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PETANQUENEW ZEALAND

Vol 4 No 7 AUGUST 2014

2 Petanque NZ Vol 4 No 7 - Aug 2014

EDITOR’S COMMENTS

Firstly, I would like to apologise for the delay in getting this issue to print. 2014 is the 20th Anniversary of Petanque New Zealand becoming an Incorporated Society and 21 years since the inaugural meeting was held at the Atomic Café to form the New Zealand Petanque Association. You can see the first official Newsletter put out by the New Zealand Petanque Association (NZPA) in 1994 on page 19. There have been many ups and downs in those 20 years. In the early days the sport took off rapidly with petanque being the sport to participate in. In the last 10 years the growth in the number of players and clubs has levelled off somewhat and in some areas declined. But, having said that, the sport in New Zealand now has several very good national championships and we have had some success internationally particularly at Tran-Tasman and Oceania level. I am currently working on the history of the game in New Zealand in time for the 25th Anniversary. You or your club may be tapped on the shoulder for information about the early days. Graeme Morris Editor Editorial Address: 17 Hinau Place MASTERTON 5810 Phone: 06 3787331 or 0272479370 Email: [email protected]

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Cover photo:

Team members show support during the 2014 Trans-Tasman match held at the beautiful Government Gardens in Rotorua

2014 NZ International Open

Auckland Pétanque Association started the year with the 18th NZ Open held at Herne Bay Pétanque Club over the weekend of 25th & 26th January.

18 Triples and 12 Women’s Doubles teams competed consisting of players from Auckland, Otaki, Wanganui, Masterton, Wellington, Newcastle (Australia) and Tahiti. Financial sponsorship was impossible to come by this year but there were donations of goods suitable to raffle. Saturday’s raffle was won by the spectator wearing the brightest colour range, Ann Clayworth, with the Sunday raffle winner being yet another spectator, Claire Matthews, both of whom are well known in pétanque circles.

Saturday was a hot and cloudless day in Auckland and teams played 6 rounds of Swiss draw timed at 1 hour plus two ends. At the end of the day, the top 2 ranked triples teams were from Asion (Tahiti) made up of players Heifara & Jimmy Siaou Chin and Robert Tumg first and David Lippard, JJ Purcell & Arnaud Ernest second. The top 2 Women’s Doubles were Yvonne Futcher & Sharon Cannon first and Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson second.

The weather forecast was a bit of a worry for Sunday but the gods were with us as we had completed the tournament and packed up before the heavens opened with thunder and a deluge of rain. Sunday’s format was a Top 8 Barrage in 2 pools for both Triples and Doubles with a 4 round Swiss draw for the Triples Consolante and Doubles teams played a Round Robin.

TOP NZ PLAYERS:

Triples – “Welly Pétanque” – Michael Rocks, Myles Cowper & Nick Jegousse 3rd equal. Women’s Doubles – Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson (Wanganui/Masterton) 1st.

RESULTS

Open Triples Championship: First - Heifara & Jimmy Siaou, Chin/Robert Tung (Asion Tahiti) Runners-up - Georgio Vakauta, Rainui Tuaiva & Francis Ching (Vikings/Tahiti) Third= Christian Fuchon, Raymond Teremate & Pascal Siaou Chin Asion Tahiti). Michael Rocks, Myles Cowper & Nick Jegousse (Wellington) Trophy Consolation: First - Andre Noel, Selwyn Sainty & Steve Lowrey (Vikings/Herne Bay). Runners-up - David Lippard, JJ Purcell & Arnaud Ernest (Herne Bay/Vikings). Third = Hubert Flores, Serge Grassin & Marius Bernadino. (Asion Tahiti) Bernard Yao, August Chang Sui Fat & Laurent Yuen Kwai. (Asion Tahiti) Consolante: First - Ricardo Swaney, Charles Peni & Niau Ruta (Herne Bay/Vikings) Runners-up - Leonard Temake/Justion Tching & Seti Mailei (Asion Tahiti/Panmure Pioneers) Third = Christian Fouquet, Pam Jenkins & Laurent Foissard (Herne Bay/Australia) JP Cuer, Pete Hamilton & Tom Paulo (Herne Bay/Wanganui) Open Women’s Doubles Championship: First - Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson (Wanganui/Masterton) Runners-up - Sylvie Jennings & Mareva Aturia (Asion Tahiti) Third= Ebb Vaiata & Ilona Te-Maurioraa (Asion Tahiti) Margaret Maher & Jean Parley (Northcote/Stanley Bay) Trophy Consolation: First - Yvonne Futcher & Sharon Cannon (Wanganui ) Runners-up - Joanne Lippard & Ariadne Ernest (Herne Bay) Third = Ros Morton & Eileen Lippard (Herne Bay/Kennedy Park) Tumata Pere & Rosette Ueva (Tahiti) Consolante: First- Margaret Mordecai & Shirley MacDonald (Otaki/Horowhenua) Runners-up- Angela Maxted & Francoise Case (Kennedy Park/Herne Bay) Third= Janet Hackett & Sarah Falkner (West End) Chere McMath & Shirley Selwyn (Vikings/Wanganui)

Phone: David (06) 379 7766

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2014 NZ International Open

Auckland Pétanque Association started the year with the 18th NZ Open held at Herne Bay Pétanque Club over the weekend of 25th & 26th January.

18 Triples and 12 Women’s Doubles teams competed consisting of players from Auckland, Otaki, Wanganui, Masterton, Wellington, Newcastle (Australia) and Tahiti. Financial sponsorship was impossible to come by this year but there were donations of goods suitable to raffle. Saturday’s raffle was won by the spectator wearing the brightest colour range, Ann Clayworth, with the Sunday raffle winner being yet another spectator, Claire Matthews, both of whom are well known in pétanque circles.

Saturday was a hot and cloudless day in Auckland and teams played 6 rounds of Swiss draw timed at 1 hour plus two ends. At the end of the day, the top 2 ranked triples teams were from Asion (Tahiti) made up of players Heifara & Jimmy Siaou Chin and Robert Tumg first and David Lippard, JJ Purcell & Arnaud Ernest second. The top 2 Women’s Doubles were Yvonne Futcher & Sharon Cannon first and Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson second.

The weather forecast was a bit of a worry for Sunday but the gods were with us as we had completed the tournament and packed up before the heavens opened with thunder and a deluge of rain. Sunday’s format was a Top 8 Barrage in 2 pools for both Triples and Doubles with a 4 round Swiss draw for the Triples Consolante and Doubles teams played a Round Robin.

TOP NZ PLAYERS:

Triples – “Welly Pétanque” – Michael Rocks, Myles Cowper & Nick Jegousse 3rd equal. Women’s Doubles – Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson (Wanganui/Masterton) 1st.

RESULTS

Open Triples Championship: First - Heifara & Jimmy Siaou, Chin/Robert Tung (Asion Tahiti) Runners-up - Georgio Vakauta, Rainui Tuaiva & Francis Ching (Vikings/Tahiti) Third= Christian Fuchon, Raymond Teremate & Pascal Siaou Chin Asion Tahiti). Michael Rocks, Myles Cowper & Nick Jegousse (Wellington) Trophy Consolation: First - Andre Noel, Selwyn Sainty & Steve Lowrey (Vikings/Herne Bay). Runners-up - David Lippard, JJ Purcell & Arnaud Ernest (Herne Bay/Vikings). Third = Hubert Flores, Serge Grassin & Marius Bernadino. (Asion Tahiti) Bernard Yao, August Chang Sui Fat & Laurent Yuen Kwai. (Asion Tahiti) Consolante: First - Ricardo Swaney, Charles Peni & Niau Ruta (Herne Bay/Vikings) Runners-up - Leonard Temake/Justion Tching & Seti Mailei (Asion Tahiti/Panmure Pioneers) Third = Christian Fouquet, Pam Jenkins & Laurent Foissard (Herne Bay/Australia) JP Cuer, Pete Hamilton & Tom Paulo (Herne Bay/Wanganui) Open Women’s Doubles Championship: First - Christine Strichen & Claire Wilson (Wanganui/Masterton) Runners-up - Sylvie Jennings & Mareva Aturia (Asion Tahiti) Third= Ebb Vaiata & Ilona Te-Maurioraa (Asion Tahiti) Margaret Maher & Jean Parley (Northcote/Stanley Bay) Trophy Consolation: First - Yvonne Futcher & Sharon Cannon (Wanganui ) Runners-up - Joanne Lippard & Ariadne Ernest (Herne Bay) Third = Ros Morton & Eileen Lippard (Herne Bay/Kennedy Park) Tumata Pere & Rosette Ueva (Tahiti) Consolante: First- Margaret Mordecai & Shirley MacDonald (Otaki/Horowhenua) Runners-up- Angela Maxted & Francoise Case (Kennedy Park/Herne Bay) Third= Janet Hackett & Sarah Falkner (West End) Chere McMath & Shirley Selwyn (Vikings/Wanganui)


CLUB NEWS

(Grass Roots Petanque)

