WBS Triples results

Congratulations to:


Trophy:

1. Dirk Winnie, Brian Smith, Michael Rocks


2. Bethne Rouse, Oskar de Jong, Nikki Winnie

Plate:

1. Danila Carducci, Elizabeth Rocks, Roy Zeier


2. Helene & Doug Hay, Peter van Heusden

Bowl:

1. Kelly & Elva Simonsen, Ernie Knox


2. Tony Mudgway, Glen Selbie, Brian Futcher
   

Results Inter-club Round 6

Horowhenua 0, Khandallah 31 (0-6 singles, 0-3 doubles, 0-2 triples)
Kapiti 18, Hataitai 13 (5-1 singles, 1-2 doubles, 1-1 triples)
Masterton 17, Silverstream 14 (2-4 singles, 1-3 doubles, 2-0 triples)
Otaki 17, Park Avenue 14 (2-4 singles, 1-3 doubles, 2-0 triples)
Upper Hutt bye."

If you like to see how well Masterton has done, click here to download a PDF document (PDF 40KB / one page).

There is a link to an Inter-club Progressive Results Table under "Petanque Links".

February Newsletter

It has been a sad week for the club with the loss of our beloved Phil. She had been a great Petanque friend to us all. She loved her association with the club and appreciated getting the newsletters in the latter months. A minute’s silence was held at the club singles and a candle was kept lit throughout the day in her memory.
Thanks to all of you who attended a Phil’s funeral. A great turnout.
God bless you Phil, we will miss you.

As Alison so aptly put it, imagine Phil, Heather, Ron and Daphne all up there together on the celestial piste. Imagine the size of the swear box!!! (For those of you who did not know Daphne, she was a 'formidable” member of the Hataitai Club. Heather, most of you will remember and Ron, is Joan’s Husband, a real character and talented player )

It is also with sadness that I report the recent death of Frances Wilson from the Otaki Club. Frances was instrumental in getting the Otaki Club established and was a very competitive player. Frances had been ill for only a short while.
Our sympathies have been sent to the Otaki Club.
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JANUARY MELEE:

Because of the heat, it was decided to hold the melee later in the day so we started at 5.00pm. We had 17 turn up and played three games. Winners were Graeme B/Tony/Kelvin and second were Roger/Tina and John.
We will look at doing something similar next time if the heat continues
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CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES:

This was held on Sunday the 6th of February.14 entries were received.
We had two pools of 7 with the top two from each pool going through to the playoffs.
Qualifiers in Pool 1 were Tom and Lorraine and in Pool two, Joan and Ralph.
Joan was the top qualifier with 5 wins. A great effort.
The final was held between Lorraine and Joan with Joan winning 13/11. Tom and Ralph played off for third with Tom winning 13/12. Incidentally, Tom qualified with 4 wins + 10. Roger and Elsie both finished on 4 wins +10. If Roger had one more point, he would have qualified as he had beaten both Tom and Elsie.
Congratulations to all the finalists and a special well done to Joan who played the final with a very sore back. We saw a display of faultless pointing from her.
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OCEANIA:

What a fantastic effort from the New Zealand team. More medals than the 10 previous years combined. This is great exposure for the sport and hopefully will have an ongoing effect with new members popping up. A very special congratulations to Barbara who won a silver medal in the triples along with Margaret from Hataitai and Fiona from Hawkes Bay.
Well done Barb, we are all very proud of you
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WBS:

Only two weeks to our major summer tournament. If you are thinking of putting a team in, you will need to be quick. We have a limit of 24 teams and already have 20 registrations.
If you are not playing and are available for some volunteer work, please let me know. There won’t be a lot to do but if I had a pool of names, it will make life easier for us all.
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WPA WOMEN’S SINGLES

The 2005 WPA women’s singles will be held at Park Ave on Sunday the 6th of March. Entry forms will be on the notice board.

