News Archive - December 2009

Latest Updates

1 December 2009

Results from the Women's Doubles, Women's Triples and Regional Senior Doubles have been made available.

Joan Miller and Ralph Priddle (Masterton) retained their Senior Doubles title by defeating Ted Burr and Bob McCarthy (Otaki) in the final.

PNZ National Rankings

2 December 2009

Pete Hamilton has stormed up the National Rankings to be Wellington's top ranked player in fourth equal spot. Joan Miller has displaced Claire Wilson to be the Region's top ranked female player (25).

Georgio Vakauta has retained the number one spot.

Points of note are:

• One female player in the Top 20 (two last year)
• One South Island player in the Top 20 (one last year)
• Eight Wellington players in the Top 20 (seven last year)
• Nine Auckland players in the Top 20 (twelve last year)
• Three Hawke's Bay players in the Top 20 (none last year)
• Christchurch (18), Herne Bay (16) and Caversham (14) have the most club members on the lists
• The 198 players on the list are located in Wellington (70), Auckland (49), South Island (49) and Central (28)
• There are 75 female and 123 male players on the list (99 female/114 male in 2008)
• It is estimated that the list contains 5 juniors (under 20), 79 seniors (over 60) and 114 open players
• The number of players on the list has decreased by 15 over the year (213 to 198)

PNZ National Rankings - Top 20 players

		Dec 10		Dec 09
Player	Club	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vakauta, Georgio	Vikings	22.50	1	22.50	1
Noel, Andre	Vikings	22.00	2	21.00	2
Belz, Maurice	Bay View	20.80	3	17.60	7
Sandilands, Ron	Cockle Bay	20.70	4	16.67	9=
Taffard, Lee	Napier	19.60	5	16.00	13
Toyne, Nico	Wanganui East	19.30	6	14.50	18=
Fouquet, Christian	Herne Bay	18.80	7	19.60	3
Baker, Ian	Herne Bay	17.00	8	16.50	12
Rocks, Michael	Khandallah	16.80	9	17.67	6
Greer, Geoff	Bay View	15.30	10=	10.00	29=
Lippard, David	Herne Bay	15.30	10=	16.67	9=
Hamilton, Pete	Wanganui East	15.20	12	18.00	4=
Lippard, Joanne	Herne Bay	14.70	13	13.33	22
Winnie, Dirk	Park Avenue	14.40	14	14.00	20=
Porter, Murray	Bay View	14.00	15	11.60	28
Brock, Charles	Kennedy Park	13.30	16	Not ranked
Cannon, Sharon	Bay View	12.80	17	15.50	14=
McKenzie, Craig	Herne Bay	12.70	18	Not ranked
Joe, Andrew	Windy Hills	12.30	19	13.20	23
Hay, Doug	Masterton	11.70	20	9.50	34=

Note: The list shows Players who have competed in a minimum of 3 National Championships in the last 2 years.

The full PNZ Ranking list

Haines Cup - Wellington vs. Hawke's Bay

4 December 2009

The Wellington team to play against Hawke's Bay is:

Morgan Choveaux (Kapiti), Myles Cowper (Windy Hills), Yvonne Futcher (Wanganui East), Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East), Doug Hay (Masterton), Helene Hay (Masterton), Graeme Morris (Masterton), Ralph Priddle (Masterton), Shirley Selwyn (Wanganui East), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Nico Toyne (Wanganui East), Dirk Winnie (Khandallah).

The Hawke's Bay team is:

Maurice Manuel-Belz, Roberta Campbell, Sharon Cannon, Geoff Greer, Ian Hay, Simon Hurley, Barbara Lucas-Creagh, Johnny Maxwell, Gordon Ogden, Murray Porter, Lee Tafford, Robert Wilson.

The match will be played at the Manawatu Pétanque club, 74 North Street, Palmerston North on Sunday 13 December from 10:00 am.

PNZ National Senior Doubles

6 December 2009

In a reversal of last year's result in Tauranga, Bob Bridge and Bill Peachey beat defending champions Doug and Helene Hay to win the National Senior Doubles title.

Full results

WPA Open Triples

8 December 2009

Eighteen teams have entered the Open Triples to be held on Saturday 12 December at the Manawatu Pétanque club, 74 North Street, Palmerston North. Start time is 8:00 for 8:30 am.

Tournament field (Not archived)

WPA Open Triples

12 December 2009

Barbara Nicholls, Ralph Priddle and Christine Strichen won the WPA Open Triples title defeating Myles Cowper, Michael Rocks and Ron Sandilands 13-12 in the final.

The Plate was won by Morgan Choveaux, Pete Hamilton and Shirley Selwyn. The Bowl was won by Doug Hay, Helene Hay and Ian Hay.

Full results

Haines Cup match

13 December 2009

Wellington regained the Haines Cup in dramatic fashion by winning the last Triples game with the last boule to finish the match 25-23.

Further details to come.

Found

15 December 2009

Several items were left behind at the Manawatu club after the Open Triples and Haines Cup match.

• Black beanie hat (CRC Racing logo)
• Cap (Harcourts logo)
• Gillet/vest (Works Infrastructure logo)
• Black long-sleeved polyprop/thermal (Glassons size 14)
• Multi-coloured umbrella (black/red/blue/green/yellow)

Contact Steve Frampton (06)326 8108 or 027 460 0496 to arrange return.

PNZ Representative team

23 December 2009

The New Zealand players to take part in the Pan Pacific Championships in Singapore in March 2010 are:

Ian Baker (Herne Bay), Maurice Belz (Bay View), Jared Hanford (Christchurch), David Lippard (Herne Bay), Andre Noel (Mt Albert Vikings), Richard Swaney (Herne Bay)

The Manager is Lorraine Brock.

Latest Updates

30 December 2009

• Entry form for the WBS Open Triples on 27/28 February (not archived)
• Some more Umpire's Corner articles from Gwen Hill
• Registration form for the Khandallah Coaching sessions on Wednesday 20, 27 January, 3, 10 February (not archived)

Partner wanted

31 December 2009

Gordon Ogden from the Napier club is looking for a partner to play in the Kapiti Open Doubles. Gordon is happy to play as either a shooter or pointer. Please contact him on 027-451-5495 if you are interested.

We're Moving

31 December 2009

After eight years we have outgrown the capabilities of our website hosting provider. Consequently we will be moving to a new host.

To make the changeover easy, please make sure that you are using www.petanque.org.nz to access this website and not anything based on www.home.clear.net.nz/pages/petanque.