All about the COVENTRY DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

and the CHOCOLATE and CHERRIES FUN DAY

By Marilyn and Colin Bunce

These two social tournaments were held at Alexandra’s IceInLine (ice skating rink) car park, on the 25/26 Jan 2014. Here is a short history lesson for you. Alexandra Petanque Club celebrated its 10th anniversary in Feb 2012 with a social tournament. The Findlays (who seem to know a lot of people in the world-wide petanque network) suggested that we invite Betty and Tony Thompson from the English Coventry Club who were visiting NZ at the time. Their acceptance made this our first International Tournament! They so enjoyed themselves (maintaining it to be the best social petanque weekend they had ever been to) that on their return to Coventry they sent us a most attractive glass trophy depicting Coventry’s three Cathedrals. The choice of what we were to use it for was left to us. As a great weekend of fun petanque was the reason for the gift, it was decided to continue with the same idea. For 2013 we held a two day event with the emphasis on relaxed petanque. This year we changed the format to hopefully meet the needs of those who travel up to 6 hours to get here incurring 2 night’s accommodation and a long drive home on Sunday night. This is how we formatted our event. We charged $30pp for the Saturday Coventry Trophy. This entitled players to free tea/coffee and biscuits all day, a gourmet BBQ, an elegant wine glass etched with the name and date of the event, filled with their own choice from a selection of four good quality wines or orange juice if that was the preference. BYO was encouraged for the end of play as our club doesn’t hold a liquor licence. The meal presentation was up-market. Round tables covered with smart cloths were enhanced with red roses and ivy scattered on the tables and red table napkins displayed in the individual wine glasses. All a little more posh than usual for a southern petanque meeting!

The running of the tournament itself was also a little different.

Saturday registration was from 12 noon with play beginning at 1pm. This late start cut accommodation costs to one night for all but those travelling from Christchurch who decided it was a long way to drive and then play all day. We had 6 games of 40 minutes plus 2 ends and only 5 minutes between games. When the coch was mis-thrown, the other team placed it, which gained more play time. At about 6.30pm the preliminary games were finished and the BBQ was served. At 8pm the two final games were held, followed by prize giving. Each winner selected a bottle of luscious local wine. And the winners were….

1st Stef and Neville Frost (Dunedin City) 2nd Kay George/Mervyn Wilson (St Kilda) 3rd Wendy and Stuart Copeland (Milton) 4th Art Vernon/Rena Turley (Papanui/Caversham) The Sunday Chocolate and Cherries was a heap of fun with players paying $5pp covering morning tea and a sausage sizzle for lunch which was the end of play and the day. With a change of partner for each game, the cow bell ringing at 30mins finishing that end, score-keeping done (honestly) by oneself, we were kept to a fast pace. After 6 games, cards were handed in and tallied up. While the tallying was being done we had a fun time of chocolate prizes for such things as the most up-market foot and head wear and bad/good luck stories. Free baskets of chocolates and cherries were consumed all morning long and of course the winners received large baskets of the same to take home. Everybody was on the road home by 2.30pm. And the winners were…….

1st Bernie O’Meara (Alexandra) 2nd Mark Richardson (Christchurch) Although the club received many bouquets for the weekend, there will be another format for 2015 just to keep the punters guessing! There are a few ideas simmering but all will be revealed later this year. Those northern petanquers who complained of the clash with that tournament at Herne Bay on the same weekend, will note in their diaries that our 2015 tournament is to be held the weekend before. It was great to welcome two teams from the North who did make it down our way. See ya all down this way for our Coventry Tournament on 24/25th January 2015.


NEWS FLASH - NEWS FLASH

Note: Alexandra Petanque Club subsequently sent a trophy to Coventry Petanque Club and their letter of thanks is below – Ed.

Coventry Doubles Winners Stef and Neville Frost

Alexandra Petanque Life Member Neill Welsh presented the Chocolate & Cherries winners with their bounty

Meal preparation

The Coventry Club have been so enamoured of our Coventry Tournament that they have decided to hold an Alexandra Tournament. Unfortunately, February is too cold to play in England so they are holding it late May. Our Club is organising a suitable trophy with an Alexandra flavour to be sent for the challenge. Wouldn’t it be great to be part of the first tournament? Are we the first Petanque Club in NZ to have an overseas Sister Club?

Good evening Marilyn and Sandra, On behalf of Coventry Pétanque Club thank you so much for the beautiful trophy, which I received today. It is a shame that neither of you will be here for the competition but I know that you will be with us in thought at least. I know that it is a unique piece of art and the club will treasure it and remember our friends in Alexandra each year. Please thank all your club members for us but especially Neill for his hard work in getting the stone, polishing and mounting it. You can keep up to date with us via the club's web site www.coventrypetanque..weebly.com and also find a photograph of the trophy under the news tab announcing its arrival. There is also a link to the competition details under the "calendar>competition flyers" tab Once again many thanks and happy pétanqueing. Tony

Letter from Coventry Petanque Club


NORTHCOTE OPEN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

By Sina Anderson

Held at West End Petanque on Sunday 23 February

Another good tournament in the annals of Auckland Petanque and it was good to see some faces that’d been missing from competitions for a wee while. A field of 22 first-rate teams competed and there could have been at least 5 more teams had we had more terrains. With only 5 terrains, Northcote relies on the goodwill of West End to hold this tournament. As usual, it was a pretty hot day with little shade but it didn’t deter anyone from giving a fine performance. New combinations of players made for some interesting challenges and one or two different outcomes. Two of Auckland’s newest (and youngest) members came along to try their luck and acquitted themselves extremely well amongst this very strong field.

The morning started with 4 Swiss Ladder timed rounds after which there was a short break whilst the ranking positions were sorted and the afternoon rounds set up. A slight change this year enabling the prize pool to be spread further, the teams would compete for Trophy, Plate, Bowl, Wooden Spoon and Best of the Rest. There were also prizes for the Biggest Movers, New Guys on the Block, spot prizes and meat pack raffle.

There were no surprises in the top four teams who went through to the Trophy and the next four was a mixed bunch for the Plate. Four more went into the Bowl and four for the Wooden Spoon with the final six playing one more game after lunch.

First round of the afternoon was a timed semi-final in each category with the finalists playing un-timed. Not to everyone’s taste but it meant the day wasn’t too long and more players were able to watch the finals and stay for the prize giving.

Now to the results:

Finalists in the Trophy were Seti & Andrew Mailei against Pam Jenkins & Andre Noel and in a hard fought match Seti & Andrew (Panmure Pioneers) beat Andre and Pam 13-11. In 3rd equal place were

David Lippard & Junior Purcell plus Georgio Vakauta & Christian Fouquet.

The Plate was a comprehensive win at 13-2 for Charlie & Ann Leighton (St George) over Ann Shields & Annette Hood of Herne Bay. Ann and Charlie also took the Biggest Movers prize for a 9-place leap. Equal in third place were Sarah Falkner & Selwyn Sainty with Clive Bartleet & Charles Brock.

Ladies took the honours in the Bowl with Viking Ruby Vakauta & Herne Bay’s Joanne Lippard defeating Ann Clayworth & Margaret Maher (Northcote) 13-1. Eileen Lippard & Sandy Austin along with the Barrie (Anderson) & Barrie (Clayworth) duo from Northcote were equal third.

Margaret Penny & Francoise Case beat John Taylor and Ella Harris 13-6 to take the Wooden Spoon prizes while Imelda Mailei & Pa Peni (Panmure Pioneers) along with Miles & Angela Maxted (Kennedy Park) came in at third equal.

At the end of the morning rounds, The Best of the Rest top team, Sheila Copus & Jude Barrere played one more round to cement their place narrowly beating Gesta Avaemai & Chere McMath on wins and differential. Third Placed Bill Lockwood & Trevor Robinson deserve a mention for Trevor’s perseverance in the face of an injury to his right (throwing) arm.

In the bar at the end of the afternoon, prizes were presented by Northcote President, Graeme Roberts, to all the winners and runners up. New Kids on the Block, Catherine and Renee worked hard for their chocolate reward and were disappointed not to have won a game. However, a lot of others would have been pleased with the points won against much more experienced teams. Well done, Girls.

It was Janet Hackett’s lucky day after all; being one of the teams that left it too late to enter she did buy a raffle ticket and the first meat pack raffle was hers. Second prize went to Ella Harris and Spot Prizes were drawn by Councillor Greg Moyle (West End Bowls) for Margaret Penny, Francoise Case (didn’t they do well!) and Barrie Anderson.

NORTHCOTE OPEN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

By Sina Anderson

Held at West End Petanque on Sunday 23 February

Another good tournament in the annals of Auckland Petanque and it was good to see some faces that’d been missing from competitions for a wee while. A field of 22 first-rate teams competed and there could have been at least 5 more teams had we had more terrains. With only 5 terrains, Northcote relies on the goodwill of West End to hold this tournament. As usual, it was a pretty hot day with little shade but it didn’t deter anyone from giving a fine performance. New combinations of players made for some interesting challenges and one or two different outcomes. Two of Auckland’s newest (and youngest) members came along to try their luck and acquitted themselves extremely well amongst this very strong field.

