KENT PETANQUE ASSOCIATION

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1 KENT PETANQUE ASSOCIATION ISSUE No.46 APRIL 010 Sunday 18th April, sun shine all day, more or less warm, Lordswood Petanque facilities in pristine condition, no planes overhead, just 1 teams playing for Kent recognition and ability listings. A well run Competition, Swiss style by Annette and Martin Eggleton. All teams in the same coloured team strip, and for the first time ever a stylish brown matching two piece strip registered by the wearers as slow dark beige. Mick Weston and Eric Hatfield and their multitude of helpers take credit for a first class venue, and the new mobile hot food wagon proved successful. Annette takes credit for keeping the scores and general management as sharp and keen as a Swiss Army knife. Recognised that some teams were missing from this event and were playing elsewhere in the Euro Cup for Clubs semi finals and finals, nevertheless 1 teams, for the 1st County Qualifier was disappointing. It would appear that so called less ability teams are still reluctant to take part, even though they are guaranteed a place in the Chairman s Cup with prize money of 150 after playing in only one Qualifier. Page 1

2 PLAYER PLAYER 1 Dave Chalkly Angie Jamieson Lee Jamieson 4 40 Chris Watkins Alex Bruce Gary Atkinson 4 9 Colin Senneck Mick Nash Colin Gibbs Joyce Nash Mags Yates Diane Bryant Irene Gibbs Matthew Lomas Humphrey White Andrew Dunstall Chris Perry Paul Mazza Eric Hatfield Nicholas Hoile 7 Ken Potter Eileen Fowers Ron Yates 8 Neil Phillips Paul Hardwick Ben Littley 1 9 Jes Paine Martin Pennell Alex James 0 10 Charlie Shrimpton Alan Cregeen Keith Atkinson 9 11 David Baxter Robert Gaywood Martin Eggleton 8 1 Deborah Capelin Michael Capelin Peter Iles 5 1 Fred Booth Trevor Gordon Robert Booth 4 14 John Middleton Sean Daffey Paul Collins 15 Brian King Sheila King Richard King 16 Jason Thompson Lisa Marie Gilbert Ben Owens 1 17 John Bradley Linda Bradley Gordon Angell 0 18 Mark Hart Paul Hart Tracy Hart Phil Killick Andy Pucknall Martin Edwards Geoff Grout Chris Skingley Michael Jones Mick Weston Larry Belcher 1 14 PLAYER 4 WIN POINT S S POS PLAYER 1 Kevin Atkinson Jaques Tivilier David Snook Andy Williams Page

3 The Petanque Weekend on the South Coast at SOUTH DOWNS HOLIDAY VILLAGE is repackaged, revised and reinstated for year 010. This re-birth is by courtesy of the weekend holiday specialists ISLE OF WIGHT TOURS of Sandown on the Isle of Wight, in conjunction with the management of the Holiday Village. This first weekend of the new venture was on the weekend of 6/7th and 8th of March. Several Kent Clubs and players will have fond memories of the annual early Spring Petanque weekends at Bracklesham Bay, covering a period of around 18 years. In days of old there would be over 100 teams of triples playing in competitions on both the Saturday s and Sunday s, travelling from far afield, from the Midlands, Poole, Jersey, Gurnsey, Kent, London and Sussex. A team of Petanque organisers provided the efficient control of the competitions and a goodly stock of boule and Petanque equipment was also on sale. The underlining theme for the weekends was always excellent value for money, and the enthusiastic staff of South Downs who always did their best to make a good weekend for the guests. The entertainment was always very good and in the early days continued on until the early hours. However gradually over the years the numbers of players attending the Bracklesham weekend gradually dropped, with a few Kent Clubs keeping up their support, namely Seal PC, Beauty of Bath P.C., Lordswood P.C. and Hartley Country Club P.C. The weekend in it s old form ended in 008, due to the lack of support, a shame as the management of Southdown s were always generous in providing trophies and cash prizes for the competitions. South Downs was originally a Pontin s Holiday Camp, was then sold to New Horizon Holidays who in turn were sold to the present owners RICHARDSONS HOLIDAY VILLAGES, who own 4 other holiday villages in Norfolk. The pistes at Bracklesham Bay would best be described as deep gravel, in most parts, and are not always to the liking of all players, however if you take the view that Petanque can be, and is played on a variety of different types of surfaces, then they are OK. Page

