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4 January 2014
Georgio Vakauta has been joined by David Lippard at the top of the end-of-year National Rankings following his two national championship wins in 2013.
Joanne Lippard is the top ranked female player and Bob Bridge the top ranked Senior.
The decision by the PNZ Board to drastically reduce the number of teams qualifying for the Plate and Trophy divisions has deflated the points available. In 2012, the twentieth ranked player had an average of 13.50, this year it is 10.00. The major impact is that ranking points are used to determine the seedings for the draw on the first day of qualifing at the national championships.
Points of note are:
| Nov 13 | Nov 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Vakauta, Georgio | Vikings | 23.00 | 1= | 23.00 | 1 |
| Lippard, David | Herne Bay | 23.00 | 1= | 20.80 | 5 |
| Fletcher, Allan | Herne Bay | 21.00 | 3 | 21.33 | 3 |
| Swaney, Richard | Herne Bay | 20.00 | 4 | 20.00 | 7= |
| Noel, Andre | Vikings | 19.60 | 5 | 22.00 | 2 |
| Bridge, Bob | Masterton | 17.67 | 6 | 16.67 | 13 |
| Fouquet, Christian | Herne Bay | 17.60 | 7 | 21.20 | 4 |
| Purcell, Junior | Vikings | 17.33 | 8 | 9.33 | 31= |
| Lippard, Joanne | Herne Bay | 15.50 | 9 | 10.00 | 27 |
| Wilson, Claire | Masterton | 15.20 | 10 | 14.40 | 18 |
| Winnie, Dirk | Park Avenue | 15.00 | 11 | 20.00 | 7= |
| Rocks, Michael | Khandallah | 14.00 | 12 | 19.00 | 9 |
| Strichen, Christine | Wanganui East | 13.60 | 13 | 13.60 | 19 |
| Hamilton, Pete | Wanganui East | 12.80 | 14 | 13.20 | 23 |
| Morris, Graeme | Masterton | 11.67 | 15 | 15.00 | 17 |
| Jenkins, Pam | Herne Bay | 11.60 | 16 | 9.33 | 31= |
| Simpson, Tony | Wanganui East | 11.33 | 17 | 13.33 | 21= |
| Peachey, Bill | Hibiscus Coast | 11.00 | 18 | 16.00 | 14= |
| Cannon, Sharon | Wanganui East | 10.00 | 19= | 12.50 | 24 |
| Pierce, Ray | Herne Bay | 10.00 | 19= | Not Ranked | |
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.
5 January 2014
Fifty-two players took part in the Otaki New Year Mêlée and the weather played its part.
Leading scores were:
6 January 2014
Due to the clash with the Trans Tasman match, the Regional Triples Championship has been rescheduled to 8/9 March at Kapiti.
8 January 2014
Fourteen teams have entered the Khandallah Mixed Doubles (Sunday, 12 January).
9 January 2014
Graeme Morris (Masterton) and Susan Norman (Windy Hills) are the fourteenth entry for the Mixed Doubles.
12 January 2014
Fourteen teams took part in the Khandallah Mixed Doubles. After four rounds, Jack Gazzard/Linda Gazzard and Pete Hamilton/Shirley Selwyn both had 3 wins and one tie. The tournament format of 60 minutes per game, with no extra ends, meant that ties were possible and four occurred in the 35 games played.
The final round saw the top two teams face off against each other. If that match was tied then the following three teams on 3 wins had an opportunity to overtake them down the home straight.
After a close tussle, Jack and Linda claimed the final match 13-12 to win the Khandallah Mixed Doubles for the first time. (Final results)
13 January 2014
Thirty-eight teams have entered the Kapiti Open Doubles (18/19 January). The field includes four-time winner, Brian Smith, and two-time winners Maurice Belz, Sharon Cannon, Myles Cowper, and Pete Hamilton.
15 January 2014
The following situation occurred several times in the Khandallah Mixed Doubles.
Team A points their first boule close to the cochonnet. Team B shoots the holding boule and both boules end up off the piste. Who plays next?
Article 15
If after shooting or pointing no boules are left on the designated playing area, the arrangements concerning a dead end as defined in Article 28 apply.
Article 28
When the two closest boules to the jack belong to opposing teams and are at an equal distance from it, 3 cases can apply:
- If the two teams have no more boules to play the end is dead and the jack belongs to the team which threw the jack at the preceding end.
- If only one team has boules at its disposition, it plays them and scores as many points as it has boules closer to the jack than the nearest opponent's boule.
- If both teams have boules at their disposition, it is for the team which played the last boule to play again, then the opposing team, and so on alternately until the point belongs to one of them. When only one team possesses boules, the arrangements set out in the preceding paragraph apply.
If, after completion of the end, no boules remain within the boundary of the authorised playing area, the end is null and void.
Option 3, applies in this case. Team B plays next, followed by Team A.
A very good summary of the point nul or Undecided Point appears on the Petanque Rules website.
18 January 2014
Three teams were undefeated on the opening day of the Kapiti Open Doubles: Murray Porter/Brian Smith, Graeme Morris/Shirley Selwyn and Kevin McFadgen/Shirley Selwyn.
19 January 2014
As so often happens, the leading teams from Saturday's qualifying round struggled in the morning round and dropped out of contention for the main prize.
The Trophy final saw six-ranked Maurice Belz/Bob Bridge up against thirteenth-ranked Myles Cowper/Michael Rocks. In the morning round Cowper/Rocks had won a tight match 8-7 after the game finished 7-7 on time.
Progress scores from the final were (Cowper/Rocks score first): 2-0, 3-0, 3-3, 6-3, 9-3, 9-6, 9-9, 9-12, 10-12, 13-12.
The Trophy Consolation was won by Brian Bradburn/Claire Bradburn. The Plate was won by Barbara Johnston/Murray Johnston and the Plate Consolation by Brian Frampton/Steve Frampton.
The Bowl was won by Simon Grant/Enoka Smiler.
21 January 2014
The January issue of Pétanque New Zealand has been mailed out to subscribers.
The issue includes a profile of the Napier City Pétanque club, and reports on the National Senior Doubles, South Island Singles and Doubles, Devonport Doubles and the Southern Tri-Star match.
To download a subscription form see the PNZ website.
30 January 2014
The Agenda for the next Committee meeting (Thursday, 13 February) at Silverstream.
31 January 2014
Results from the first day of the Inter-club competition.
31 January 2014
An unhappy cochonnet, upset at missing out on the photograph at the Kapiti Open Doubles.