The morning started with 4 Swiss Ladder timed rounds after which there was a short break whilst the ranking positions were sorted and the afternoon rounds set up. A slight change this year enabling the prize pool to be spread further, the teams would compete for Trophy, Plate, Bowl, Wooden Spoon and Best of the Rest. There were also prizes for the Biggest Movers, New Guys on the Block, spot prizes and meat pack raffle.

There were no surprises in the top four teams who went through to the Trophy and the next four was a mixed bunch for the Plate. Four more went into the Bowl and four for the Wooden Spoon with the final six playing one more game after lunch.

First round of the afternoon was a timed semi-final in each category with the finalists playing un-timed. Not to everyone’s taste but it meant the day wasn’t too long and more players were able to watch the finals and stay for the prize giving.

Now to the results:

Finalists in the Trophy were Seti & Andrew Mailei against Pam Jenkins & Andre Noel and in a hard fought match Seti & Andrew (Panmure Pioneers) beat Andre and Pam 13-11. In 3rd equal place were

David Lippard & Junior Purcell plus Georgio Vakauta & Christian Fouquet.

The Plate was a comprehensive win at 13-2 for Charlie & Ann Leighton (St George) over Ann Shields & Annette Hood of Herne Bay. Ann and Charlie also took the Biggest Movers prize for a 9-place leap. Equal in third place were Sarah Falkner & Selwyn Sainty with Clive Bartleet & Charles Brock.

Ladies took the honours in the Bowl with Viking Ruby Vakauta & Herne Bay’s Joanne Lippard defeating Ann Clayworth & Margaret Maher (Northcote) 13-1. Eileen Lippard & Sandy Austin along with the Barrie (Anderson) & Barrie (Clayworth) duo from Northcote were equal third.

Margaret Penny & Francoise Case beat John Taylor and Ella Harris 13-6 to take the Wooden Spoon prizes while Imelda Mailei & Pa Peni (Panmure Pioneers) along with Miles & Angela Maxted (Kennedy Park) came in at third equal.

At the end of the morning rounds, The Best of the Rest top team, Sheila Copus & Jude Barrere played one more round to cement their place narrowly beating Gesta Avaemai & Chere McMath on wins and differential. Third Placed Bill Lockwood & Trevor Robinson deserve a mention for Trevor’s perseverance in the face of an injury to his right (throwing) arm.

In the bar at the end of the afternoon, prizes were presented by Northcote President, Graeme Roberts, to all the winners and runners up. New Kids on the Block, Catherine and Renee worked hard for their chocolate reward and were disappointed not to have won a game. However, a lot of others would have been pleased with the points won against much more experienced teams. Well done, Girls.

It was Janet Hackett’s lucky day after all; being one of the teams that left it too late to enter she did buy a raffle ticket and the first meat pack raffle was hers. Second prize went to Ella Harris and Spot Prizes were drawn by Councillor Greg Moyle (West End Bowls) for Margaret Penny, Francoise Case (didn’t they do well!) and Barrie Anderson.

Thanks to all who participated and helped make the day fun.

A Super Six Report. By - Barrie Kendall, Tournament Convenor. "The Battle Down South" Top clubs in the

Southern Region had a good battle on the slopes of Excelsior (Oamaru), March 2nd. The Excelsior club has plenty of shingle, and coupled with the incline, offers a great challenge to visitors. Six clubs vying for the trophy, a bit of a disappointment as there were 7 competing last year. Milton and Waikouaiti dropped out, Timaru didn't enter, however Dunedin City joined the fray. The singles resulted in a clean sweep for Neville Frost (Dn City), second Janet Goodin (Caversham), Alexandra, St Kilda and Excelsior, 2 wins apiece. The doubles were hard fought, Suzanne and Herb Tonkin on their home territory were hard to beat. They shared the honours with Aileen Simpson and Bev Kendall (Cav) whom they had beaten 13-0. Both clubs had 3 wins and a draw. Alexandra 3rd. In the triples, Caversham (Roy Harry- Young, Nadine Simpson, Branko Cvjetan) were unstoppable with 5 out of 5. Alexandra 2nd, St Kilda 3rd. Final Results; Caversham 23 points 1st, Alexandra 18 pts 2nd, St Kilda and Dunedin City 15pts 3rd

equal, Excelsior 11 pts 5th, Taieri 8pts 6th.

Left to right: Neville Frost (President SRPA), Roy Harry-Young, Janet Goodin, Nadine Simpson, Aileen Simpson, Bev Kendall Branko C j t

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? –

A Thesaurus


Thanks to all who participated and helped make the day fun.

A Super Six Report. By - Barrie Kendall, Tournament Convenor. "The Battle Down South" Top clubs in the

Southern Region had a good battle on the slopes of Excelsior (Oamaru), March 2nd. The Excelsior club has plenty of shingle, and coupled with the incline, offers a great challenge to visitors. Six clubs vying for the trophy, a bit of a disappointment as there were 7 competing last year. Milton and Waikouaiti dropped out, Timaru didn't enter, however Dunedin City joined the fray. The singles resulted in a clean sweep for Neville Frost (Dn City), second Janet Goodin (Caversham), Alexandra, St Kilda and Excelsior, 2 wins apiece. The doubles were hard fought, Suzanne and Herb Tonkin on their home territory were hard to beat. They shared the honours with Aileen Simpson and Bev Kendall (Cav) whom they had beaten 13-0. Both clubs had 3 wins and a draw. Alexandra 3rd. In the triples, Caversham (Roy Harry- Young, Nadine Simpson, Branko Cvjetan) were unstoppable with 5 out of 5. Alexandra 2nd, St Kilda 3rd. Final Results; Caversham 23 points 1st, Alexandra 18 pts 2nd, St Kilda and Dunedin City 15pts 3rd


Left to right: Neville Frost (President SRPA), Roy Harry-Young, Janet Goodin, Nadine Simpson, Aileen Simpson, Bev Kendall Branko C j t


A Thesaurus

A Super Six Report. By -‐ Barrie Kendall, Tournament Convenor.

"The Battle Down South" Top clubs in the Southern Region

had a good battle on the slopes of Excelsior (Oamaru), March 2nd. The Excelsior club has plenty of shingle, and coupled with the incline, offers a great challenge to visitors. Six clubs vying for the trophy, a bit of a disappointment as there were 7 competing last year. Milton and Waikouaiti dropped out, Timaru didn't enter, however Dunedin City joined the fray. The singles resulted in a clean sweep for Neville Frost (Dn City), second Janet Goodin (Caversham), Alexandra, St Kilda and Excelsior, 2 wins apiece. The doubles were hard fought, Suzanne and Herb Tonkin on their home territory were hard to beat. They shared the honours with Aileen Simpson and Bev Kendall (Cav) whom they had beaten 13-0. Both clubs had 3 wins and a draw. Alexandra 3rd. In the triples, Caversham (Roy Harry- Young, Nadine Simpson, Branko Cvjetan) were unstoppable with 5 out of 5. Alexandra 2nd, St Kilda 3rd. Final Results; Caversham 23 points 1st, Alexandra 18 pts 2nd, St Kilda and Dunedin City 15pts 3rd


Left to right: Neville Frost (President SRPA), Roy Harry-‐Young, Janet Goodin, Nadine Simpson, Aileen Simpson, Bev Kendall Branko Cvjetan


A Thesaurus


What is this thing called Curling?? By Graeme Morris

When the 2010 Winter Olympics was televised by Sky, I became enthralled with the game of curling. The graceful gliding of the participants over the ice to release their “rock”, the sometimes frantic sweeping of the ice to assist the speed and curl of the stone and the tactical nature of the game fascinated me.

When the national doubles were held in Dunedin last November, Linda and I decided we would make our long overdue trip to the South Island’s West Coast. Along the way we travelled through Central Otago and so, of course, I had to schedule in a visit to Naseby and find out what the indoor curling venue was like and find out how and why they decided to put it in such a small and remote place. And small and remote it certainly is. What a quaint little place! According to Wikipedia, at its peak the population was 4000. But these days it has a population of about 120 which can swell during the holiday season. Naseby is named after a village in Northamptonshire in England and is 2000 feet above sea level. It was an important town in the gold rush days when gold was discovered there in 1863. Winters in Naseby are very harsh.

The Naseby curling rink which is officially called Maniototo Curling International Inc. Ice Rink consists of the indoor curling rink, which houses 4 lanes or “sheets” and an outdoor (winter use only) area that has more curling areas, ice hockey rinks, ice skating area and a downhill luge. The building housing the curling has a meeting/café area with large windows giving an excellent view of the curling area. The construction of the building took 2000 voluntary man hours and $1,500.000. The majority of that cost was in the refrigeration machinery and ice floor. There are five curling clubs in Naseby with 15 to 20 players per club. Nationally there are 33 clubs with an average of 20 members per club.

