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June 2015
Wanganui East Pétanque is the featured club for the month of June.
1 June 2015
Video of the PNZ National Triples Championship final played at the Christchurch Pétanque club on 1 March has been added to Wellington Petanque YouTube channel.
The final features three players from the Wellington region.
6 June 2015
Masterton's hold on the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy has finally been broken by Kapiti.
After the first round Kapiti led 2 games to 1. Masterton fought back to level 3-3, before Kapiti cleaned up in the third round to finish 6-3 victors. Result
Kapiti's first defence is away to Otaki.
7 June 2015
Video of the Masterton Midwinter Doubles final played at Clareville last weekend has been added to Wellington Petanque YouTube channel.
9 June 2015
With the reduction in activity over the winter months, what is the dedicated Pétanque fan to do?
Online you can watch videos from Pétanque Wellington , PetanqueTube, PetancaTV, Quarterback.
You can also simply type in Petanque Video and use your favourite Search engine.
For inspiration, you might like to consider Extreme Pétanque where there are no rules, just boules!
18 January 2018
PetanqueTube is no longer available.
9 June 2015
PNZ have announced the NZ team to participate in the Women's World Championship (4-8 November 2015) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Congratulations to Sharon Cannon, Christine Strichen and Claire Wilson. The coach is Michael Rocks.
13 June 2015
The Regional Award winners for 2014-15 were announced at the AGM. The full list of winners is:
SpiderAnderson (Wanganui East), Barbara Bateman & John Hall (Silverstream), Graham Hooper (Kapiti)
Two special Awards were also announced.
14 June 2015
Video of the PNZ National Doubles Championship final played at the Kapiti Pétanque club on 2 November 2014 has been added to Wellington Pétanque YouTube channel.
14 June 2015
Results from the Silverstream Doubles played prior to the WPA AGM on Saturday.
18 June 2015
Claire Wilson is featured in the Wairarapa Times Age.
22 June 2015
Video of the 2015 WBS Open Triples final played at Masterton has been added to Wellington Petanque YouTube channel.
23 June 2015
The draft Minutes of the WPA Annual General Meeting held on 13 June are now available.
27 June 2015
Last weekend's rained off Kapiti Memorial Mêlée has been rescheduled to Sunday, 27 September 2015.
27 June 2015
Kapiti's first defensive test of the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy was successfully completed at Otaki. Result
Kapiti's next defence is away to Upper Hutt.
30 June 2015
The squad members are: Brian Bradburn (Silverstream), Claire Bradburn (Silverstream), Eddie Campbell (Kapiti), Steve Frampton (Hataitai), Yvonne Futcher (Wanganui East), Dave Gatchel (Horowhenua), Tony Gatford (Kapiti), Lew Gill (Horowhenua), Annick Le Guen (Kapiti), Shirley MacDonald (Otaki), Kevin McFadgen (Kapiti), Sheryl McFadgen (Kapiti), Margaret Mordecai (Otaki), Barbara Nicholls (Hataitai), Sheryl Parslow (Wanganui East), Shirley Selwyn (Wanganui East), Tony Simpson (Wanganui East), Trish Smart (Manawatu), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Alan Taylor (Kapiti), Claire Wilson (Masterton)
Twelve players (6 Senior and 6 Open) are required for the Wellington Development team to play against Auckland for the Chanticleer Trophy (22/23 August).
Anyone else interested in trying out for the team should contact the Regional Selector, Graeme Morris (selector@petanque.org.nz).