The top honours of the day went to the ESP trio of Nathan James, Ha Nguyen & Van Nguyen. Taking second place for FAB were Rae Grierson, Ashley Rains, & John Nowland. Finishing third were Prospect Petanque’s Melissa Scott, Gavin Scott & Brett Williams PP.
Continue reading2025/26 SAPL Mixed Doubles Championship at: Prospect Pétanque Club 17 August, 2025
This year’s SA Mixed Doubles Championship was held at Prospect. After several late withdrawals we were left with 24 teams.
It would seem that the pétanque gods have done a good deal with the weather gods. In a scenario remarkably similar to the Interclub event held three weeks earlier, there was a rather grim weather forecast for up to 15mm of rain but it turned out to be a quite pleasant sunny day. On both occasions, the rain stopped at about 3am with not another drop until just after 5pm.
Continue reading2025-2026 InterClub Competition Round 1 at Eastern Suburbs Petanque Club 27 July, 2025
Coming off the back of a major wet weather event, there were some doubts about whether Round 1 at ESP would be able to proceed. Fortunately, the rain stopped overnight – just in time. There was still some standing water, but, thanks to the efforts of some dedicated ESP volunteers, the number of lanes deemed unplayable was reduced to three, leaving the required number of 13 available for play. Even more fortunate, given the forecast of more cold, wet and windy conditions, was the weather on the day – much more comfortable than expected and no rain at all until 5pm, when all but one game had finished.
Continue reading2024-2025 INTERCLUB PLAYER RANKINGS
The 2024-2025 SAPL Interclub competition had 148 participants and the player rankings are available for download below.
Continue reading2024-2025 InterClub Competition Round 6 at Prospect Petanque Club 18 May, 2025
The final round of the 24/25 season was held on a sunny day which made for very pleasant conditions on the pistes despite the low temperature. 28 teams took part.
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