I interviewed curling stalwart, Stuart Hore. Stuart said that the complex is hired out at $25.00 per hour per person and they get a lot of custom from people doing the central Otago rail trail cycle tour. At the height of the rail trail season they can have up to 100 visitors per day. Stuart explained the curling stones to me. They come from the Isle of Craig (Ailsa Craig) and are made from distinctive, water-resistant microgranite. They have a specific circumference and a weight range between 35 and 42 pounds. Of course I had to have a go. Stuart and his daughter took me out on to the ice where they gave me some instruction. Having had a hip replacement I was not too sure how confident I would be on the ice but I was amazed at how secure the slip-on soles over my shoes made me feel. I didn’t think I could advance to a stage where I could crouch and slide on the ice so I used a pole which had a special attachment to the stone which gave a gentle release as you played the shot. I am sure it would be a game I could easily get hooked on if I was in a position to play on a regular basis.

Incidentally – the New Zealand men’s curling team is currently ranked 14th out of 53 and the women are ranked 21st out of 53. So, if they can put such a complex in Naseby with fewer clubs and members than petanque in New Zealand has, why can’t we put a national petanque centre somewhere in New Zealand with indoor and outdoor pistes? It wouldn’t cost us anywhere near $1,500,000.00. I have long held a dream of building such a facility since I first visited a club in Seyssins (pronounced Sayson) a suburb of Grenoble, France in 2002. The facility at Seyssins was new and had indoor and outdoor pistes. The New Zealand team had been invited there along with other international teams as part of the opening of the facility prior to the World Champs in Grenoble. My facility would have an indoor area containing 16 pistes, a classroom with appropriate audio-visual equipment for training and a little café area. Outside there would be at least a further 16 pistes between rows of plane trees (or similar). This facility would be used for training players from all levels of petanque from school children (holiday camps?) to national teams and of course would be the venue for regional, national and international events. I have the perfect piece of land in mind (in Masterton of course!!). Masterton you say?? Off the beaten track isn’t it? Well if you are going to raise money to build such a facility you might as well throw in a mini-van to ferry people back and forth to Wellington or Palmerston North airports. It doesn’t hurt to dream - Because without dreams things don’t become a reality!

Incidentally – the New Zealand men’s curling team is currently ranked 14th out of 53 and the women are ranked 21st out of 53.

So, if they can put such a complex in Naseby with fewer clubs and members than petanque in New Zealand has, why can’t we put a national petanque centre somewhere in New Zealand with indoor and outdoor pistes? It wouldn’t cost us anywhere near $1,500,000.00.

I have long held a dream of building such a facility since I first visited a club in Seyssins (pronounced Sayson) a suburb of Grenoble, France in 2002. The facility at Seyssins was new and had indoor and outdoor pistes. The New Zealand team had been invited there along with other international teams as part of the opening of the facility prior to the World Champs in Grenoble.

My facility would have an indoor area containing 16 pistes, a classroom with appropriate audio-visual equipment for training and a little café area. Outside there would be at least a further 16 pistes between rows of plane trees (or similar). This facility would be used for training players from all levels of petanque from school children (holiday camps?) to national teams and of course would be the venue for regional, national and international events. I have the perfect piece of land in mind (in Masterton of course!!). Masterton you say?? Off the beaten track isn’t it? Well if you are going to raise money to build such a facility you might as well throw in a mini-van to ferry people back and forth to Wellington or Palmerston North airports.

It doesn’t hurt to dream - Because without dreams things don’t become a reality!

2014 National Club Championships - B y R ic h a rd T u rfre y

“Come on George”! was the cry from Sarah-Jane. “Come on George!”


Incidentally – the New Zealand men’s curling team is currently ranked 14th out of 53 and the women are ranked 21st out of 53. So, if they can put such a complex in Naseby with fewer clubs and members than petanque in New Zealand has, why can’t we put a national petanque centre somewhere in New Zealand with indoor and outdoor pistes? It wouldn’t cost us anywhere near $1,500,000.00. I have long held a dream of building such a facility since I first visited a club in Seyssins (pronounced Sayson) a suburb of Grenoble, France in 2002. The facility at Seyssins was new and had indoor and outdoor pistes. The New Zealand team had been invited there along with other international teams as part of the opening of the facility prior to the World Champs in Grenoble. My facility would have an indoor area containing 16 pistes, a classroom with appropriate audio-visual equipment for training and a little café area. Outside there would be at least a further 16 pistes between rows of plane trees (or similar). This facility would be used for training players from all levels of petanque from school children (holiday camps?) to national teams and of course would be the venue for regional, national and international events. I have the perfect piece of land in mind (in Masterton of course!!). Masterton you say?? Off the beaten track isn’t it? Well if you are going to raise money to build such a facility you might as well throw in a mini-van to ferry people back and forth to Wellington or Palmerston North airports. It doesn’t hurt to dream - Because without dreams things don’t become a reality!

Incidentally – the New Zealand men’s curling team is currently ranked 14th out of 53 and the women are ranked 21st out of 53.

So, if they can put such a complex in Naseby with fewer clubs and members than petanque in New Zealand has, why can’t we put a national petanque centre somewhere in New Zealand with indoor and outdoor pistes? It wouldn’t cost us anywhere near $1,500,000.00.

I have long held a dream of building such a facility since I first visited a club in Seyssins (pronounced Sayson) a suburb of Grenoble, France in 2002. The facility at Seyssins was new and had indoor and outdoor pistes. The New Zealand team had been invited there along with other international teams as part of the opening of the facility prior to the World Champs in Grenoble.

My facility would have an indoor area containing 16 pistes, a classroom with appropriate audio-visual equipment for training and a little café area. Outside there would be at least a further 16 pistes between rows of plane trees (or similar). This facility would be used for training players from all levels of petanque from school children (holiday camps?) to national teams and of course would be the venue for regional, national and international events. I have the perfect piece of land in mind (in Masterton of course!!). Masterton you say?? Off the beaten track isn’t it? Well if you are going to raise money to build such a facility you might as well throw in a mini-van to ferry people back and forth to Wellington or Palmerston North airports.

It doesn’t hurt to dream - Because without dreams things don’t become a reality!

2014 National Club Championships - B y R ic h a rd T u rfre y



2014 National Club Championships - By Richard Turfrey


It was late afternoon Sunday, 27th April 2014 and the last round of games in the National Club Championships. The magnificent setting of the Rotorua Government Gardens had been infiltrated yet again. There was a fight ensuing. All over the terrain there was the sound of cracking boule, and then, this one solitary shrill pitched voice, “come on George!”

Sarah-Jane was playing with husband Dez Grant, and they were holding a slender lead for St. George over Wanganui East’s Yvonne Futcher and Christine Strichen. I was playing on the next piste with Tony Simpson. We had squandered a decent lead and were now trailing 12/8 to St. George’s Gordon Ogden and Simon Hurley. Timed games and the hour had passed; we were playing the final end of two after the dreaded bell had sounded.

After a day of triples on Saturday and now a day of doubles, St. George needed the wins to secure silver. Sarah-Jane’s urging was as helpful to me as an unexpected nail is to a chainsaw cutting through a beam of wood.

“Come on Wanganui”, Yvonne called out, countering Sarah, closely followed by Sue Gurr from the sideline, barracking for Wanganui. I played my first boule and it came to rest 9 metres away, nestled up to the coch. Not exactly brilliant, this gave the opponents a chance to kill the end. Simon only need shoot our boule, and the coch most certainly would fly off the piste, which would finish the game. We would lose. My mind drifted back to 2010, the year we helped lift St George to victory. Wanganui claimed 2 wins of doubles in the final round against Herne Bay (the mighty green machine) to give St George the trophy.

Tony brought me back to the game, saying “why aren’t they shooting?” We were bemused that instead of shooting, they had opted to close up the end by pointing. Two ends earlier, they restricted us to 1 point with a similar tactic, by closely playing boule, around our holding one.

“Come on Wanganui!” Graeme Morris chimed in, immediately countered by Sarah-Jane. “Who the hell is George?” I yelled, as Simon stepped up to play his last boule. Once he completed his play, we went and surveyed the head. The covering boules weren’t as tight as two ends earlier. Needing 5 more points to win, we decided to point. I got my second in, but my third skittled past the coch and out the back. “Thanks mate, no pressure” said Tony, now needing to secure all three of his shots, to take the game. He pointed his first boule beautifully to hold. His second made its mark as well, so it was down to the last boule, amidst the surrounding shouts of encouragement. Tony played his third boule straight toward the coch. It looked to track in nicely, but stopped just short of taking another point. We took four off the end, twelve all, a drawn game.

On the adjacent piste, Yvonne and Christine had lost their battle, but a further piste over, Pete and Shirley came up trumps over Charlie and Ann. By restricting St George to only 1.5 points for a tied game, we had done enough to keep St George out of silver. Masterton secured second place, by just half a point.

Of course this negated the earlier promise of free drinks from St George, but was still a fitting end, to an enjoyable weekend.

As I walked toward the club rooms, in fading light, heading for a cold beer or three, I reflected on a great weekend. It was great Petanque, with friendly rivalry and excellent camaraderie. An evening meal at the club rooms Saturday night at very reasonably prices and a well-run and well organised tournament.

I pondered about the green machine’s (Herne Bay) firm grip on the tournament. What will it take to knock them off their perch, next year?