INTERCLUB:

Our next interclub challenge is against Silverstream on Saturday the 19th of February in Masterton. Team selection will be done on Thursday. At present I have 4 names and need 6. If you are interested in playing please let me know prior to Thursday.
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CHAMPION OF CHAMPION’S

Each year a tournament is held amongst all the clubs local championship winners.
This year the dates are.
C of C Singles – Sun 20 February
C of C Doubles - Sat 05 March
C of C triples – Sun 13 March

If you are our CURRENT champions and would like to play in these tournaments, please contact me and I will get an entry form for you.
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UP COMING OUT OF TOWN TOURNAMENTS:

Anzac Doubles – 5/6 March -Rotorua-
WPA triples – 19/20 March – Park Ave
PNZ triples – 2/3 April – Park Ave
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HAWKES BAY SUMMER DOUBLES

Four teams travelled to Napier last weekend to compete in the annual summer tournament a Bay View.
Joan and Claire played with distinction getting in to the final 8 and they were the only ones who beat the eventual winners. Sharon Cannon and Bethne Rouse, all weekend. Well done!.
Ralph and Graeme B, Graeme M and Barb and John and Sheila all had a lovely weekend!!

Also in this years tournament were a couple of junior entries. One team of two young boys and one team of a young girl and her mother. Junior rules applied which meant that when playing them, you had to play between 5 and 8 metres. They played with small boule about the size of a snooker ball and the weight of a ping pong ball!!.
There was some dissent about the rules. On numerous occasions the cochonnet was moved beyond the 8 metre mark and the kids had no trouble whatsoever playing the longer lengths. In fact the mother/daughter team got into the final of the bowl. It was felt by some that it was an open tournament so normal rules apply. It may sound petty but it was quite hard to adjust to 5 metres and when you are fighting to qualify, it can be quite an important factor.

It was a great tournament and the hospitality there is always good. Norm, the car park attendant particularly endeared himself to everyone.

Cheers for now, Graeme B, Club Captain.

Hawkes Bay Doubles

Results:
Trophy:
First place: Sharon Cannon / Bethne Rouse.
Runner up: Geoff Greer / Denise Bavidge.
Third equal: Dean / Susan Norman, Colin Johnston / Julie Edge.

Plate:
First place: Dirk / Nikki Winnie
Runner up: Roy Zeier / Oskar de Jong
Third equal: Erni Chu / Danila Caducci, and Murray Porter / Ron Sandilands

Bowl:
First place: Marie Fenton / Fiona Browne
Runner up: Joanne / Michelle Porter
Third equal: Graeme Morris / Barbara Johnston, and Jan McHardy / Pat Scholes

Bowl Consolation:
First place: Robert Wilson / Mary Hamilton
Runner up: Pam Fuller / Ian Hay
Third equal: Ted Creagh / Bill Billings, and Pam Fuller / Ian Hay

Kiwis topple Oceania superpowers!

Rotorua Daily Post: "Petanque New Zealand enjoyed their greatest moment in their 11-year existence when they won the Oceania Tournament for the first time last night in Rotorua."
Click on the link above to read more.

Overall: New Zealand (5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze) 1st; Tahiti (3 Gold) 2nd; New Caledonia (2 Gold) 3rd; Australia (0 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) 4th; Wallis and Futuna Island (0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze) 5th.

Silver for Barbara!

The New Zealand Triples team of Barbara Johnston, Margaret Fleck and Fiona Browne gave us a fantastic SILVER on the last day of the Oceania Tournament in Rotorua.

A Triples GOLD was won for New Zealand by the team of Christian Fouquet, Niau Ruta and Georgio Vakauta.

MPC Singles results

1st) Joan
2nd) Lorraine
3rd) Tom
4th) Ralph

More good news!

Niau Ruta got GOLD in the Pointing.
Chris Priestly got BRONZE in the Pointing.
Anita Fletcher got GOLD in the Pointing.

I am just adding this now at around 20:45. Graeme Morris told me over the phone that the New Zealand national anthem has sounded four times today!! The day was finished with a 15/14 win in the doubles, over New Caledonia. Giving the NZ team (Niau Ruta and Georgio Vakauta) GOLD.

New Zealand is now placed 1st overall!!

Gold and Bronze!

Just received great news from Graeme Morris.
GOLD for Sharon Cannon and BRONZE for Bethne Rouse in the shooting event!!!