4 Six of the Beauty of Bath PC decided to take advantage of the Revived Bracklesham Weekend 010 Friday 6 th March through Monday 9 th We thought we should test the waters and see if the weekend was as good as it used to be. So: Mick Joyce, Terry Clarke, Babs Waters-Newman, Tracey Dray, Paul and Sheena Bishenden set off on the Friday by car (even though travel by coach was included in the price) as we all had to return on the Sunday for work commitments the next day. Having met for lunch at The Coach and Horses at Cowfold we set off for East Wittering (West Sussex) & Bracklesham Bay, in a mixture of short showers (over by the beginning of the afternoon), sunshine and a nippy little breeze. Having booked in, we found the chalets were warm, comfortable and convenient to the pistes which were situated in their usual place, in the car park! The line dancers also in residence were very evident having put their names on all the tables but one (does that remind you of a similar activity?) in the main hall! Undaunted, after having a walk to the beach (boy, was it breezy!) we set off to the restaurant for our evening meal, entertainment and - yes - bingo (what would Bracklesham be like without a game of bingo?)! The food was plentiful and, I have to admit, better than it has been in the past. We were in Gerry s Bar for the evening, having left the line dancers to it in the main hall, where we all really enjoyed the bingo! Babs won a line winning the total sum of 1.5 and Tracey won the second house winning 1! The evening s entertainment was a singer who wasn t too bad. 54 players registered. There were teams from Hartley, Croydon, the Isle of Wight and of course, the Beauty of Bath from Sittingbourne. We all booked in that evening ready for a day s Petanque in the morning. Eighteen teams registered to play. Babs, Mick and Terry registered as Double Rum and Two Ciders and Paul, Tracey and I as The Muppets (and we were, or at least, I (Sheena) was!). The next day, after a hearty breakfast and weather being kind, we ventured out onto the pistes and received our cards telling us exactly who we were playing that morning - regardless of whether we won or lost. It was really well organised and ran extremely smoothly. We had to play on the whistle and stop an hour later on another whistle whether you had finished play or not. The score stood at the finish of the end on the whistle. It worked very well and the only waiting was if you had finished your game, but at least you knew exactly when you would start your next game and could nip off for a cup of coffee if you had time! You also knew exactly who you were playing next and everyone was provided with a label stating your name and team name so there was no hunting around for your opposition. It ran like clockwork. After lunch, the teams were given their list of matches having split us up into Cup, Plate and Consolage. In the end, Babs, Mick and Terry came away as Plate Runners Up! We were really thrilled about this! Saturday evening s entertainment was good again - Terry and Tracey winning at bingo again! The main entertainment was a comedian/singer - and Lola the camp cat who strolled into the bar and sat herself on stage while the performers were trying to do their act! Sunday dawned dry but overcast with the forecast promising heavy rain for the afternoon. It was to be a melee, but because of the bad weather forecast and coach trips planned for the afternoon, many decided to only play in the morning only. Those who were playing all day were put into a triples competition and those playing in the morning were put into a doubles competition. As we unfortunately had to return home that afternoon we decided to play the morning only. Mick had to pull out because of his arm/shoulder problem but came along to the pistes to support. We received our cards for the morning s play - again telling us who we were playing and on the whistle, we were off! Paul was playing with Mick from the Isle of Wight, Tracey with Yvonne from the Isle of Wight, Terry with (I can t remember their name) from the Isle of Wight and Babs and Sheena were drawn together! We had a smashing morning s play and the weather was really kind to us - not a raindrop in sight! Tracey and her partner won the morning s play with Paul coming third, Sheena and Babs fourth and Terry fifth. All in all it was a very good weekend and well worth going. The accommodation, food and entertainment were good and the competition was excellently organised. Recommended for next year! REPORT BY SHEENA BISHENDEN & JACK MILNER BEAUTY OF BATH P.C. Page 4