Whatever it is, I certainly want to be part of a successful tournament and so it is that I look forward to the National Club Championships in 2015.

Final Positions for the 2014 National Club Championships

Division One

First Herne Bay Gold Second Masterton Third St. George Fourth = Bay View Wanganui East Sixth Wellington Nomads*

Division Two

First Panmure Pioneers Second Tauranga Green Third Herne Bay Green Fourth Wanganui Gold Fifth Northcote Sixth Tauranga Blue Seventh Vikings

* Wellington Nomads were the highest placed senior team and as a result are the 2014 Senior Club Champions

See more photos from the National Club Championships on the


As I walked toward the club rooms, in fading light, heading for a cold beer or three, I reflected on a great weekend. It was great Petanque, with friendly rivalry and excellent camaraderie. An evening meal at the club rooms Saturday night at very reasonably prices and a well-run and well organised tournament.

I pondered about the green machine’s (Herne Bay) firm grip on the tournament. What will it take to knock them off their perch, next year?

Whatever it is, I certainly want to be part of a successful tournament and so it is that I look forward to the National Club Championships in 2015.

Final Positions for the 2014 National Club Championships

Division One

First Herne Bay Gold Second Masterton Third St. George Fourth = Bay View Wanganui East Sixth Wellington Nomads*

Division Two

First Panmure Pioneers Second Tauranga Green Third Herne Bay Green Fourth Wanganui Gold Fifth Northcote Sixth Tauranga Blue Seventh Vikings

* Wellington Nomads were the highest placed senior team and as a result are the 2014 Senior Club Champions

See more photos from the National Club Championships on the


Days Before Petanque

By- Colin Bunce

Motor sport was my passion. I breathed petrol fumes. Racing cars filled my every thought. I wanted one. But for that, you need $$$$$. Lots of them. At age twenty, I wangled my way into business on my own account. No more filling someone else’s pocket from the sweat of my brow. In 1961 I purchased a home constructed sports racing car. A year later I upgraded to the then very quick and locally famous A50 special, in which I won the 1964 Teretonga Championship and successfully raced throughout the lower South Island. Then along came George Begg. A larger than life character who began building real racing cars. I bought the Begg 1600; a great car that I made my mark in. Then along came Marilyn, the Gore librarian, whom I conned into marrying me. For the first time ever, I found something more wondrous than motor sport! Unlike today, motor racing was extremely dangerous. Two Begg drivers were killed during my time with the Begg. So with reluctance I went saloon car racing. It was certainly not a cheaper form of racing, but I suppose it was safer. Most importantly it was fun. I competed in lots of marques. The more notable ones : a Lotus Cortina, Ford Capri, Fiat 1500 and a 125T, Mitsubishi GTO, Ford GT Falcon Shaker, (which is today worth about the same as my house), Daihatsu GTTi (which was a rocket on wheels) and a few other less than memorable ones. While racing the Lotus Cortina, I was approached by the local Fiat dealer and offered a Fait 125T, a NZ made racing saloon. Would I drive it for them, all expenses paid? Would I ever! A fully sponsored drive is every competitor’s dream. I drove that car for a season.

As happens, a new breed of younger guys appeared and my enthusiasm was waning. With mixed feelings I hung up my helmet. For twenty years motor sport had filled both Marilyn’s and my every free moment. I decided to put back something into the sport that had provided us with so much enjoyment. I joined the white coat officials that without their freely given help, motor racing would not exist. After a few years serving on nearly every committee and doing damn near every voluntary job at Teretonga, I sat and successfully obtained my international clerk of course ticket. In this position I spent many enjoyable/frustrating and stressful years until once again it was time to let some new and younger blood have their turn. In 1993 I was very proud and humbled to be the recipient of the New Zealand Motor Sport Distinguished Service Award in recognition of my contribution and service made to New Zealand motor sport.

And then I discovered Petanque………………….

“If you’re still looking for that one person who can change your life – take a look in the mirror”

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I would like to thank Petanque New Zealand for the opportunity to put to use my organisational skills and following petanque background in this position.

• President Rotorua Club• Vice President Petanque New Zealand• Asst. Manager World Championships

Geneva• Player NZ Seniors Trans-Tasman Team• Qualified at National Umpire Course

(Australia) taken by InternationalUmpire Mike Pegg of England andAndre Deramond of Australia

• Assistant Umpire Trans-Tasman• National Umpire, Regional and

National tournaments• National Tournament Director,

organised National, Oceania andTrans-Tasman events

To follow up the excellent work John Degueldre has put in place I will be emailing out a survey to current Regional and National Umpires to find out where everybody is up to in their umpiring aspirations. This will then hopefully give me some background and a basis to qualifying more Regional Umpires to National umpires.

Regional Umpires can also let me know of their top performing Club Umpires who we could elevate to the Regional ranks. New Club Umpires will also need to be sourced.

Refresher courses will then be put in place to bring everybody up to date.

All aspects of the Umpiring policy will also be reviewed.

In my endeavours, I would like to provide open communication lines and one official International source for receiving new or amended rules. The rules implementation would then be done on a nationwide basis.

I am available on email [email protected] or 07 3463370 for

any queries concerning Umpiring.

Trevor

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PNZ appoints a new Technical Director of Umpiring

It is with great pleasure that PNZ welcome Trevor Neilson from Rotorua to the role of Technical Director of Umpiring. Trevor brings a wealth of experience to the role, both as a player at all levels and as a National level umpire. Anyone who knows Trevor knows he is very organised, efficient and passionate about the sport of petanque, so we have every confidence that he will have this part of the organisation running smoothly in no time. Trevor’s first task will be to provide some background information on himself and his vision for the role to all members, via the website, magazine and through the clubs and I know he is already planning his first contact with umpires around the country.

Welcome to the team, Trevor

Stefany Frost President Petanque New Zealand

Profile: Trevor Neilson

This amazing looking cake was made for Dave Gatchell of the Horowheua Petanque club for his 60th birthday.

Days Before Petanque

By- Colin Bunce

Motor sport was my passion. I breathed petrol fumes. Racing cars filled my every thought. I wanted one. But for that, you need $$$$$. Lots of them.

At age twenty, I wangled my way into business on my own account. No more filling someone else’s pocket from the sweat of my brow.

In 1961 I purchased a home constructed sports racing car. A year later I upgraded to the then very quick and locally famous A50 special, in which I won the 1964 Teretonga Championship and successfully raced throughout the lower South Island.

Then along came George Begg. A larger than life character who began building real racing cars. I bought the Begg 1600; a great car that I made my mark in.

Then along came Marilyn, the Gore librarian, whom I conned into marrying me. For the first time ever, I found something more wondrous than motor sport!

Unlike today, motor racing was extremely dangerous. Two Begg drivers were killed during my time with the Begg. So with reluctance I went saloon car racing.

It was certainly not a cheaper form of racing, but I suppose it was safer. Most importantly it was fun. I competed in lots of marques. The more notable ones : a Lotus Cortina, Ford Capri, Fiat 1500 and a 125T, Mitsubishi GTO, Ford GT Falcon Shaker, (which is today worth about the same as my house), Daihatsu GTTi (which was a rocket on wheels) and a few other less than memorable ones.

While racing the Lotus Cortina, I was approached by the local Fiat dealer and offered a Fait 125T, a NZ made racing saloon. Would I drive it for them, all expenses paid? Would I ever! A fully sponsored drive is every competitor’s dream. I drove that car for a season.

As happens, a new breed of younger guys appeared and my enthusiasm was waning. With mixed feelings I hung up my helmet.

For twenty years motor sport had filled both Marilyn’s and my every free moment. I decided to put back something into the sport that had provided us with so much enjoyment. I joined the white coat officials that without their freely given help, motor racing would not exist. After a few years serving on nearly every committee and doing damn near every voluntary job at Teretonga, I sat and successfully obtained my international clerk of course ticket. In this position I spent many enjoyable/frustrating and stressful years until once again it was time to let some new and younger blood have their turn.

In 1993 I was very proud and humbled to be the recipient of the New Zealand Motor Sport Distinguished Service Award in recognition of my contribution and service made to New Zealand motor sport.

A n d th e n I d is c o v e re d P e ta n q u e … … … … … … … .

“If you’re sti l l looking for that one person who can change your l ife – take

a look in the mirror” Unknown
















Trevor

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Trevor

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• President Rotorua Club • Vice President Petanque New Zealand• Asst. Manager World Championships Geneva• Player NZ Seniors Trans-Tasman Team• Qualified at National Umpire Course (Australia)

taken by International Umpire Mike Pegg of England and Andre Deramond of Australia

• Assistant Umpire Trans-Tasman• National Umpire, Regional and National

tournaments• National Tournament Director, organised

National, Oceania and Trans-Tasman events

To follow up the excellent work John Degueldre has put in place I will be emailing out a survey to current Regional and National Umpires to find out where

everybody is up to in their umpiring aspirations. This will then hopefully give me some background and a basis to qualifying more Regional Umpires to National umpires.





I am available on email [email protected] or 07 3463370 for any queries concerning Umpiring.

