How boules got cool

"....Some players reach extraordinary levels of skill: the great Christian Fazzino was capable of shooting 992 boules out of 1,000 in the space of an hour. The undisputed young star of the moment is Dylan Rocher, barely 18, who earlier this month ousted 12-time world champion Philippe "Le Dieu" Quintais and his team to take the Mondial triplettes in Marseille. He's now famous for life in France...." Read more>>

This is a fantastic article about our game and well worth a read!

Women's National Championships Venue

"Please note that the 2010 Women's National Championships (September 18/19) are being held at the Manawatu Pétanque Club in Palmerston North.

This is important for those needing to make travel and accommodation arrangements for this event.
Regards
Barbara Whittington
Secretary
Pétanque New Zealand"

Chanticleer Cup - Auckland vs Wellington

Auckland

Open:

Niau Ruta

Charles Peni

Eddie Inia

Walter de Thierry

Cliave Bartleet

Louis Mesnage

James Inia  (R)

Dez Grant  (R)

Senior:

Ray Pierce

Charles Brock

Paul Bickleman

Frank Pinder

Margaret Maher

Alain Coulomb

Myrine Gilbert (R)

Eileen Lippard  (R)

Wellington

Open:

Morgan Choveaux

Yvonne Futcher 

Annick Le Guen

Barbara Nicholls 

Richard Turfrey 

Dirk Winnie

Senior:

Pete Hamilton 

Doug Hay 

Helene Hay 

Graeme Morris 

Ralph Priddle 

Shirley Selwyn

Tournament date 22/23 August at Herne Bay Petanque Club.

NZPC via twitter

NZPC is now also active via twitter and will be used to alert the wider petanque community to what is happening in NZ. I will also use it for general international petanque news rather than using our Blog as I have done up until now. There is a permanent link in the right-hand column. Enjoy.

Petanque as an alternative sport in schools

Introducing Petanque as an alternative sport into the Primary School system. Counties Manukau Sport invited the Cockle Bay Petanque Club to take part in an Emerging Sports Have A Go Day in Otara on the 20^th November 2009. Ten schools of year 5 & 6 children were involved.
Regards Warren Barrett
President Cockle Bay Petanque Club.


Complete story and photos on this page. -Tom.

Prize Money for National Championships

"A proposal from the Auckland Petanque Association that prize money should be offered for National Championships was discussed and rejected as inappropriate for these events." (taken from this page).

"Inappropriate for these events" What does this mean? PNZ should be clear and state why this would be inappropriate.

Part of any tournament entry fee goes to prize money, so why can't the winners of, say, the National Triples receive a little money? Let us know what you think. I am especially interested in receiving comments from those who believe it is inappropriate for National Tournaments and the reasons why.

You are also encouraged to take part in our NZPC poll.

Notes from the PNZ Board Meeting

Notes from the PNZ Board Meeting 22 & 23 May 2010.
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See also the PNZ Strategic Plan 2010 - 2013. This is a link to a PDF file.

Pétanque S'il vous plaît

Nice little TV Petanque news item. It's informative to listen to these young people and see what it is they like about this game of ours.

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45th World Championship IZMIR Seferihisar (Turkey)

"The next world championship in Triplettes 2010 will be in Izmir (Turkey) from 7th until 10th of October. For your information we send to you the provisional agenda. The turkish Federation will send to you the usefull informations for your accomodation asap." IZMIR

Our team is:
Maurice Belz, David Lippard,
Richard Swaney, Michael Rocks

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End of winter tournament in Tauranga

Can you please inform all your members of the end of winter tournament: the TAURANGA OPEN DOUBLETTES 28th & 29th of August.
Details and entry form attached, thank you.

Cheers, John

Oceania Championships

The New Zealand team for the Oceania Championship is:

Women: Roberta Campbell (Bay View_, Pam Jenkins (Herne Bay), Barbara Johnston (Masterton), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Tina Targett (Christchurch), Christine Taylor (Christchurch)

Men: Maurice Belz (Bay View), Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay), David Lippard (Herne Bay), Michael Rocks (Khandallah), Ron Sandilands (Cockle Bay), Richard Swaney (Herne Bay)
The coach is John Targett (Christchurch).

The Oceania Championships will be held in New Caledonia from 31 August to 4 September.

Update: Claire Bradburn (Silverstream) has replaced Roberta Campbell in the Women's team and Lee Taffard (Napier) has replaced Maurice Belz in the Men's team.

The reasons for these replacements is not known. -Tom.

Masterton Mid-Winter Doubles - results.

Congratulations to Dirk Winnie and Maurice Belz for winning this prestigious event. Dirk and Maurice won the final against Michael Rocks and Nico Toyne.
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N Z Team for 45th World Championships

The PNZ Board is pleased to announce that the following players have been selected to represent New Zealand at the 45th World Championships to be held in Taipei, Taiwan, 30 September - 3 October.

The team is:
Maurice Belz, David Lippard,
Richard Swaney, Michael Rocks

Lorraine Brock
President, PNZ

01/06/2010 FIPJP has announced that the Taiwan Federation has withdrawn as hosts for the 2010 World Championship.

Read about previous pullouts (China and Holland) here.

See also this posting on Petanque America. -Tom.

PNZ Representation Process Survey - Results

"29 responses were received, mostly (72%) from those who had been involved in the process since its inception.
A large number of helpful observations and suggestions for improvement were also made."

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Seniors trip to the UK - August/September

Twelve players are venturing to the UK in August and September 2010. The players are:

Jean & Charles Parley, Diane & Andrew Findlay,
Bryan & Chris Wells, Bob & Colleen Bridge,
Bill Peachey & Lynn Mason, Trevor & Sue Neilson.

Trans Tasman - Congratulations New Zealand

8/5/10 Open: New Zealand 48 points, Australia 12 points

Seniors: New Zealand 48 points, Australia 12 points

9/5/10 News just in: New Zealand has won both divisions with two rounds still to go!
Congratulations New Zealand

Images by Sandy Austin.

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