1 December 2009
Results from the Women's Doubles, Women's Triples and Regional Senior Doubles have been made available.
Joan Miller and Ralph Priddle (Masterton) retained their Senior Doubles title by defeating Ted Burr and Bob McCarthy (Otaki) in the final.
2 December 2009
Pete Hamilton has stormed up the National Rankings to be Wellington's top ranked player in fourth equal spot. Joan Miller has displaced Claire Wilson to be the Region's top ranked female player (25).
Georgio Vakauta has retained the number one spot.
Points of note are:
| Dec 10 | Dec 09 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Vakauta, Georgio | Vikings | 22.50 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |
| Noel, Andre | Vikings | 22.00 | 2 | 21.00 | 2 |
| Belz, Maurice | Bay View | 20.80 | 3 | 17.60 | 7 |
| Sandilands, Ron | Cockle Bay | 20.70 | 4 | 16.67 | 9= |
| Taffard, Lee | Napier | 19.60 | 5 | 16.00 | 13 |
| Toyne, Nico | Wanganui East | 19.30 | 6 | 14.50 | 18= |
| Fouquet, Christian | Herne Bay | 18.80 | 7 | 19.60 | 3 |
| Baker, Ian | Herne Bay | 17.00 | 8 | 16.50 | 12 |
| Rocks, Michael | Khandallah | 16.80 | 9 | 17.67 | 6 |
| Greer, Geoff | Bay View | 15.30 | 10= | 10.00 | 29= |
| Lippard, David | Herne Bay | 15.30 | 10= | 16.67 | 9= |
| Hamilton, Pete | Wanganui East | 15.20 | 12 | 18.00 | 4= |
| Lippard, Joanne | Herne Bay | 14.70 | 13 | 13.33 | 22 |
| Winnie, Dirk | Park Avenue | 14.40 | 14 | 14.00 | 20= |
| Porter, Murray | Bay View | 14.00 | 15 | 11.60 | 28 |
| Brock, Charles | Kennedy Park | 13.30 | 16 | Not ranked | |
| Cannon, Sharon | Bay View | 12.80 | 17 | 15.50 | 14= |
| McKenzie, Craig | Herne Bay | 12.70 | 18 | Not ranked | |
| Joe, Andrew | Windy Hills | 12.30 | 19 | 13.20 | 23 |
| Hay, Doug | Masterton | 11.70 | 20 | 9.50 | 34= |
Note: The list shows Players who have competed in a minimum of 3 National Championships in the last 2 years.
4 December 2009
The Wellington team to play against Hawke's Bay is:
Morgan Choveaux (Kapiti), Myles Cowper (Windy Hills), Yvonne Futcher (Wanganui East), Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East), Doug Hay (Masterton), Helene Hay (Masterton), Graeme Morris (Masterton), Ralph Priddle (Masterton), Shirley Selwyn (Wanganui East), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Nico Toyne (Wanganui East), Dirk Winnie (Khandallah).
The Hawke's Bay team is:
Maurice Manuel-Belz, Roberta Campbell, Sharon Cannon, Geoff Greer, Ian Hay, Simon Hurley, Barbara Lucas-Creagh, Johnny Maxwell, Gordon Ogden, Murray Porter, Lee Tafford, Robert Wilson.
The match will be played at the Manawatu Pétanque club, 74 North Street, Palmerston North on Sunday 13 December from 10:00 am.
6 December 2009
In a reversal of last year's result in Tauranga, Bob Bridge and Bill Peachey beat defending champions Doug and Helene Hay to win the National Senior Doubles title.
12 December 2009
Barbara Nicholls, Ralph Priddle and Christine Strichen won the WPA Open Triples title defeating Myles Cowper, Michael Rocks and Ron Sandilands 13-12 in the final.
The Plate was won by Morgan Choveaux, Pete Hamilton and Shirley Selwyn. The Bowl was won by Doug Hay, Helene Hay and Ian Hay.
13 December 2009
Wellington regained the Haines Cup in dramatic fashion by winning the last Triples game with the last boule to finish the match 25-23.
Further details to come.
23 December 2009
The New Zealand players to take part in the Pan Pacific Championships in Singapore in March 2010 are:
Ian Baker (Herne Bay), Maurice Belz (Bay View), Jared Handford (Christchurch), David Lippard (Herne Bay), Andre Noel (Mt Albert Vikings), Richard Swaney (Herne Bay)
The Manager is Lorraine Brock.
31 December 2009
After eight years we have outgrown the capabilities of our website hosting provider. Consequently we will be moving to a new host.
To make the changeover easy, please make sure that you are using www.petanque.org.nz to access this website and not anything based on www.home.clear.net.nz/pages/petanque.