5 The weekend was a joint event weekend, Petanque combining with Line Dancing for meals and chalet lines, but with a clear split of interests for evening entertainment between Bingo and Achy Breaky Heart. And yet another report of the weekend. There were sadly only 18 teams, and Hartley P.C. had eight of those. However the new guy who ran the competitions did it very well. The weather was pretty good with no rain to speak of, food was fine, accommodation smartened up as was the dining room. We were kept apart from the line-dancers who weren't allowed (or told about) to play bingo or to visit the cabaret entertainment in the small function room, all three entertainers were good in their different ways. Prizes were good, no money. REPORT BY COLIN SENNECK PICTURES BY JIM CARR R E S U L T S COMPETITION SATURDAY 7th MARCH MAIN WINNERS Diamonds Merle Sullivan Mark Barlow Steve Fort MAIN RUNNERS-UP Hartley Kestrels Jim Carr Babs Carr Jean Olley PLATE WINNERS Hartley Falcons Colin Gibbs Irene Gibbs Bridget Snow PLATE RUNNERS UP Rum & Cider Terry Clarke Mick Joyce Babs Newman COMPETITION SUNDAY 8th MARCH MAIN WINNERS Lancaster Jim Carr Lucette Yavash Sue Wickens MAIN RUNNERS UP Firefly Colin Senneck Mick Jennings Josie Elvin PLATE WINNERS Typhoon Barbara Randall John Adam Steve Fort PLATE RUNNERS UP Defiant Jean Olley Colin Elie Bridget Snow Page 5

6 Rowland Jones Greg DavenportKevin Spillet and Marcus Hickman Team came second on the day. Barbara Sharrett Fay Golder Sheila King and Joyce Nash came third INTRODUCTION The Ladies & Men s 010 Grand Prix Series Triples Competitions were run separately at the same Lordswood venue. The Grand Prix 1 (GP) is one of being held through the early part of the 010 season, at different locations up to June. The aim is to compete in every Grand Prix & to climb up the results ladder. The target being to reach the top 16 teams, then the last 8 & 4, to qualify for major National & International competitions, to represent England at the Home Nations Championships (between England, Scotland & Wales); in male & female European events & the World Championships. Info The Ladies & Men s GB will take place on Sun rd May at Hereford & the GB on the 6th June nr Southampton. After which the last 8 thru to the top 4 teams compete in further competitions for National & International representation - including the Worlds. Report On a surprising reasonably warm & sunny early spring late March Sunday morning, men s & 10 women s only teams entered; both were a little disappointing from the Organiser s point of view - the English Petanque Association s Management Committee (EPA M/C). It being suspected that the low turnout was aggravated by/due to: a) The resurrected West Sussex Bracklesham Bay Holiday Centre s Petanque weekend, with many Kent club teams taking part & b) Chiltern Region s 009/010 Winter League Finals, which eliminated many good teams travelling down into Kent. Strong triples teams from all over the country, including the North, East & West Midlands, Herts & Beds, Essex, the Thames valley area, London, South & the Isle of Wight, travelled into Kent to take part; joining the top & experienced Ladies & Men s Kent club teams - including those of the Medway Towns. The boule play during the day, concluding in the early evening, showed some very good & continual performances of tight pointing & of course fantastic shooting. As expected & not surprising from the level of experience & knowledge of those present, with games being won very easily or many going very close to the wire - could have gone either way with two remaining boule to take the winning game point (1-11) Results & Analysis Ladies: GP1 1st The Winning team were all from the Eastern Region, across the other side of the River Thames, winning all their 5 games. nd The Runners Up team were also outside of Kent, being a composite team of the Northern & Southern regions, taking 4 of their 5 games. rd,the popular Kent Angels team, aiming to repeat their previous successes in this National event, were Fay Golder (Tovil P.C.), Barbara Sharrett (Old Sheaf P.C.), Joyce Nash (Hartley Country Club P.C.) & Sheila King (The George P.C); who won of their 5 games. Mens: GP1 1ST The Winning West Midlands team, were very good all day - being one of the co favourites. nd The Runners Up, were Kevin Spillett, Rowland Jones & Greg Davenport, Marcus Hickman. REPORT AND PICTURES BY JACK MILNER Page 6

