Umpiring Resources

Regional Umpiring News

Wellington Pétanque Graded Umpires

Grade	Umpire	Club	Status
National Umpire	Barbara Whittington	Park Avenue	Active
Regional Umpire	Claire Bradburn	Silverstream	Active
	Jack Gazzard	Kapiti	Active
	Gwen Hill	Kapiti	Active
	Bob McCarthy	Otaki	Active
	Graeme Morris	Masterton	Active
	Ralph Priddle	Masterton	Active
	Michael Rocks	Khandallah	Active
	Bryan Wells	Horowhenua	Active
Club Umpire	Nyra Bentley	Horowhenua	Active
	Peter Blake	Kapiti	Active
	Morgan Choveaux	Kapiti	Active
	Terry Dawson	Kapiti	Active
	Jan McHardy	Kapiti	Active

Note: Anyone interested in becoming an umpire should contact John Degueldre (National Director of Umpiring), or Jack Gazzard (WPA Regional Umpiring Coordinator).

Full list of PNZ Graded Umpires

Rules and Interpretations

Rules of Petanque - 2010 (HTML version) - Download pdf file (177kB)
Rule Interpretations - Some interpretations from National Umpires Andy Gilbert and Barbara Whittington
Note: These interpretations were made against the 2006 edition of the Rules. They have not yet been checked for the 2010 edition. Please use with care.
FIPJP list of approved Competition boules (133kB)

Questions and Answers

PNZ Umpire's Corner - A series of questions and answers that have arisen from tournament play around the country which was maintained by National Umpire, Barbara Whittington is no longer available on the PNZ website.
Ask the Umpire - The BPA runs a similar service conducted by Mike Pegg (IA)
Umpire's Page - Former SCPA Regional Umpire, Richard Powell clarifies some finer points of the Rules.
The Kapiti Pétanque club also publishes an Umpire's Corner in their club magazine.

Pétanque New Zealand Resources

National Umpire Director, John Degueldre has a section on the PNZ website
Umpiring Certification Process
PNZ - Helpful Hints for Umpires (28kB)
Umpire's Tournament Report template (85kB)
Umpire Policy (174kB)
Umpire Job Description (161kB)
Umpire's Training Manual (597kB)
Code of Umpiring (163kB)
Player Code of Behaviour (162kB)

SPARC Resources

SPARC has a number of resources for Umpires that can be found under the Sport Development - Officials section.

Note: These resources are not Pétanque specific, but are useful resources for all Sports Officials.