Trevor

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P ro fi le : T re v o r N e ilso n



• President Rotorua Club • Vice President Petanque New Zealand• Asst. Manager World Championships Geneva• Player NZ Seniors Trans-Tasman Team• Qualified at National Umpire Course (Australia)

taken by International Umpire Mike Pegg of England and Andre Deramond of Australia

• Assistant Umpire Trans-Tasman• National Umpire, Regional and National

tournaments• National Tournament Director, organised

National, Oceania and Trans-Tasman events

To follow up the excellent work John Degueldre has put in place I will be emailing out a survey to current Regional and National Umpires to find out where

everybody is up to in their umpiring aspirations. This will then hopefully give me some background and a basis to qualifying more Regional Umpires to National umpires.





I am available on email [email protected] or 07 3463370 for any queries concerning Umpiring.

Trevor

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P ro fi le : T re v o r N e ilso n



Message from the new President of PNZ

As you are no doubt aware a new board was elected at the recent AGM in Rotorua and since then they have elected me (Stefany Frost, Dunedin) as president and Richard Turfrey (Wanganui) as vice president for the coming year. The rest of the team is Barrie Anderson (Auckland), Sarah-Jane Wright (Hawkes Bay) and Claire Bradburn (Wellington). Both Brian Smith (Treasurer, Wellington) and Barbara Whittington (Secretary, Wellington) have confirmed their availability for the coming year also. I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself to members and outline some of the areas the board and I will be focusing on in the coming year.

I was born and bred in Dunedin and I still live in Dunedin by choice, despite the weather! I live with my husband Neville, whom many of you will know from the petanque circuit, daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren ranging from 8 to 16 years, in a large old Victorian house close to the beach at St. Clair. I work two days a week in a mobile counselling service for children called “ChatBus” and run a small private practice from home as a Clinical Psychologist. I do many other

things, but my main interest in recent years has been Petanque. Initially as a member of the Caversham Club and more recently as a founding member of a new club Dunedin City Petanque. Getting Dunedin City club up and running has meant a constant round of fundraising and dealings with the local city council. Unfortunately having raised the money necessary to put down the terrains, we then found out that the site is an old landfill and as such it is deemed to be a contaminated site. This has caused delays and frustrations, but I believe we are now on the home straight with this and anticipate the terrains will be operational within the next few months….fingers crossed.

The strengths I bring to this position and to the board in general are business management (I have run a successful business for 26 years), communication and people skills and a clear and logical thinking process. I believe I am organised, efficient and hardworking and am fully committed to the role. While I am a relative newcomer to petanque compared to many of you, I know there is a wealth of experience on the board and in the petanque community in general that I/we can (and will) draw on. There are many areas that the board needs to focus its attention on in the coming months, but perhaps the most significant of these is to improve communication both to members from the board via regular updates on the website, our facebook site, the magazine and directly to clubs and from members, clubs and regions. We will assist this by hosting an open forum on the Friday night before every National Tournament (5-6pm), which all members from the tournament and regional clubs will be invited to participate in. We really do want to know what members and clubs think (good and bad).

Other key areas the board will be focusing on are:- • Finalising and distributing PNZ’s strategic plan which has been developed over recent months. • Distributing our draft youth policy for discussion and helping clubs to implement the plan once finalised. • Increasing participation in the game (promoting and helping clubs to promote petanque, sharing ideas on what works

and what doesn’t work, developing resources for clubs to use and so on). • Revitalising our umpiring and coaching systems and ensuring these are effective for all members from club level to

national players. • Undertaking a review of the constitution to ensure it provides the most effective governance for our sport • Continuing to review our selection process to ensure maximum participation and to achieve the best possible balance

between developing new players, cost effectiveness and improving our international experience and success. • Promoting a strong message about the expected code of conduct for players at all levels and a zero tolerance for

breaches to this code. There are doubtless many other issues that will arise during the year, so it will be a busy but hopefully constructive year for the board. As a board we are just five people and obviously cannot achieve our goals without the help and support of the wider petanque community. Many of you have identified yourselves as ready, willing and able to help with various projects and I assure you we will be taking you up on these offers. Our first full board meeting is on 17/18 May and from then onwards we intend to have monthly skype meetings, the dates of which will be published once a schedule has been produced, so that members or clubs know when the deadlines are to submit issues, queries, comments or concerns to the board. The board takes seriously any issue that members or clubs want us to consider, but these must be in writing to the secretary (Petanque New Zealand, P O Box 31127, Lower Hutt, New Zealand or [email protected]) at least 2-3 days before the board meeting. I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible over the coming year and I am always ready to listen to your thoughts and ideas so please feel free to bend my ear (except during a game). See you on the piste Stefany Frost

2014 BOARD AND EXECUTIVE Stefany Frost – President - Will have the overall responsibility to lead and support the board, will take on the role of public relations with all stakeholders and strategic planning and guidance of the sport. She will also take on the responsibility of managing the national team selection processes, including maintaining the points table. Other areas include maintaining and developing relationships with international organisations and taking responsibility for maintaining the overall standards and sportsmanship of Petanque in NZ. Richard Turfrey – Vice President - Richard has taken on the role of VP of PNZ and his other responsibilities will be in the area of promotion and marketing of the sport with a focus on increasing participation at all levels. He will also advise and assist with funding applications and seek sponsorship for our sport, through identifying and working with a group of members with skills in this area. Sarah-Jane Wright – Sarah-Jane has taken on the area of communication and will have responsibility to ensure a variety of networks are available for the timely and appropriate communications with all members. She has also taken on the role of membership services and apart from maintaining the official membership records will be the membership liaison person to all clubs. Barrie Anderson – Most people know that Barrie’s passion is tournaments, so it is no surprise that he will be responsible for the organisation and standards for all National and International level tournaments and will be an advisor as required for club and regional level events. The other area Barrie is responsible for is to oversee the area of umpiring at all levels with the help of a technical director of umpiring when they are appointed. Claire Bradburn – Claire has taken on the mantle of overseeing the development of coaching in the organisation and she will be looking to appoint a technical director of coaching and other support networks to assist her in this area. She has also taken on the responsibility of overseeing the implementation of PNZ’s policy on the development and engagement of youth in the sport. The Board is supported by our executive officers namely; Barbara Whittington – Secretary and Brian Smith – Treasurer. Although they don’t have voting rights on the board, they do attend meetings and support the board to perform their roles and offer their wealth of experience and knowledge to us. How to contact the Board Barbara Whittington, Secretary, PNZ 36 De Menech Grove, Lower Hutt Wellington Tel: (04) 567 9647; Mob: 021 443 916; Fax: (04) 577 3400 Email: [email protected]


2014 BOARD AND EXECUTIVE Stefany Frost – President - Will have the overall responsibility to lead and support the board, will take on the role of public relations with all stakeholders and strategic planning and guidance of the sport. She will also take on the responsibility of managing the national team selection processes, including maintaining the points table. Other areas include maintaining and developing relationships with international organisations and taking responsibility for maintaining the overall standards and sportsmanship of Petanque in NZ. Richard Turfrey – Vice President - Richard has taken on the role of VP of PNZ and his other responsibilities will be in the area of promotion and marketing of the sport with a focus on increasing participation at all levels. He will also advise and assist with funding applications and seek sponsorship for our sport, through identifying and working with a group of members with skills in this area. Sarah-Jane Wright – Sarah-Jane has taken on the area of communication and will have responsibility to ensure a variety of networks are available for the timely and appropriate communications with all members. She has also taken on the role of membership services and apart from maintaining the official membership records will be the membership liaison person to all clubs. Barrie Anderson – Most people know that Barrie’s passion is tournaments, so it is no surprise that he will be responsible for the organisation and standards for all National and International level tournaments and will be an advisor as required for club and regional level events. The other area Barrie is responsible for is to oversee the area of umpiring at all levels with the help of a technical director of umpiring when they are appointed. Claire Bradburn – Claire has taken on the mantle of overseeing the development of coaching in the organisation and she will be looking to appoint a technical director of coaching and other support networks to assist her in this area. She has also taken on the responsibility of overseeing the implementation of PNZ’s policy on the development and engagement of youth in the sport. The Board is supported by our executive officers namely; Barbara Whittington – Secretary and Brian Smith – Treasurer. Although they don’t have voting rights on the board, they do attend meetings and support the board to perform their roles and offer their wealth of experience and knowledge to us. How to contact the Board Barbara Whittington, Secretary, PNZ 36 De Menech Grove, Lower Hutt Wellington Tel: (04) 567 9647; Mob: 021 443 916; Fax: (04) 577 3400 Email: [email protected]


A MARQUEE EVENT By-Diane Findlay

Glorious warm sunshine , a comfy chair , friendly company, creamed scones and pikelets – what could be more appealing to our Thursday playing group than a high tea at Petanque?

For obvious reasons, the Club facilities at Christchurch have been unable to be used for over three years and our members were missing the social interaction after their petanque games hence “ High Tea at Hagley” was suggested.

Members were invited to bring their own special cup, saucer and plate, many of which had not seen the light of day for some time and some even had to be unpacked from storage boxes to give them an outing.