7 Thursday 15th April held at Tovil Workingmen s Club. 8 committee members were outnumbered by 9 attending players from Kent Clubs. Total KPA funds stand at To date this years membership stands at 594 adult members and 11 juniors and 5 registered clubs. A statement of intentions of the KPA Junior Fund was agreed.and is printed in full on page 8 of this Gazette. The main topic of discussion and the reason for the attendance of 9 non committee members was to discuss the alteration (or not) of the date of the 1st County Triples Qualifier on the 18th April which clashed with the Semi-Finals and finals of the Euro-Cup for Clubs being held on the same day, in which teams from both Tovil PC and Meadow PC would be competing. The complaint from the floor was that through no fault of their own both Tovil and Meadow teams were being penalised for the Kent Triples Qualifier Series by being able to play in only 4 Competitions instead of 5, and some sort of adjustment to the rules or scoring should be made in their favour. The Committee stated the obvious that a mistake had been made, and that correspondence had also been received complaining of the alternative date of the 5th, and it was therefore the Committees responsibility to try to come to a solution that was acceptable to most of the KPA members. The conclusion was made that teams affected would be given seeding advantage in the nd Qualifier ( for teams with or more players who played in the Euro Cup on the 18th). The rules for the Qualifier Series would remained unchanged and adhered to. As a participating observer.it must be said that this discussion was chaired very well by Martin Eggleton, and there were some very good arguments made in a reasoned way from several participants and from all sides of the argument. There were several points made that should be taken very seriously for the playing calendars in future years, this is not the first time that confusion has arisen. The EPA Coaching Commission has arranged two separate courses of two days duration for candidates to achieve the EPA Grade Certificate. Applications for entry can be made through your Club Secretary or BRIAN STOTE (EPA National Coach) at briastote@gmail.com COURSE No.1 will be held at Whitnash Sports and Social Club near Leamington, Warwickshire, home of Whitnash Windmill Petanque Club on Saturday nd May and Saturday 19th June. COURSE No. will be held at Impulse Leisure Centre, Lancing, Sussex, home of Adur Petanque Club on Saturday rd July and Saturday 1st July. The fee for each course and examination is. Applicants can opt for either course, stating their choice on the application form, but must attend at the same venue for both dates. Page 7

8 GENERAL 1. The Junior Fund is a discrete fund within the KPA financial account. The monies for the fund are generated by fund raising and donation.. The Fund is administered by three Trustees appointed annually by the K.P.A. Management Committee. AIM. The aim of the Fund is to financially support juniors, of whatever standard, in attending events and tournaments in order to develop and enhance their playing skills and experience. It may also provide additional financial support to juniors taking part in County or National rep representative events. MANAGEMENT 4. Awards shall be at the discretion of the Trustees in accordance with the following principles : (a) Applications or proposals for support must be received prior to the event and detail the costs involved. (b) Overnight accommodation expenses will only be considered when travelling time to the event is deemed to be too great for travel on the same day, normally 1 / hours. It will normally be limited to a nightly allowance as set by the Trustees annually. (c) Except where impracticable, travelling expenses will normally be limited to a mileage allowance as set by the trustees annually. (d) An individual will not normally be granted more than two awards annually. (e) Additional accommodation/travelling allowances will not normally be granted for Chaperones. As discussed and agreed at the KPA Management Committee meeting 15th April 010 Title: 8/... What's in a number? Which of the following is correct a) 8.: Ken Potter's shoe size at the age of 5. ( we had to buy hoola hoops for the new season as his feet won't fit in the standard plastic circle. ) b) 8 m. 0 cm. The longest a Hartley lady has been known to throw a boule ( for goodness sake Ron, don't tell Mags this came from me. ) c) 8-. The score of an official Petanque game. d) 8. The average number of swear words heard in Kent Petanque households after the announcement that the Swiss system would be used in then next qualifiers series. Puzzle by Jean-Louis Guiot - Go to page 10. for the correct answer Page 8

