Otaki Easter Mêlée
3 April 2024
Forty four competed in the Otaki Easter Mêlée on Saturday 30 March 2024. The winner was Te Wai Haa Rangi Biddle Amoroa with five wins, followed by Graeme Morris who also won five games.
Champion of Champions Doubles
15 April 2024
Seven clubs were represented in the Champion of Champions Doubles at the Manawatu Pétanque club on Saturday 6th April. The format was a round robin with games limited to 50 minutes, plus one end.
Peter Van Heusden and Clive Williams (Naenae) were the winners. Naenae went into their last game knowing they had already won. They had won five games and beaten Silverstream earlier. In second place were Theresa and Seymour Harawira (Silverstream) who also won five games.
Champion of Champions Singles
15 April 2024
Seven clubs were represented in the Champion of Champions Singles at the Manawatu Pétanque club on Sunday 7th April. The format was a round robin with games limited to 50 minutes, plus one end.
Michael Rocks (Naenae) won all six games and was the winner. Kevin McFadgen (Kapiti) came second with five wins.
Jacques Cochonnet Trophy Challenge
16 April 2024
Upper Hutt's fourth defence was at home against Horowhenua on Saturday, 13th April 2024.
Despite Marie Jones from Horowhenua winning all three singles it wasn't enough.
Fortunately for Upper Hutt the doubles (Mary Khalil / Dave Gwerder) and triples (Moises Burgos / Brian Smith / Adrienne Gwerder) won all their games. This gave Upper Hutt an overall win of 6/3.
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WPA Regional Seedings March 2024
22 April 2024
The Regional Seeding points have been updated after the Regional Triples. Michelle Maxwell (Kapiti) is in top place.
Carleen Fitzgerald Memorial Open Doubles
25 April 2024
Thirty five teams participated in the Carleen Fitzgerald Memorial Open Doubles on Saturday the 20th April at Horowhenua. The first three teams all won five games. In first place were Moises Burgos and Brian Smith. Runners up were Kathy and Tony Gatford. Shirley MacDonald and Graeme Morris took third place.
Gwen Hill
29 April 2024
It is with sadness that I advise Wellington Clubs that Gwen Hill has passed away.
Gwen was a life member of the Wellington Pétanque Association (WPA) receiving the honour in 2017. Gwen was the first Umpire Co-ordinator appointed by the WPA and was responsible for setting up an umpiring structure within the Wellington Region and co-ordinating all umpiring activities within the region. One of her many strengths was her excellent communication with fellow umpires in the region to ensure all regional tournaments had a qualified umpire presiding over them and that all umpires were up to date with the latest umpiring news.
Gwen joined the Kapiti Club in February 1998, although it has been some years since she played pétanque . Gwen was a stickler for ensuring all pétanque players played within the rules of the game, including Kapiti players at club days. Many players, including myself, have been on the receiving end of comments from Gwen about observing the rules of pétanque.
Our condolences go out to Gwen’s family, and we are thinking of them at this difficult time.
Kevin McFadgen - WPA President
Upper Hutt Pétanque Club Autumn Leaves Mêlée
30 April 2024
Forty four players participated in the Upper Hutt Pétanque Club Autumn Leaves Mêlée on Sunday the 28th April. Entrants came from as far afield as Masterton and Wanganui. First place went to Brian Smith who won all his five games. Linda Brown in second place also won five games.
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