Members had a most enjoyable time and although the usual thermos and BYO will have to continue for some time, all agreed the high tea was a welcome change.

It was wonderful to see so many members partake of the day and this is an event which is sure to be repeated in the future.

Obut long advert new phone number

Phone: David (06) 379 7766

A MARQUEE EVENT By-Diane Findlay

Glorious warm sunshine , a comfy chair , friendly company, creamed scones and pikelets – what could be more appealing to our Thursday playing group than a high tea at Petanque?

For obvious reasons, the Club facilities at Christchurch have been unable to be used for over three years and our members were missing the social interaction after their petanque games hence “ High Tea at Hagley” was suggested.

Members were invited to bring their own special cup, saucer and plate, many of which had not seen the light of day for some time and some even had to be unpacked from storage boxes to give them an outing.

Members had a most enjoyable time and although the usual thermos and BYO will have to continue for some time, all agreed the high tea was a welcome change.

It was wonderful to see so many members partake of the day and this is an event which is sure to be repeated in the future.

Obut long advert new phone number


I am pleased to be able to take on the role of Technical Director of Coaching.

I have been involved in petanque for nearly 20 years and over that time I served on the board of PNZ for many years and was President for 6 of those years. I have also been involved with managing many New Zealand teams competing at the World Champs, Oceania Champs and Trans-Tasman Trophy (which I have also competed in for 6 years as a senior representative player).

During this time I have been involved in coaching in the Wellington region with both representative and club players which of course includes my own club, Masterton.

I have also been fortunate to have been able to attend the C.I.E.P (Centre International D’Ensiegnement Petanque) school based in Sergines, France.

I will endeavour to use the networks I have been able to establish within New Zealand, Australia and many overseas countries to assist me to build a coaching structure that will enhance and move forward from the one that was put in place in 2008 by David Lippard and Murray Porter.

I will certainly be shoulder tapping the many people around the country who have the skills and knowledge to help me achieve the goals set by PNZ.

Regards,

Graeme

PNZ Appoints a New Technical Director of Coaching

PNZ has great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Graeme Morris from Masterton to the position of Technical Director of Coaching. Graeme has a wealth of experience to draw on in this role from being an international player to being president of PNZ for many years and he has around him many experienced players and coaches who he is looking forward to working with.

Graeme will provide some background information on himself and his vision for the role in the near future but I know he is already hard at work thinking, talking to people and planning the first steps in this process.

The down side of Graeme taking up this role is that he will reluctantly have to give up being editor of the magazine, something he has very much enjoyed doing. Anyone interested in taking on this task please get in touch with me or anyone on the Board as we would love to hear from you.

Congratulations on the change of role Graeme, thank you for your work on the magazine and welcome to the team as TD of Coaching.

Stefany Frost President PNZ

Profile: Graeme







Regards,

Graeme

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Regards,

Graeme

P N Z A p p o in t s a New T e c h n ic a l D ire c to r o f C o a c h in g





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2014 Australian Open – From a Kiwi Perspective

By- Joanne Lippard

The annual Australian Open was hosted by France Petanque at their new petanque grounds in Bexley, Sydney. There were 22 pistes with slightly different surfaces owing to the ground undulations established in its former use as a bowling green. The Open is a three day event with the shooting competition kicking it off on Friday. They start at 10am and complete all rounds of shooting with the final tete-a-tete around 2pm. The first game began at 3.30pm after the opening ceremony. Two games were played on Friday and the balance of four games on Saturday. Barrage round one was also played on Saturday. If you didn’t register for the shooting, the start was 2pm which was very civilised.

38 open and 18 women teams participated with entries from New Zealand (us), New Caledonia and Thailand. Thailand fielded three teams – The reigning women world champs, a junior female team and the reigning junior open world champs. When these teams attended the opening ceremony in their world champ winners’ rainbow shirts, the excitement and anticipation stepped up a notch.

I formed a team with Pamela Jenkins (pointer), me (millieur) and Ariadne Ernest (Australia) as shooter. We managed to win all games against Australian teams. Due to the Swiss System we were drawn against both Thailand women’s teams on day one and lost both games convincingly 13 – 3 and 13- 0. However, the game against the junior women was much closer than the 13-0 scorereflects. As a team we played good petanque, making 4-5 boules count every end, except three ends. And boy did they capitalise! In one end we pointed boule within inches of the coche. They pointed inside the boule four times. Without this consistency every end, we had no chance. It was however great training and our performance against the two teams on day two greatly improved. At one point we were neck and neck at 5-5. We were shooting 4-5 boules an end and Pam had a shot – carreau for five. She hit the boule but it didn’t go far enough and we only took 2 points. We were up for a 10-5 lead though and we went for it. Again a lack of consistency on our part followed which allowed them to punish us and three ends later it was all over.

We took some consolation from the fact that Thailand trains every day for six hours. They are trained by the same coach and all have the same style. It’s like watching a military procession watching them warm up. We can learn so much from watching and playing against teams of this quality.

From what I observed the majority of open teams were at a good level. David, Christian and Arnaud Ernest (Australia) played as a team and were knocked out by the eventual runners up in the quarter finals. Australia probably has about five – six open triples that could match any NZ team. Many of these players have not represented Australia in the Trans-Tasman for some years. However, some of these players have recently returned to the sport and are keen to vie for representation for next year’s Trans-Tasman. For those who have been around a long time, think Bomaritos team, Eric’s team and the new kids on the block from Melbourne and Perth. If they are selected, the TT competition should be interesting!

The Australian Open is an excellent competition for all those NZer’s keen to experience good competition overseas without incurring significant expense or having to go through a representative process. Be prepared though, it is very exhausting and with the slightest of jet lag, can take a week to recover. Or am I just getting old!


Happy Birthday Petanque New Zealand

Below is the first newsletter published by the New Zealand Petanque Association when becoming an Incorporated Society.

New Zealand Petanque Association Newsletter 1994 - 1995

Issue 1, 1994 Welcome to the first New Zealand Petanque Association Newsletter. We are a week away from becoming an incorporated society. This is an important step in the game’s development as it enables us to do several things: The details of the NZPA and a list of its members will be sent to France and we will become registered with the International Petanque Association. This will enable us to use their resources and contacts to help the game here. The Society will also be an administrative body to provide help and support for any of our members to start a club in their region, or for anyone who has queries about the game. We can now hold a national competition (the NZPA National Competition). This will probably be held sometime in November, although a date is yet to be confirmed. The game now has an official body which can ensure continued development and interest in the game.

Events : The Devonport Competition is on 1 May. The entries are limited, so be in quickly and ring Chris at the Atomic Cafe. This is a Sunday and will start about 9pm. For those of you who don't have glow in the dark boule, the shorter days can be a bit frustrating for late afternoon Petanque. However, Chris has come to the rescue by putting spotlights out the back of the Atomic Cafe and widening his pitch. Play starts Thursday from 4pm If you have any news, queries, etc., please ring me (Keith). If any of the home or address details are wrong, please ring.

Issue July 1994 As of 1 June 1994, we are fully registered as an Incorporated Society. We are in contact with the Federation Internationale de Petanque Jeu Provencale in Marseille, France, with a view to becoming affiliated to that organisation. Once affiliated to the FIPJP we can issue licenses which enable NZPA members to play in international tournaments. Licenses will bear a photo and the signature of the license holder and will require updating annually. They will be provided at cost to members. We have already received a request from an English player Rory O'Brien of Baldock, Herts to be the first overseas member of the NZPA ! We hope to issue licenses to NZPA members prior to the first NZPA National Championship. This will be held Saturday 19 - Sunday 20. November 1994. Competition on Saturday 19. will, like as not, involve terrains on Devonport Waterfront and Victoria Park, Auckland City, with the final rounds being played solely at Victoria Park on Sunday 20. November. At this stage the competition is planned to be for teams of 2 players. All entries must be in by October the 21.Cost of entry will be announced but will probably reflect, in part, the magnitude of the first prize. It could be of the order of $20.00 per head. We are hopeful of being in a position to offer a prize of air travel to an overseas tournament to the National Championship winners. Further details as they come to hand.

We welcome, the affiliation, to the NZPA, of the Masterton Petanque Club. Club President Gary Wilson and club members are keen to exchange visits with other aficionados of the game. Brian Smith is working towards getting a terrain laid in the Wellington area. Terrains are going in, in Christchurch also, and groups are meeting in that city and at Akaroa. One person to contact in the Christchurch area is Nigel Windleburn.

We welcome news of Petanque Clubs/groups however small. If we have your name and contact number we can facilitate meetings with other petanque enthusiasts. There is no charge for a club to become affiliated to the NZPA.

Jorg Schulze Cam Calder Secretaries NZPA


2014 Trans-Tasman Rotorua

The annual Trans-Tasman Trophy match was held at Rotorua on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd March.

The Teams were:

Australia Open: Cathy Ayre, Sue Begley, Adeline Deramond, Jean-Luc Domergue, Clifford Edouard, Arlette figon, Francois Hitie, Michael Lacase, Pierrot Lubin, Kate Mangan, Libby Sowter, Frederic Vencatasamy, Coach: Warren Sowter.

