WBS Open Triples
2 April 2019
The video of the 2019 WBS Open Triples final at Masterton between Sharon Cannon/Murray Porter/Brian Smith and Moises Burgos/Myles Cowper/Michael Rocks is now on YouTube.
WPA Women’s Doubles Championship
3 April 2019
Twenty teams took part in the WPA Women’s Doubles Championship played at the Wanganui Pétanque Club.
The Trophy final featured Carleen Fitzgerald/Barbara Nicholls against last year winners Annick Le Guen/Yvonne Futcher. Carleen and Barbara won the Trophy final 13-7 and were undefeated throughout the tournament.
The Plate final was won by Trish Biddle-Amoroa/Michelle Maxwell who beat Ann Hogg/Shirley MacDonald 13-11.
The Bowl final was won by Christine Daykin/Susan Gibson who beat Beryl Cowan/Anne Peck 13-7.
The Bowl Consolation final was won by Ngaire Erikson/Lynne Shepherd who beat Mary Joblin/Lee-Anne Bartrum 13-5.
The Saucer final was won by Wendy Lawson/Carol Tong who beat Jan Haumaha/Judy Tyree 13-5.
WPA Women’s Triples Championship
3 April 2019
Ten teams took part in the WPA Women’s Triples Championship played at the Wanganui Pétanque Club.
The Trophy final featured Shirley MacDonald/Ann Hogg/Trish Biddle-Amoroa against Annick Le Guen/Yvonne Futcher/Monica Smiler. Shirley, Ann and Trish came back to win the Trophy final 13-11. They were also undefeated throughout the tournament.
The Plate final was won by Christine Daykin/Trish Smart/Pauline Foxall who beat Kerry Gillam/Julie Satherley/Athena Christodoulaki 13-9.
The Bowl final was won by Anne Peck/Mary Joblin/Sheryl Parslow who beat Noeline Corley/Judith Smith/Shona Callear 13-9.
Sinclair Memorial Swiss Doubles
13 April 2019
Twenty teams took part in the Sinclair Memorial Swiss Doubles tournament at the Manawatu Pétanque Club.
Dave Gwerder and Moises Burgos were undefeated in winning the 2019 Sinclair Memorial Doubles. Three teams ended up with 4 wins. Noeline Corley and Yvonne Futcher were the runners-up on tie-break from Christine Daykin and Marc Khull (3rd place) and Derek Cooper and Paul Husband (4th place).
WPA Women’s Singles Championship
16 April 2019
Thirty players took part in the WPA Women’s Singles Championship played at the Manawatu Pétanque Club.
The Trophy final featured Claire Bradburn against Christine Strichen. In a close final Claire beat Christine 13-10.
The Plate final was won by Noeline Corley who beat Annick Le Guen 13-12.
The Bowl final was won by Lee-Ann Bartrum who beat Carleen Fitzgerald.
The Bowl Consolation final was won by Christine Daykin who beat Jan Haumaha.
Sue Gurr
16 April 2019
Wanganui East club sadly advise the passing of Sue Gurr. Sue was a long standing member of the Wanganui East Petanque adjunct. She did a lot of work for the club and in particular ran the NZ Masters Games Petanque for many years. She represented Wellington Petanque in 2012 and 2013.
Jacques Cochonnet Trophy Challenge
17 April 2019
Masterton’s forth defence of the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy was at home to Manawatu (third defence was against Silverstream, but Silverstream defaulted at the last minute due to lack of players).
The home team had a good start winning two of the three first round games. In the second round Manawatu won two games, so everything came down to the third round.
In the last round Masterton managed to win two games and finally beat Manawatu 5 games to 4.
Masterton next stop is at Upper Hutt.
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Otaki Easter Mêlée
25 April 2019
Otaki had a very successful Mêlée at Easter. Thirty-six players took part in a Mêlée that was played in a different format where everybody got to play singles, doubles and triples.
The eventual winners were:
1st equal Dave Gatchell and Davendra Dabeedoal
3rd Dave Gwerder
4th Ann Hogg