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Welcome to the website of Pétanque Wellington. On these pages you will find information regarding the game of Pétanque, also known as Boules or French Bowls, within the lower North Island of New Zealand.
Please take some time to browse through the site and we welcome your feedback (webmaster@petanque.org.nz).
28 April 2025
Horowhenua held the Carleen Fitzgerald Memorial Open Doubles on Saturday 26th April.
With 36 entries and a fine day it was a great way to remember Carleen, a founding member of their club.
Many people around the region have fond memories of Carleen, as a playing partner, opponent and mentor.
The games were played in good spirit, with lots of friendly rivalry. Moises and Brian won for the second year in a row.
21 April 2025
Forty five players competed in the Otaki Easter Mêlée on Saturday 19th April. Temperatures reached 26 degrees, unusual for this time of year.
Dave Gwerder won all five games and was first. Jan Haumaha also won five games and took second place.
13 April 2025
The entry form for the Upper Hutt Autumn Leaves Mêlée(11 May 2025) is now available.
12 April 2025
There were 32 entries in The Kapiti Memorial Mêlée held on Saturday 5th April. It was held in memory of those pétanque players at Kapiti who are no longer with us.
Tony Gatford was the overall winner. Kevin McFadgen was 2nd and Annick Le Guen was third with Kathy Gatford 4th.
09 April 2025
The entry form for the Sinclair Memorial Open Doubles(24 May 2025) is now available.
08 April 2025
The entry form for the Masterton's May Mêlée(15 May 2025) is now available.
5 April 2025
Upper Hutt's eleventh defence, and twelfth win in a row, was at home against Otaki on Saturday 5th April 2025.
The teams gathered at 09:00 and play began at 09:30 on a dry but mostly cloudy day. The threatened showers never eventuated and the sun even came out for a couple of hours. Upper Hutt took all three games in the first and second rounds, then two of the third round, losing the Doubles match. The final tally was Upper Hutt winning 8 games to 1. Otaki were very sporting and enjoyed a good spread for lunch before leaving for home. The final challenge of this round is from Horowhenua to be played at Upper Hutt. The next round will be drawn at the WPA AGM.
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07 March 2025
The entry form for the Kelly Cup Open triples(3 May 2025) is now available.
1 April 2025
Twenty seven players took part in the WPA Women's Singles at Horowhenua Pétanque Club on March 30th.
Annick Le Guen (Kapiti) won the trophy. The runner up was Claire Bradburn (Silverstream).
1 April 2025
Twenty teams competed in the WPA Regional Women's Doubles at Horowhenua Pétanque Club on Saturday March 29th.
The trophy winners were Yvonne Futcher (Wanganui East) and Annick Le Guen (Kapiti). Runners up were Claire Wilson and Christine Strichen (Wanganui East).
29 March 2025
The entry form for the Hawkes Bay Autumn Triples Pétanque Tournament(10-11 May 2025) is now available.
Please note - entries open 1 April 2025.
24 March 2025
Upper Hutt Pétanque Club hosted the Champion of Champion Singles tournament on Sunday 23rd March. Seven teams entered from clubs in the Wellington region. Seven rounds of games were played with each team sitting out for one round, four games before lunch and three after. The winners were in doubt until the last game was finished, a nail biter. However, Upper Hutt (Derek Worsley) prevailed with six wins, followed by Naenae (Michael Rocks), also with six wins, followed by Otaki (Shirley MacDonald) with three wins. The differential did not contribute to the ranking. Being a Round Robin format meant that the winner is dictated simply by who beat whom when they played each other.
24 March 2025
Seven clubs were represented in the Champion of Champions Doubles at the Upper Hutt Pétanque club on Saturday 22nd March. The teams played against each other in a Round Robin tournament format, at the end of which Upper Hutt (Moises Burgos and Brian Smith) took the trophy with six wins, followed by Silverstream (Braydin Harawira and Teagan Harawira) with four wins, followed by Horowhenua (Gavin Jones and Marie Jones), also with four wins. Silverstream were placed in front of Horowhenua since they beat them when they played each other. In this case the differential scores were not required to differentiate winners.
18 March 2025
The Upper Hutt Swiss Doubles took place on 16th March at Maidstone Park. Eighteen teams took part from all over the Wellington region with a contingent of helpers for the kitchen, raffle, scoring, setup and teardown.
The format was the traditional five round Swiss.
Moises Burgos (Upper Hutt) and Debby Butler (Kapiti) went through undefeated to claim first place. They won it last year too. Tony and Kathy Gatford (Kapiti) were runners-up, and Graeme Morris (Masterton) and Shirley MacDonald (Otaki) were third.
The raffle was won by Lee Matthewman (Naenae).
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10 March 2025
Upper Hutt's tenth defence was away against Manawatu on Sunday, 9th March 2025.
The teams gathered at Manawatu around 10am and play started at 10:40, with two games played before a superb lunch laid on by Manawatu. Upper Hutt won the Singles and Doubles from the 1st round, then all three games in the 2nd round, so had in fact retained the trophy by lunch break. Upper Hutt then went on to win all three games after lunch, making the win 8-1 to Upper Hutt. A great day of semi-social play was had by all.
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10 March 2025
Eight clubs took part in the WPA Champion of Champions Triples at Wanganui East Club on Saturday 8 March 2025.
Seven games were played at 50 minutes plus one end. When same number of wins occurred they were separated by who beat whom.
The Wanganui East team of Christine Strichen, Claire Wilson and Lee Ann Bartrum won. In second place were Kapiti.
5 March 2025
Thirteen teams played in the Masterton Open Triples over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd February 2025.
Day one consisted of five rounds of Swiss Draw. On Sunday the top eight teams were placed into two pools of four to contest the championship and plate. The remaining five teams played a five team Round Robin for the bowl.
Michelle Maxwell, Debby Butler and Junior Pulietu were placed first at the end of Day One and went on to win the championship.
22 February 2025
Eighteen teams competed in the 2025 Regional Triples Tournament held in lovely hot weather at Otaki Pétanque Club. The Trophy Winners were Michelle Maxwell, Claire Wilson and Christine Strichen who beat Brian Smith, Moises Burgos and Lee Tafford 8/7.
21 February 2025
Fourteen teams took part in the WPA Women's Triples hosted by Silverstream. The format was four random games followed by elimination games.
The final of the Trophy was played between Claire Wilson, Marie Jones and Christine Strichen and Annick LeGuen, Yvonne Futcher and Margaret Pomana. In a hard fought battle, the winners were Claire, Marie and Christine.
Plate winners were Adrienne Gwerder, Ngaire Eriksen and Christine Daykin.
Bowl winners were Lorraine Gray, Petrina Anderson and Johnelle Harawira.
9 February 2025
The 2025 Hospice Charity Tournament was a great success and the Upper Hutt Petanque Club did a wonderful job getting prizes and sponsors for the day. The total raised was over $9,300.00 for the Te Omanga Hospice.
I especially want to thank Paul Bonsey and Michelle Maxwell for stepping up when I couldn't be there for the day.
Now that the 2025 tournament has been completed we look towards the 2026 tournament and I invite clubs in the Wellington region to send me an expression of interest to host the next event. Any clubs interested please email me at graememorris@xtra.co.nz
Graeme
7 February 2025
The video of the 2024 Regional Senior Doubles final between Tony Gatford/Kevin McFadgen (Kapiti) and Derek Worsley/Brian Smith (Upper Hutt) is now on the Wellington Pétanque YouTube channel.