New Zealand Open: Bob Bridge, Sharon Cannon, Christian Fouquet, Yvonne Futcher, Dez Grant, Simon Hurley, Annick Le Guen, Angela Maxted, Bill Peachey, Mark Richardson, Christine Strichen, Claire Wilson- Coaches: Men Lee Taffard, Women Dirk Winnie.

Australia Senior: Joyce Anderson, Robin Anderson, Helen Bayet, Terry Dando, Sue Dauth, Andre Deramond, Guy Detot, Annie Hambour, Valmai Nicholl, Kimj Threadgate, David Ward, Coach: Adrian Clements.

New Zealand Senior: Claire Bradburn, Alain Coulomb, Neville Frost, Janet Goodin, Pete Hamilton, Shirley MacDonald, Bob McCarthy, Graeme Morris, Ros Morton, Ray Pierce, Shirley Selwyn, Ann Shields. Coach: Richard Turfrey

New Zealand was defending a fantastic record having won both the open and senior trophies from Australia in Christchurch in 2008 and defending them for the next consecutive five years.

At the end of day one in Rotorua the New Zealand Open team was behind 27 to 33 and the Senior teams were locked together at 33 points each.

The first round of triples on the Sunday cost the New Zealand Seniors dearly as they lost all four matches. However, they made amends in the next round by winning three of the four matches.

So it would come down to three rounds of mixed doubles to decide the Senior winners. The first round of mixed doubles was split 3 each. The next round had Australia winning 4 of the 6 matches to take a 59 to 49 lead. This meant that New Zealand needed to win all 6 matches to retain the trophy. The last round was split 3 games each and so Australia lifted the trophy for the first time since 2007.

The Australian Open team went into day two with a six point lead. The two rounds of triples were split with each country winning 4 of the 8 matches, so their tournament was also going to come down to the mixed doubles. The first two rounds of mixed doubles were also split to keep the points difference at 6 to Australia going into the last round of the tournament. New Zealand needed to win 5 of the 6 matches to retain the trophy. They managed to win 4 with Australia having won one with one last remaining match still going. This match was between Sharon Cannon and Simon Hurley for New Zealand and Sue Begley and Jean-Luc Domergue for Australia. After the one hour and one end of the two to be played, the score was an amazingly low 5 each. So it came down to the last end of the last game of the tournament as to which team would end up with the Open Trans-Tasman Trophy for 2014. The Australian team were holding shot at close to 10 metres. Sharon went to shoot the holding boule. The shot landed in front of the Australian holding boule and the shot was so soft it skipped over the Australian boule to sit next to the cochonnet. Australia had 2 or 3 boule in hand to remove the New Zealand boule but were unable to do so. Sharon and Simon were unaware of the significance of their win and it was several minutes into the cheering and clapping of the New Zealand supporters and all the New Zealand team members who had completed their games, that they were told they had won the game that kept the trophy in New Zealand for another year.

Graeme Morris

New Zealand Triples Championship 2014

The 2014 National Triples Championship was held at the new Panmure Pioneers Petanque Club, Panmure Auckland on 5th and 6th April.

The terrain was very challenging for a lot of the teams. The final was one of the most exciting for several years.

Final results were:

Championship:

Winners: Seti Mailei/Charles Peni/Niau Ruta (Panmure Pioneers) Runners-up: Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East)/Tom Paulo/Junior Purcell (Vikings)

Third Equal: Myles Cowper (Hataitai)/Nick Jegousse (Upper Hutt)/Michael Rocks, Bill Peachey/Margaret Penny/Ray Pierce (Vikings).

Championship Consolation: First: Pam Jenkins/Joanne Lippard (Herne Bay)/Steve Lawry (Vikings) Runners-Up: Tumua Faitele/Dhiren Govind/David Peni (Panmure Pioneers) Third Equal: Claire Bradburn (Silverstream)/Angela Maxted/Miles Maxted (Kennedy Park), Jean-Pascal Cuer/Selwyn Sainty/Richard Swaney (Herne Bay) 3 equal.

Consolante: Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay)/Dez Grant (St George)/David Lippard (Herne Bay) 4, +37.Neville Frost (Caversham)/Mark Richardson/John Targett (Christchurch) 3, +6.Sharon Cannon/Christine Strichen (Wanganui East)/Claire Wilson (Masterton) 2, +14 (*). Alain Coulomb/Ros Morton (Herne Bay)/Ann Shields (Epsom) 2, +6. Shirley MacDonald (Horowhenua)/Bob McCarthy/Margaret Mordecai (Otaki) 2, +3 (*) Cathryn Lyall/Phillip Lyall/Sarah Lyall (Caversham) 2, -2

Margaret Maher (Northcote)/Charles Parley/Jean Parley (Stanley Bay) 2, -4 (*) John Greig (Kennedy Park)/Graeme Morris (Masterton)/Trevor Neilson (Rotorua) 2, -15 Gesta Avaemai/Clive Bartleet (Vikings)/Charles Brock (Kennedy Park) 1, -21 (*) (*) received bye

2014 National Shooting Championship

The 2014 National Shooting Championship was held in conjunction with the National Triples at the Panmure Petanque Club.

In the preliminary (qualifying) rounds Niau Ruta (43) headed off Bill Peachey (32) in the men’s championship and Jean Parley (23) was ahead of Christine Strichen in the women’s.

However, the finals saw a reversal with Bill Peachey defeating Niau 29 to 21 and in the women’s championship Christine scored 15 to Jean’s 8.

National Triples Champions 2014

Bill Peachey Christine Strichen





Final results were:

Championship:



Championship Consolation: First: Pam Jenkins/Joanne Lippard (Herne Bay)/Steve Lawry (Vikings) Runners-Up: Tumua Faitele/Dhiren Govind/David Peni (Panmure Pioneers) Third Equal: Claire Bradburn (Silverstream)/Angela Maxted/Miles Maxted (Kennedy Park), Jean-Pascal Cuer/Selwyn Sainty/Richard Swaney (Herne Bay) 3 equal.

Consolante: Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay)/Dez Grant (St George)/David Lippard (Herne Bay) 4, +37.Neville Frost (Caversham)/Mark Richardson/John Targett (Christchurch) 3, +6.Sharon Cannon/Christine Strichen (Wanganui East)/Claire Wilson (Masterton) 2, +14 (*). Alain Coulomb/Ros Morton (Herne Bay)/Ann Shields (Epsom) 2, +6. Shirley MacDonald (Horowhenua)/Bob McCarthy/Margaret Mordecai (Otaki) 2, +3 (*) Cathryn Lyall/Phillip Lyall/Sarah Lyall (Caversham) 2, -2


2014 National Shooting Championship









Final results were:

Ch a m p io n sh ip :



C h a m p io n sh ip C o n so la tio n : First: Pam Jenkins/Joanne Lippard (Herne Bay)/Steve Lawry (Vikings) Runners-Up: Tumua Faitele/Dhiren Govind/David Peni (Panmure Pioneers) Third Equal: Claire Bradburn (Silverstream)/Angela Maxted/Miles Maxted (Kennedy Park), Jean-Pascal Cuer/Selwyn Sainty/Richard Swaney (Herne Bay) 3 equal.

C o n so la n te: Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay)/Dez Grant (St George)/David Lippard (Herne Bay) 4, +37.Neville Frost (Caversham)/Mark Richardson/John Targett (Christchurch) 3, +6.Sharon Cannon/Christine Strichen (Wanganui East)/Claire Wilson (Masterton) 2, +14 (*). Alain Coulomb/Ros Morton (Herne Bay)/Ann Shields (Epsom) 2, +6. Shirley MacDonald (Horowhenua)/Bob McCarthy/Margaret Mordecai (Otaki) 2, +3 (*) Cathryn Lyall/Phillip Lyall/Sarah Lyall (Caversham) 2, -2


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Final results were:

Ch a m p io n sh ip :



C h a m p io n sh ip C o n so la tio n : First: Pam Jenkins/Joanne Lippard (Herne Bay)/Steve Lawry (Vikings) Runners-Up: Tumua Faitele/Dhiren Govind/David Peni (Panmure Pioneers) Third Equal: Claire Bradburn (Silverstream)/Angela Maxted/Miles Maxted (Kennedy Park), Jean-Pascal Cuer/Selwyn Sainty/Richard Swaney (Herne Bay) 3 equal.

C o n so la n te: Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay)/Dez Grant (St George)/David Lippard (Herne Bay) 4, +37.Neville Frost (Caversham)/Mark Richardson/John Targett (Christchurch) 3, +6.Sharon Cannon/Christine Strichen (Wanganui East)/Claire Wilson (Masterton) 2, +14 (*). Alain Coulomb/Ros Morton (Herne Bay)/Ann Shields (Epsom) 2, +6. Shirley MacDonald (Horowhenua)/Bob McCarthy/Margaret Mordecai (Otaki) 2, +3 (*) Cathryn Lyall/Phillip Lyall/Sarah Lyall (Caversham) 2, -2


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Medals at the National Club Championship

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