November Newsletter

I was looking for something different to start off this newsletter, so decided to look up the word November on the internet, to see what it’s origin was. There were 80,800,000 references to November, so I gave up!
The health and fitness inclusions are something that was emailed to me a while ago and I thought they were quite funny, although absolutely nothing to do with Petanque.
You can download a PDF version of this newsletter here. (4 pages - 76Kb).
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 1
Is it true that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life?
Answer:
Your heart is only good for so many beats and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live any longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to love longer? – take a nap
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PNZ NATIONAL DOUBLES:

I briefly touched on the national doubles last Wednesday night but for those who were not there, here is a short summary.
The National doubles were held at Kapiti over Labour weekend. Masterton had a number of teams entered. The 1st day was qualifying day with 6 games and Joan and Claire scraped into the plate with a win in their last game. The rest of us were relegated to the bowl.
Sunday saw rain all day and by 11.30 the piste was so flooded, play had to be suspended. By 1.00pm there was only enough room for a few games, so a decision was made to cancel the bowl and the plate and just concentrate on the trophy.
At 1.30pm they started the quarter finals and the final finally finished at 9.00pm. The winners were Ian Baker and Richard Swaney who were both in this years world cup team.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 2
Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruit and vegetables?
Answer:
You must grasp logical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Grass, corn, turnips, and what are these? Vegetables! So, a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.
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NO SMOKING RULE:

I personally do not agree with the WPA and the PNZ no smoking rule. We were originally told that smoking on the piste was banned to try and improve the image of the game.
Now the excuse is, that because we get funding from SPARC, we can not be seen to be in conflict with their principles of “health in sport”. Although I do not agree with it, I respect it as a rule and abided by it when I was a smoker. However, throughout the national doubles, people continued to smoke during games. One person who had been warned 3 times at the national Triples in Putaruru earlier this year was one of the worst offenders.
I played on a piste following one of their games and there were 5 butts stubbed out on the edge of the piste. (Smokers had been given designated areas to smoke and had been asked to use the tins provided for their butts. The umpire has the power to penalise points or disqualify a game if the offending continues. I think it is time PNZ either cancels the rule or starts to enforce it.
That’s got that off my chest!!
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 3
Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
Answer:
No, not at all. Wine is mad from fruit, Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more goodness that way. Beer is also made from grain.
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CONGRATULATIONS:
To Lorraine, Joan , Liz and Barb who have been invited to the Oceania selection trials in Rotorua 13 & 14 November. Those selected from that weekend will represent New Zealand at next years Oceania Competition to be held in Rotorua early next year.
Remember Barb is the current Oceania singles champion!!
Good luck to all of you
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 4:
How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
Answer:
Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ration is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc, etc,……………….
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CLUB CALENDAR:

Ralph has very kindly updated our club calendar. I brought a pile of them to club night last Wednesday and they have all gone. If you do NOT have one, please let e know and I will make sure you get one.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATE CHANGES:

Interclub round 6 is 19 Feb, not 12 Feb
Interclub round 8 is 09 Apr not 02 Apr
Interclub round 9 is 23 Apr not 16 Apr
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ADDITION TO THE CALENDAR:

The Hawkes Bay Summer doubles are being held 12/13 February. This is the same weekend as the mission concert, so anyone planning on entering this tournament and does not have accommodation arranged, will struggle to find anything. If this applies to you, please contact Graeme B who might be able to point you in the right direction.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 5
Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
Answer:
YOUR’E NOT LISTENING!!
Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you.
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NOVEMBER EVENTS:
November is a busy month on the calendar

06 Nov – Interclub league
07 Nov – Khandallah 3 boule triples
14 Nov – Upper Hutt Swiss doubles
20/21 Nov – WPA open triples
27 Nov – club melee

Graeme B, Sue and Janet have entered the Khandallah 3 boule triples tournament under the team name “ The Ting family”
Poin, Shoo and Far. I’ll let you work out who is who.
Graeme B and Janet have also entered the Upper Hutt Swiss doubles.
The Khandallah tournament has closed off now but I understand there is still places available in the Upper Hutt Tournament

