Details of the
Interstate National Open & over 60 Teams Championship
at Tempe NSW on 10&11 November 2007. (pdf 43 Kb)                    (issued 11 October 07)

2007 SA Pétanque Team members! (issued 3 Nov07)

The 16 members of the SA pétanque team to compete in the Tempe Challenge in NSW on November 10-11 are:

Senior men
Arwed Turon
Brenton Key
David Lefer
Louis Oltarczy
Sukrit Vaswani
Senior women
Raluca Raicu
Tina Stockley
Wendy Bensen

Veteran men
Allan Sanderson
Brett Williams
Dave Ward
John Wright
Mike Mulvihill
Veteran women
Claudia Wright
Judith Brown
Glenis Head

Coach
Tim Whelan

Team manager
Anna O’Connor

State team members will continue to train with the full State squad in the weeks leading up to the Tempe tournament.

Contacts:
Anna O’Connor – State Team Manager
h:    8271 40 71
m:   0419 834 563
e:    anna@palacenova.com

Tim Whelan - State Director of Coaching.
m:   0400 298 678
e:    timbluecottage@yahoo.com.au

2007 SA Pétanque Team Initial-Squad Members .....

.announced Thurs 30 August 2007

Adrian Clements

Anna O'Connor

Allan Sanderson*

Claudia Wright

Allan Sanderson*

Deb Rodda

Arwed Turon*

Glenis Head

Arwed Turon*

Jenny Key

Brett Williams

Judith Brown

Brenton Key

Kirsty Overton

Dave Ward

Valmai Nicoll

Craig Stewart

Margaret Luttrell

Ian Clarke

Danny Barrachina

Raluca Raicu

John Wright*

David Lefer

Tina Stockley

Mike Mulvihill

Iskender Maski

Wendy Bensen

Peter Sharpe

Jean Paul Bouyer

Stan Wilson

Jean Philippe Guglielmi

Jeremy Woolley

John Wright*

Kym Walker

Louis Oltarczy

Marty Verdonk

Raja Jamaleddine

Richard Voskamp

Sukrit Vaswani

Ted Robinson

*= players in both Senior Men and Veteran Men

Player Qualities
When they are selecting the State Team, selectors will be considering the following player qualities:-

Commitment
- to team goals
- to team rules
- to team training

Ability to work within a team environment
- ability to work with management and coaches for the overall good of the team 
- ability to accept any role within the team
- ability to learn
- ability to understand the benefit of reinforcing positive attitude within the team
- ability to understand body language, as signs of strength and weakness 
- loyalty
- ability to build team strength through following good routine and process

Good mental attitude
- respect for officials, opponents and team mates
- self confidence
- an absence of arrogance
- a calm and strong mental state, whether winning or losing
- concentration
- patience
- ability to turn poor form around

Good boule skills
- ability to point effectively on any ground
- ability to shoot on the boule
- ability to make decisive shots

Tactical awareness
- ability to follow the game
- competent assessment of play options
- good decision making

State Selection Trials
Following the approval of the S.A.P.L, for the selection proposal put forward by the S.A coaches, we are now inviting S.A licensed players to attend State Squad trials.
This process will begin with participants being asked to complete a one hour skill test. The skill test can be taken on any one of the following Saturdays the 11th, 18th, or 25th of August. Skill Test detail attached. Players are required to complete the skill test only once, however, they may, take the test twice and have the average score taken.
The terrain at Tempe, where we will be playing, is not a rolling surface. On this ground, to point well, a player needs to have the ability to play in the air (lob the boule). That is the reasoning behind why the skill tests are set up, as they are, and why we have chosen to use a particular part of the Prospect P.C for the trials.
To perform well in Sydney, we will need a tough, disciplined and skilful Team.
To build ‘that’ Team we need committed players; committed to: working hard on their game, working as part of the team, working with coaches, making time for training and testing.
To make oneself available for State selection is a big commitment in energy, time and money. While, as a Team, we will do our best to raise as much money as possible for the State Teams expenses, it may still cost players to represent their State.
To represent your State is also a great honour.
The Teams required for the Interstate Tournament are:
Senior Men                        x 5
Senior Women                   x 3
Veteran Men                      x 5
Veteran Women                 x 3
As things stand, the winning Team in Sydney has the right to represent Australia at the
Trans Tasman tournament in N.Z, 2008

Good luck to everyone who puts themselves forward for selection.
Tim Whelan