9 All the Clubs under the EPA umbrella were eligible to enter this Competition. Some did, some did not. Those that did, braved the worst of the winters weather starting last September 0th, playing and aiming to be crowned as the top CLUB Team in England. Four teams reached the final stage on Sunday 18th April at Burnham, including two Club teams from Kent, Meadow P.C. and Tovil P.C. The other two teams were Half Crown P.C. located in the village of Stockton Warwickshire and are in the West Midlands Region. The other qualifying team was Cobbetts PC from Southampton in the Southern Region. The Kent Meadow PC Club Team comprised.. Rowland Jones Kevin Spillet Dave Turner Jennifer Cooter Richard Spillet Greg Davenport Dave Hurren Tracy Turner The Kent Tovil PV Club Team comprised. Steve Golder Fay Golder Scott Ashby Dean Ashby Steve Brown Matthew Whatley The semi-final results were Half Crown PC beat Tovil PC & Meadow PC beat Cobbetts PC And the final game result was.. Half Crown PC beat Meadow PC Half Crown Petanque Club will represent England in the 1st Round Proper of the CEP EUROCUP in Group C to play against teams from Denmark and Finland, with two teams going through to the next round. (info supplied by JACK MILNER ) This year, the EPA will award prize money plus trophies for the following EPA Competitions. EPA Singles Championship 9th May Isle of Wight EPA Doubles Championship 0th May Isle of Wight EPA Mixed Doubles Championship 1st May Isle of Wight EPA Triples Championship 5th July Bury St.Edmunds EPA Over 50s Championship 5th September Brighton The winners of all Championships will receive 50 per player plus title shirts - nd place will receive 0 per player - rd & 4th place will receive 10 per player. KENT & SUSSEX WINDOW CLEANING AND GUTTERING CLEANING COMMERCIAL & DOMESTIC RELIABLE & FRIENDLY SERVICE PROVIDED COMPETITIVE PRICES GIVEN FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR QUOTES PLEASE CONTACT or Page 9

10 The first adjustment to the Leagues has fallen on DIVISION 4 where the team, MOSSY S REGULARS has dropped out because they could not guarantee to regularly field a full team. Unfortunately the League organisers did not receive notice of this cancellation until after the fixtures had been arranged and published. The fixtures for Division 4 will remain unchanged and games against MOSSYS REGULARS will count as a bye. The fixtures and details for Mossy s Rats, will remain unchanged. Announced 15th April that also the Battle of Britain team have withdrawn from DIVISION 6. A shame for one of the oldest club s in Kent to struggle for membership, guessing that the Club has been operational for over twenty years, and at one time could hold well supported and successful open Sunday Competitions. Thanks-a-bunch, Iceland. Whilst the fair and patient citizens of Kent await the return of the 60 odd million pounds that the unwise burgers of Kent invested into Mickey Mouse Investments of Iceland...the Icers see fit only to repay us with ash, not cash. Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick? Untold thousands of desperate Kent petanque players are stuck with their boule in far distant places not knowing whence they shall return to the Garden of England. Petanquer, Peter.B. stuck in some place in Turkey after a golf holiday has tried the idea of trains and boats and planes to get home, and has settled on a train, the all stations stopper from the Dardenells to Northfleet and should arrive home sometime midway through the Winter League Season. Petanquer, Gilly P. stuck in the land of the pyramids and Arabs, has befriended a camel with only a slight hint of Halitosis, who she is trying to persuade to give her a ride back to blighty, but Sheik ALeg says that camels are not cut out for autobhans..at the price she is offering. And the most desperate of all is Jean-Louis Guiot and his new bride Emma who are entrapped in the laps of luxury in a star hotel some place in Florida in the U.S. of A. who are on the verge of suffering from opulence and over indulgence at someone else s expense, but are determined to struggle on for the next couple of months or two. Sad too, that they have missed the April deadline of the Gazette exclusive 4 page spread of the story of the wedding of the year..now to be in the May issue. Dave L. misses his golf holiday to Portugal or somewhere, or anywhere in the sun. And last but not least.the cancellation of Normus Tours trip of a small group of Kent players to play in the four day competition in Blanes in Spain. A repeat of last years very successful competition where a group of ex-pats found their way to Spain to join ex-kent players, Norma and Stuart Parkway who organised entry into the competition. Here we sit, all euro d up but no where to go. Page 10

