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2 July 2014
The next meeting of the WPA committee will be held at Silverstream on Thursday, July 24 at 7:30pm. Please forward to me any items for the agenda by Sunday, 6 July. Just a reminder that items need to be accompanied by a discussion paper for Clubs to use.
Many thanks
Colleen Horton
Secretary.
6 July 2014
The 2014 World Championship will be held in Tahiti from 23 to 26 October.
New Caledonia, Tahiti, and Australia were the three Oceania Federation qualifiers at the 2013 Oceania Championships in Wallis and Futuna.
However, New Zealand and Vanuata have been invited to take part in the Championship due to the withdrawal of several African and Asian qualifiers.
The New Zealand team is Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay), Andre Noel (Vikings), and Bill Peachey (Hibiscus Coast). The Manager/FIPJP delegate is Stefany Frost (Dunedin City).
6 July 2014
Some 4,112 Triples team (12,336 players) from 17 countries are taking part in the fifty-third edition of the Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque which started today in Marseille.
The French TV channel France 3 will be showing some games live. You can follow the tournament at lamarseillaise.fr. The twitter hashtag is #mondialapetanque .
11 July 2014
The Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque final can be viewed online.
11 July 2014
The Agenda for the WPA Committee meeting on Thursday, 24 July. The meeting will be held at the Silverstream Pétanque club on Thursday, 24 July.
12 July 2014
An additional eleven motions have been submitted by Graeme Morris.
14 July 2014
Horowhenua challenged Otaki for the Jacques Cochonnet trophy and took the lead after the first round. Otaki fought back to even the points after the second round. In the final round Otaki came out in front to win the match 5 games to 4.
The draw for Round 20 will be made at the next WPA Committee meeting on 24 July.
Match result | Tournament history
16 July 2014
Twenty-four teams have entered the Horowhenua Midwinter Triples (Saturday, 19 July). The start time is 8:30 for 9:00 am.
18 July 2014
Please find attached Petanque New Zealand's Strategic Plan (245kB) for 2014-17, for you to bring to the attention of your members.
The Plan is not just a Board document; PNZ hopes that all members will share our vision, and find something in the Plan that relates to them, an area where they can help PNZ work towards that vision.
Comments on the Plan are welcome; please email secretary@petanquenz.com, or President Stefany Frost stefany@clear.net.nz
Regards
Barbara Whittington
Secretary
Pétanque NZ
20 July 2014
Twenty-four teams took part in the Horowhenua Midwinter Triples. After a cool start, the sun came out and everyone enjoyed the sunshine.
Sheryl Parslow, Christine Strichen and Claire Wilson were the only undefeated team with five wins. Second place was claimed by Dave Gatchell, Lew Gill and Pete Hamilton on points from Myles Cowper, Nick Jegousse and Michael Rocks.
Horowhenua Midwinter Triples results
20 July 2014
PNZ President Stefany Frost has invited members to complete a short survey (32kB) about Coaching, Selection and the Representative process.
We recently advertised for a Technical Director of Coaching and got no response from anyone interested in taking up the role, similarly with selectors, we got just three replies, so we need to approach people directly. I also want to fine tune the selection process to make sure it is a fair, transparent and sustainable process. I know many of you have provided feedback previously and I will be looking at that as well, but I would ask that you please take just a few minutes to answer the 9 questions I have put together. The information you provide will be confidential between yourself and myself, I will collate the results in an anonymous way so please feel free to speak freely and know that it will not come back to bite you. In order to get it right we need your input!
Either email me on stefany@clear.net.nz or post replies to 6 Ings Ave, St. Clair, Dunedin 9012. If you would rather talk in person please call me on 021 717 080 or skype me on stefany.frost.
Thank you in anticipation.
Stefany Frost
President
Pétanque New Zealand
22 July 2014
Draft Minutes from the Annual General Meeting held on 14 June.
22 July 2014
The Women's World Singles Championship and the Men's World Singles Championship will be held in Nice, France, from 23-25 January 2015.
25 July 2014
The draw for Round 20 was conducted after the WPA Committee meeting. Otaki's next defence will be against Park Avenue.
Otaki
| No. | Challenger | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 20.1 | Park Avenue | Home |
| 20.2 | Masterton | Home |
| 20.3 | Horowhenua | Away |
| 20.4 | Silverstream | Away |
| 20.5 | Manawatu | Home |
| 20.6 | Wanganui East | Away |
| 20.7 | Upper Hutt | Away |
| 20.8 | Hataitai | Away |
| 20.9 | Kapiti | Away |
Note: The venue is for the Challenger.
25 July 2014
National Umpire Trevor Neilson, from the Rotorua Pétanque club, has been appointed by the PNZ Board to the position of Technical Director of Umpiring.
27 July 2014
The Auckland Development team to play against the Wellington Development team for the Chanticleer Cup in Auckland (23/24 August) is:
Pamela Jenkins, Steve Lawry, Andre Noel, Tom Paulo, Junior Purcell, and Selwyn Sainty. The Reserve is Ian Baker.
Barrie Anderson, Clive Bartlett, Margaret Maher, Margaret Penny, Ray Pierce, and Anne Shields. The Reserve is Paul Bickelman.
The Coach is Georgio Vakauta and the Manager is Ruby Vakauta.
30 July 2014
With the start of the new season on 1 September, the links from the website have been updated. The current season link will point to the 2014-15 calendar, last season will point to the 2013-14 calendar, and next season will point to the 2015-16 season.
The 2012-13 calendar (previously last season) has been archived.
30 July 2014
The Minutes for the 24 July meeting are now available.