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1 July 2013
FIPJP have confirmed Montauban in France as the venue for the World Youth (under 18) Championship from 29 August to 1 September. The Women's World Championship will be held at the same venue from 4 to 6 October.
2 July 2013
The 2013 edition of the Masters of Pétanque features 8 teams competing in 6 events from June through September throughout France. The programme can be found on the official website. Photos from the events can be found on the Facebook page.
Video clips from the tournaments can be found on Dailymotion.
12 July 2013
The Park Avenue July Doubles has been cancelled due to flooding of the terrain.
13 July 2013
The Regional Award winners for 2012-13 were announced at the AGM. The full list of winners is:
14 July 2012
Video of the final match from the Men's Triples at the fifty-second Mondial la Marseillaise de Pétanque.
20 July 2013
Sixteen teams took part in the Horowhenua Midwinter Triples. In the closing gloom, the Wanganui East Triple of Pete Hamilton, Shirley Selwyn, and Richard Turfrey beat Myles Cowper, Nick Jegousse, and Michael Rocks 13-9.
The Plate final was won by the Otaki Triple Don Fraser, Shirley Fraser, and Clare Loman who beat the Kapiti team of Kath Gatford, Tony Gatford, and Beverley Mason.
20 July 2013
The AGM Minutes have been circulated.
21 July 2013
The Wellington Development team to play against Auckland for the Chanticleer Cup in Wanganui (17/18 August) has been announced by the Selectors (Yvonne Futcher/Pete Hamilton/Graeme Morris/Dirk Winnie).
Fay Doyle (Kapiti), Steve Frampton (Park Avenue), Annick Le Guen (Kapiti), Kevin McFadgen (Kapiti), Tony Simpson (Wanganui East), Dirk Winnie (Park Avenue)
Sue Gurr (Wanganui East), Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East), Richard Lawson (Hataitai), Bob McCarthy (Otaki), Margaret Mordecai (Otaki), Graeme Morris (Masterton)
22 July 2013
The Auckland Development team to play Wellington for the Chanticleer Cup is:
John Greig, Grant Hackett, Janet Hackett, Angela Maxted, Selwyn Sainty, and Anne Shields.
Alain Coulomb, Jean Emshoff, Margaret Maher, Ros Morton, Jean Parley, and Bill Peachy
26 July 2013
Masterton and Upper Hutt battled atrocious weather on 14 July as well as each other in their Jacques Cochonnet challenge match. It was agreed that the match would stop as soon as one side reached the necessary five wins.
Results (Masterton names first)
Singles: Claire Wilson vs. Jean Baine 13-7, 13-7, 13-5;
Doubles: Graeme Morris/Ralph Priddle vs. Jeanne Zee/Alison Zuppicich 13-9;
Triples: Barbara Johnston/Joan Miller/Brian Smith vs. Ian Baine/Bob Horton/Kathy Taylor 13-3.
Score: Masterton 5, Upper Hutt 0
Masterton's next defence is away to Horowhenua.
31 July 2013
The next meeting of the WPA committee will be held on Thursday 29 August 2013 at 7:30 pm at Silverstream Pétanque Club. If you have any items for the agenda, can you please let me have them in the next couple of weeks and I will put the agenda out about the 16 of August.
Many thanks
Colleen Horton
Secretary