There are also a number of teams entered into the WPA open triples. We have had good results in this tournament in the past.
Good luck to everyone who has entered tournaments this month.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 6
Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
Answer:
Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only do sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
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INTERCLUB LEAGUE:
If you KNOW you are available to play interclub on Saturday the 4th December (away to Kapiti) please let me know. It is rather discouraging trying to scratch a team together at the last minute. Our challenge against Otaki last month was only saved at the last minute – we were very close to defaulting and that is something we have not done in the 10 years the club has been going.
November’s challenge is against Horowhenua, Saturday the 6th of November, 10.30am at our club. The team is Graeme M, Graeme B, Ralph, Joan, Barb and Ken. If you are free, we would love to see you down there for some support.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 7
Is chocolate bad for me?
Answer:
Are you crazy? Hello …..Cocoa Beans……… another vegetable!!!
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PNZ RULE:
(from the PNZ rule book)
If a cochonnet breaks, the largest piece counts to mark the position. If there are still boule to play, it is immediately replaced by a cochonnet of identical or similar diameter
to the broken one.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 8
Is swimming good for your figure
Answer
If swimming is good for you, explain whales to me!
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OCTOBER MELEE and DINNER
Although the weather was very miserable throughout the morning, and despite numerous calls to the club captain, it was decided to forge ahead with the melee and weren’t we lucky we did. It turned out to be a super afternoon. We had 15 turn up, so we had 3 triples and 3 doubles teams. Four games were played and the winners were Graeme M, Joan with Roger and Ken, Mark and Tina coming in a strong second.
A superb pot luck dinner was enjoyed by everyone and the evening was finished off with some coaching lessons from Graeme M. I also have to pay tribute to Roger who came dressed in his JC costume, despite us having cancelled that part of the proceeding.
Roger was dressed as a chef with the word GYM on his hat. On his back were the words, GYM, WHITBY, YORKS. You could hear the brains ticking over and the shouts of glee as people got the clues. The answer was James Cook, who was born in Whitby, Yorkshire. The GYM (Jim) was the hardest clue. Well done Roger. It takes a scientist to think of something so clever. It made my Julius Ceaser seem quite ordinary really!!
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PNZ RULE:

The team that throws the cochonet must wipe out all other circles located nearby the one it will use.
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HEALTH and FITNESS
Question 9
Is getting “in shape” important for my lifestyle .
Answer:
Hey! “Round” is a shape!

I hope these questions and answers have cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets, and remember…….

Life should NOT be a journey to the
grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand – strawberries in the other – body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming – WOO HOO !!
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Cheers for now
Graeme B
Club Captain

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

Greetings one and all

Lots of recent success by members of our club at different tournaments should be applauded.
As you know Barb and Liz Rocks won the WPA Women’s doubles; Barb, Claire and Joan won the WPA Women’s triples the following day.
This last weekend at the WPA doubles at Kapiti, Michael Rocks along with his partner Roy, won the tournament, Graeme M and Barb were second; Joan and Claire were third.
Tom and Roger made it through to the last 8. What a great two weekends for the club and I am sure you will all join me n congratulating everyone on their achievements.

I would also like to congratulate Elva, who along with her daughter and another partner, recently won the Chartered Clubs national indoor bowls triples tournament.
Well done Elva and we are looking forward to seeing more of you and Kelly now that the summer months are approaching.
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THANK YOU

Thanks to Elsie and Ken who helped out last Thursday with a small group of people who wanted to come along and play Petanque for a couple of hours. It is good to have such willing volunteers.

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J.C PARTY

Sue has been busy making plans for the JC party. Don’t forget to let her know if you are coming. Remember, the melee starts at 2.00pm so please be there to register no later tan 1.45pm with $5.00 per person entry fee. The potluck dinner is at 6.00pm – bring a plate.
There will be prizes for the melee and prizes for the best-dressed JC person.
Any enquiries regarding this function please contact Sue or Graeme B.
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SEPTEMBER Melee

The September Melee was a great success with a good turnout. Winners were Graeme B and Joan and in second place were Lorraine and Janet
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WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

