Otaki New Year Mêlée
12 January 2026
The Otaki New Year Mêlée was held at Otaki on 10 January 2026 with 36 players attending.
Top players were:
- Nikki Trotter 4 wins +21
- Ady Wrenall 4 wins +15
- Shirley MacDonald 4 wins +15
Local Pétanque Videos
13 January 2026
The video of the finals of the below events are now on the WellyPetanque YouTube channnel.
Khandallah Mixed Doubles
13 January 2026
Thirteen teams took part in the 17th Khandallah Mixed Doubles at the weekend. The format was a four round Snake (Random) draw followed by a single playoff to determine the team's prize.
Each round the team that had the Bye played against tournament director Michael Rocks. To make things interesting the team tossed a coin to determine how many boules Michael played with (either 5 or 6).
The final saw the undefeated team of Marie Jones/Gavin Jones (Horowhenua) against Lee Matthewman/Simon Grant (Naenae). In a tight game, Lee and Simon won 12-11.
| Final results | Honours Board |
Parkwood Kapiti Open Doubles
21 January 2026
Twenty nine teams from over the north island took part in the Parkwood Kapiti Open Doubles at the weekend. Each team played five randomly drawn games on Day One with two teams winning all five games.
On Day Two the top sixteen played in four pools for the Trophy and Trophy Consolation. The next eight played in two pools of four for the plate. The remaining five played round robin for the bowl.
The trophy was won by Andre Noel and Keelan Noel (Rotorua Academy). Runners up were Geoffrey Greer and Denise Bavidge (Bayview).
| Final results | Honours Board |
Jacques Cochonnet Trophy Challenge
29 January 2026
Masterton hosted the final challenge of the year for the JC Trophy from holders Upper Hutt, on Wednesday 28th January 2026, in warm and dry conditions. The teams gathered at 09:00 and play began at 09:30.
Upper Hutt took only one of the three games in the first round, and another two in the second round, making it 3-3 at that point when a break for lunch took place.
The final round had everyone on tenterhooks until the end of the 2nd game at which point Upper Hutt had won both, and therefore the game. Upper Hutt then won the 3rd game to make the total six games to Masterton's three, the 21st consecutive win for Upper Hutt.
The Upper Hutt team consisted of Dave Gwerder, Brian Smith and Mary Khalil (Triples), Adrienne Gwerder and Linda Brown (Doubles) and Derek Worsley (Singles). The Masterton team consisted of Graeme Morris, Sue Walker and Dave Roper (Triples), Graeme Pilcher and Vaughan Paul (Doubles), and John Pryer (Singles).
The next year's challenges will be drawn at a WPA meeting in due course.
| Result | Previous history |
Inter-club Competition
31 January 2026
The WPA Interclub was held on Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Kapiti Pétanque Club. Wet weather gear was needed initially.
There were two divisions with all nine clubs entering Division One. Five clubs entered Division Two.
Three games of doubles were played in the morning, with two more after lunch.
Kapiti won Division One and Division Two. Upper Hutt were runners up in both divisions.
|Results| Honours Board |