11 I know, you all went for b) didn't you? Wrong! And next time you come face to face with a Hartley lady she will line you up 10 metres away to prove how wrong you were! The correct answer is c)... In the Ladies World Championships held in Thailand last year, in a first round match the Welsh Lasses beat the American Playmates by 8 points to! How come I hear you say? In the early rounds, games were limited to one hour which produced some very strange scores, this one being just an example. I have said it before and I'll say it again: timed games are a curse on the game of Petanque. They can lend themselves to gamesmanship or ( as the French would call it ) cheating. Imagine a situation with 15 minutes of the game left, with a team leading, say, They are not going to lose now, are they? The system was used once at Brean or 4 years ago... And never again! Those people who want to impose it upon us say that with large numbers we must make sure we finish on time ( whatever that means ). I say if you really are concerned with time do what they do in the land where Petanque was born ( the South of France where else? ) When I am in my other home in the summer months and there is pressure on the organisers because of a large number of entries, they play the early rounds to 11 points. In our case this would mean playing the morning sessions to 11 reverting to 1 in the afternoon. That would work... And would do away with the nonsense of an 8- score... Of course, should the Swiss system AND timed games be used in the same competition then we can all move to thesouth of France!! JEAN-LOUIS GUIOT - the E.P.A. is conducting a survey called the Adult Membership Survey by way of a questionnaire that you can obtain from the EPA web-site: and if you wish to express your opinions about Petanque give this a try! - is said, that Whitstable P.C. are moving from their old venue at Whitstable Cricket Club, which will see the end of the cosy petanque corner, but they will be able to provide food at their new venue. - is said, that the petanque group delightfully named The Yella Backs are joining with the Herne Bay club to play at the Share and Coulter Jack Milner points out that DITTON P.C. entered a team into the recent Harriers Mayor of Maidstone Competition.a welcome first for DITTON which included an old mucker of Jack s by the name of John Coomber. Hartley Country Club Petanque sadly report the sudden death of Keith Wall. Keith was one of the founding members of the Petanque Section and was an enthusiastic member of Hartley Country Club over many years playing various sports including table tennis, bowls and badminton. Keith was an active member of the Petanque Section and his presence will be sadly missed..but remembered. Page 11

12 BILL REED MEMORIAL DOUBLES CROWBOROUGH PETANQUE CLUB GOLDSMITHS LEISURE CENTRE Sunday 5th April Starts at 10 am MONDAY rd MAY HARTLEY MAY DAY DOUBLES HARTLEY COUNTRY CLUB STARTS AT 10 am SUNDAY 16th May rd KENT TRIPLES QUALIFIER TOVIL WORKINGMENS CLUB Registration 8:45 to 9:15 SUNDAY 1ST MAY MARTIN POTTS MEMORIAL DOUBLES TOVIL WORKINGMENS CLUB Starts at 10am SUNDAY nd May nd KENT TRIPLES QUALIFIER HARTLEY COUNTRY CLUB Registration 8:45 to 9:15 LORDSWOOD OPEN DOUBLES SUNDAY 9th May LORDSWOOD SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB Starts at 10 am EPA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND ISLE OF WIGHT 9TH 0TH 1ST MAY Sandown & Shanklin R.F.C EPA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP EPA DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP EPA MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY 6th JUNE NAF CUP TRIPLES HARRIERS P.C. TOVIL WORKINGMENS CLUB Starts at 10am Page 1

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