4 December 2010
The Wellington team to play against Hawke's Bay in the annual Haines Cup match is:
Morgan Choveaux (Windy Hills), Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East), Doug Hay (Masterton), Barbara Nicholls (Park Avenue), Ralph Priddle (Masterton), Michael Rocks (Khandallah), Shirley Selwyn (Wanganui East), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Richard Turfrey (Wanganui East), Nico Toyne (Wanganui East), Peter van Huesden (Khandallah), Dirk Winnie (Park Avenue).
The match will be played at the Manawatu Pétanque club, 74 North Street, Palmerston North on Sunday 12 December. The start time is 10:00 for 10:30 am. All players are to bring a plate for a shared lunch.
5 December 2010
Hibiscus Coast club mates Bob Bridge and Bill Peachey retained their National Senior Doubles title in Christchurch. In the Trophy final they beat Colin and Marilyn Bunce from the Alexandra club.
6 December 2010
The Hawke's Bay team to play against Wellington for the Haines Cup is:
Denise Bavidge, Maurice Belz, Dave Bosley, Sharon Cannon, Geoff Greer, Peter Horgan, Barbara Lucas, Pam Nicholson, Gordon Ogden, Murray Porter, Bethne Rouse, Lee Taffard
8 December 2010
The French Federation has announced that the 2012 World Championships will be held in Marseille, France, in October 2012.
11 December 2010
After seven runners-up placings in 2010, Nico Toyne finally mananged to break his duck in the last tournament of the year. In the Trophy final, Morgan Choveaux, Michael Rocks and Nico Toyne beat Pete Hamilton, Joan Miller and Claire Wilson 13-7.
12 December 2010
Once again the result of the Haines Cup match came down to the final game of Triples. Hawke's Bay took the early lead in the Singles, winning 8 games to 4. The Doubles were then shared 3 games each.
The first round of Triples saw Hawke's Bay extend their lead when they won 3 games to 1. This gave Hawke's Bay an overall ten point lead.
With twelve points on offer in the final round, Wellington needed to win all four Triples games to retain the Cup. Over the next 90 minutes, Wellington won 3 games and with the final game at 9-9, everything depended on the outcome of this game which finally went Wellington's way to give them a narrow 25-23 point win.
26 December 2010
Nico Toyne has replaced club mate Pete Hamilton as the Wellington Region's top player on the National Rankings. Helene Hay has displaced Joan Miller to be the Region's top ranked female player (23).
Georgio Vakauta has retained the number one spot, although Andre Noel has closed the gap. Ron Sandilands is the top ranked Senior player, Nico Toyne the top ranked Junior and Joanne Lippard the top ranked female.
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= | ||
| 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 | ||
| Winnie, Dirk | Park Avenue | 14.40 | 14 | 14.00 | 20= |
| Porter, Murray | Bay View | 14.00 | 15 | ||
| Brock, Charles | Kennedy Park | 13.30 | 16 | ||
| Cannon, Sharon | Bay View | 12.80 | 17 | 15.50 | 14= |
| McKenzie, Craig | Herne Bay | 12.70 | 18 | ||
| Joe, Andrew | Windy Hills | 12.30 | 19 | ||
| Hay, Doug | Masterton | 11.70 | 20 | ||
Note: The list shows Players who have competed in a minimum of 3 National Championships in the last 2 years.
30 December 2010
The Khandallah club will be running two twilight events on Wednesday 12 and Wednesday 19 January.
Both will feature the new game of 2-Boules, which has been designed to encourage and develop both pointing and shooting.
Games are limited to 30 minutes and use a match play format (you score a point for winning an end, not the number of holding boules you have) of 11 ends.
You may enter the first, the second or both events.
Further details on the game of 2-Boules will be advised shortly.
30 December 2010
The allocation of Ranking points for the National Doubles on the PNZ website have been changed. This will hopefully reverse the points shrinkage that has been occurring since the final day categories were changed a few years ago. The table has been modified to reflect the new points allocation.
Helene Hay also moves up one spot to 22nd.
| 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 |
| Lippard, David | Herne Bay | 17.33 | 8 | 16.67 | 9= |
| Baker, Ian | Herne Bay | 17.00 | 9 | 16.50 | 12 |
| Rocks, Michael | Khandallah | 16.80 | 10 | 17.67 | 6 |
| Lippard, Joanne | Herne Bay | 16.67 | 11 | 13.33 | 22 |
| Hamilton, Pete | Wanganui East | 16.40 | 12 | 18.00 | 4= |
| Brock, Charles | Kennedy Park | 15.33 | 13= | Not ranked | |
| Greer, Geoff | Bay View | 15.33 | 13= | 10.00 | 29= |
| Cannon, Sharon | Bay View | 14.40 | 15= | 15.50 | 14= |
| Winnie, Dirk | Park Avenue | 14.40 | 15= | 14.00 | 20= |
| Porter, Murray | Bay View | 14.00 | 17 | 11.60 | 28 |
| McKenzie, Craig | Herne Bay | 13.30 | 18 | Not ranked | |
| Hay, Doug | Masterton | 13.00 | 19 | 9.50 | 34= |
| Joe, Andrew | Windy Hills | 12.33 | 20 | 13.20 | 23 |
Note: The list shows Players who have competed in a minimum of 3 National Championships in the last 2 years.
