-one Triples teams competed in the NZ Open at Auckland, and twenty teams took part in the Women's Doubles.
Down 6-12, Francis Ching/Nauta Yann (Tahiti)/Georgio Vakauta (NZ) came back to beat Martial Tetvanui/Rainu Tuaiva/Vickson Tuaiva (Tahiti) 13-12 in the final of the Open Triples. The Women's Doubles was won by Estall Oona/Pere Tumata (Tahiti) over Mireta Abe/Robette Weva (Tahiti).
The Peugeot Medals for the top placed New Zealand teams were: Open Triples - Ian Baker/Michael Rocks/Richard Swaney (3=), Women's Doubles - Margaret Maher/Jean Parley (3=).
More results to come.
Results from the first two rounds of the Inter-club competition. Note: Horowhenua defaulted both games, Kapiti and Wanganui East were awarded 16-0 wins.
A full complement of entries have now been received for the WBS triples tournament at Masterton on 27 - 28 February. Any entry received now can only be accepted as a reserve team. All teams which provided an email address will shortly be notified of their acceptance.
Regards,
Ralph Priddle