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3 December 2012
Thirty-one teams took part in the National Senior Doubles held at Forbury Park in Dunedin. In the Championship final, Clive Bartleet and Bob Bridge beat Neville Frost and Shirley Selwyn 13-6.
4 December 2012
Seventeen teams have entered the Open Triples, including the defending champions Sharon Cannon, Lee Taffard and Richard Turfrey, to be played at the Manawatu Pétanque club on Saturday. (Previous winners)
4 December 2012
The tournament has been rescheduled to Sunday 17 February 2013.
6 December 2012
The Wellington team to play against Hawke's Bay for the Haines Cup is:
Yvonne Futcher (Wanganui East), Sue Gurr (Wanganui East), Rex Hayes (Kapiti), Richard Lawson (Hataitai), Annick Le Guen (Kapiti), Bob McCarthy (Otaki), Margaret Mordecai (Otaki), Tony Simpson (Wanganui East), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Richard Turfrey (Wanganui East), Peter van Heusden (Khandallah), Claire Wilson (Masterton)
The match will be played at the Manawatu Pétanque club, Palmerston North on Sunday 9 December. Previous results
7 December 2012
The Hawke's Bay team to defend the Haines Cup against Wellington is:
Denis Bavidge (Bay View), Maurice Belz (Bay View), Sharon Cannon (Bay View), Geoff Greer (Bay View), Peter Horgan (HBLT), Simon Hurley (Napier City), Robin Johnston (HBLT), John Maxwell (HBLT), Pam Nicholson (Napier City), Murray Porter (Bay View), Lee Taffard (Napier City), Robert Wilson (HBLT)
8 December 2012
Sharon Cannon, Lee Taffard and Richard Turfrey successfully defended their Wellington Open Triples title when they beat Myles Cowper, Nick Jegousse and Michael Rocks 13-11 in the final. Final Results
9 December 2012
Hawke's Bay successfully defended the Haines Cup for the first time when they beat Wellington in the annual match at the Manawatu club.
12 December 2012
The draft Minutes of the Committee meeting of Thursday 8 November are now available.
17 December 2012
Due to a change of date by PNZ for the NZ Triples Championship at Park Avenue it is necessary to change the date of the WPA interclub finals from 13 April to 20 April. Same proposed format remains.
Regards
Graeme
21 December 2012
The top three players on the National Ranking list, Georgio Vakauta, Andre Noel and Allan Fletcher, retain their positions, but immediately below the top tier there has been quite a lot of change.
Barbara Johnston is the top ranked female player and Charles Brock the top ranked Senior.
Points of note are:
| Nov 12 | Nov 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Vakauta, Georgio | Vikings | 23.00 | 1 | 24.00 | 1 |
| Noel, Andre | Vikings | 22.00 | 2 | 23.00 | 2 |
| Fletcher, Allan | Herne Bay | 21.33 | 3 | 22.00 | 3 |
| Fouquet, Christian | Herne Bay | 21.20 | 4 | 20.00 | 5= |
| Lippard, David | Herne Bay | 20.80 | 5 | 19.60 | 7 |
| Belz, Maurice | Bay View | 20.50 | 6 | 20.50 | 4 |
| Swaney, Richard | Herne Bay | 20.00 | 7= | Not Ranked | |
| Winnie, Dirk | Park Avenue | 20.00 | 7= | 18.00 | 10 |
| Rocks, Michael | Khandallah | 19.00 | 9 | 19.00 | 8 |
| Brock, Charles | Kennedy Park | 17.33 | 10= | 15.00 | 14 |
| Greer, Geoff | Bay View | 17.33 | 10= | Not Ranked | |
| Porter, Murray | Bay View | 17.33 | 10= | 17.33 | 12 |
| Bridge, Bob | Hibiscus Coast | 16.67 | 13 | 14.80 | 15 |
| Johnston, Barbara | Masterton | 16.00 | 14= | 11.60 | 22 |
| Peachey, Bill | Hibiscus Coast | 16.00 | 14= | 14.50 | 16 |
| Bartleet, Clive | Vikings | 15.20 | 16 | 13.60 | 18= |
| Morris, Graeme | Masterton | 15.00 | 17 | 12.00 | 20= |
| Wilson, Claire | Masterton | 14.40 | 18 | 11.00 | 24= |
| Strichen, Christine | Wanganui East | 13.60 | 19 | 13.60 | 18= |
| Frost, Neville | Caversham | 13.50 | 20 | 11.00 | 24= |
Note: The list shows Players who have competed in a minimum of 3 National Championships in the last 2 years.
The official rankings have not been updated recently, but some inspired guess work suggests that this unofficial list should be reasonably accurate.
31 December 2012
The 16th Asian Federation Pétanque Championship was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 12 to 16 December. Over 160 players from fourteen countries took part.
Final results were:
Thailand 1;
Vietnam 2;
Laos, Chinese Taipei 3 equal.
Thailand II 1;
Malaysia 2;
Thailand I, Vietnam I 3 equal.
Cambodia 1;
Vietnam I 2;
Thailand, Vietnam II 3 equal.
China 1;
Vietnam I 2;
Malaysia, Thailand 3 equal.
Thailand II 1;
Cambodia 2;
Thailand I, Vietnam II 3 equal.
Vietnam II 1;
Thailand 2;
Malaysia, Chinese Taipei 3 equal.
Thailand 1;
Vietnam II 2;
Malaysia, Vietnam 1 3 equal.
Vietnam I 1;
Laos 2;
Malaysia, Thailand 3 equal.
Thailand 1;
Vietnam II 2;
Indonesia, Vietnam I 3 equal.