The new start time rule took effect last Wednesday. Thank you everyone for being so prompt. We had a great turnout – 19 in all. You committee have decided to make it a little more interesting. We will re draw after the 1st game so you will have a new partner. It also gives those who were in a triples team a chance to play doubles and also allows us to insert in any late comers.
Just to remind you, you must be either there in person or phone in by 5.55 and play starts at 6.00pm. Any late comers will only be allowed to play in the second game. Remember that points are being awarded for these games so it is in your interest to be on time.
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KHANDALLAH 3 BOULE OPEN TRIPLES:

This very interesting tournament is being held on Sunday the 7th of November.
Registration forms are available on the notice board or on the website. The tournament is limited to 20 teams.
Any further info contact Michael on
(04) 973 0011 or email him on
michael.rocks@paradise.net.nz
Imagine 18 boule in a game. It is actually harder to get points than in 2 boule triples.
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PNZ DOUBLES:

A number of club members are off to the National Doubles at Kapiti over Labour Weekend.
Here are a couple of rules from the PNZ rule book that may interest those competing.

1. Measuring Equipment

The tournament is being played under FIPJP rules. This means that all teams must have their own appropriate equipment for measuring points, as required by Article 26

If teams do not have their own equipment, the Umpire may impose penalties as outlined in Article 10. These include, after a warning
- disqualification of the offending team for one end.
- Disqualification of the offending team for the game.

2. Smoking Policy

A reminder that Petanque New Zealand’s policy is that smoking is not permitted on the terrain or in close proximity to players, during play at any time.
This means that nobody (spectators or competitors) is allowed to smoke on the terrain at any time that any games are in progress.

“Close proximity” is defined as 1 metre outside the solid boundaries of the terrain. As advised in PNZ’s April 2004 newsletter to clubs, this means that simply stepping off the terrain, and smoking while standing on the edge, is not complying.

Players should be aware that should a complaint be made, the umpire will be within his/her rights to take appropriate action”

Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. This may answer the question that was being asked last weekend at the WPA doubles as to why so few teams are entering these tournaments. Imagine how boring it is going to be for the poor sod who has to go around all day measuring people 1 metre from the piste. I think they should make it 1 metre for cigarettes, 1.3 meters for pipes and 1.5 meters for cigars (no offence Ralph) and 2 metres for dope. Mind you the person who invented the rule must have been on it at the time.
It reminds me of the time last year, when the no smoking rule was introduced. I was playing at Park Ave. At that early stage we were told that smoking had been banned because it was offensive and lowered the standard of the game so we were not allowed to smoke on the piste. There had been a lot of rain the night before and we were not allowed to stand on the grass surrounding the piste, boards had been out down. I asked where I could have a cigarette as I wasn’t allowed to smoke on the piste and I wasn’t allowed to stand on the grass. I was told to go into the clubrooms and have one!!!

I don’t mind rules as long as they are sensible and are adhered to at ALL times.
At the WPA doubles last weekend we were allocated piste to play on and were told that we had to play on those piste. We waited 45 minutes for one game, even though both teams were available. During the next round, one senior team had to wait for a piste, so they were told they could play on any “unmarked” piste which were those that had not been set aside for the tournament. They chose to play on a piste that was not only “marked” but they had already played 2 games on it. Now to me. that is straight out favoritism and totally unfair. People see it and get bothered by it.

The rules are the rules and should apply to everyone but I hope that this sport doesn’t become so bogged down with rules that it becomes unenjoyable.

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SPONSORS:

Another reminder to support our sponsors.
Trust House; Mitre 10; WBS; Fagan Motors Ltd. Tell them you are there because of their association with our club

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SUBS:
It’s that time of the year again. Subs are due by the end of October.
$40.00 per person which includes membership to Masterton Petanque, Associate membership to the Park Bowling Club and your affiliation fee to Petanque New Zealand. Please give your payments to Myrna


And finally, out of a book of self inflicted disasters comes this little story.

In July 1983, a San Francisco store put on the shelves, 18 bottles of wine marked at just over $3.00 each.
Ten of the bottles were 1951 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and the remaining eight were 1966 Chateau Latour, both valued in the hundreds of dollars per bottle.
The store found out their mistake – but too late. A wine loving waiter, Robert Kendall, told them he loved their “special offer”, but not until he had bought every bottle.

Graeme B
Club Captain