You may be interested to know that the Yorkshire Open Mixed Triples competition is being held on Sunday 14th July at Heckmondwike Pétanque Club.
For more information and to register a team visit www.heckmondwikepetanque.co.uk
Under blue skies & warm sunshine, three Leeds members recently enjoyed success at the Pétanque England National Squad Selection Event (SSE) held in Worthing. A total of four individual triples events were held, with SSE4 being won by Charles Stewart, Neill Rank & Alan Swift. Following a league stage, the top two teams qualified for a final where the Leeds trio beat a team of England international players 13-6.
Earlier in the day, Charles, Neill & Alan had already beaten the overall SSE winners who will go on to represent England in the World Championships later in the year. This was a very strong performance, requiring a consistent level of play & concentration over the six games – a great result for Leeds & the Yorkshire region in the national programme.
The photo shows [left to right] Neill Rank, Alan Swift & Charles Stewart – SSE4 Triples Winners, Worthing.
Last Saturday saw 24 teams take part in the annual Yorkshire Ladies’ Day at The Fox, located at Stockton on the Forest in York. In spite of a good drenching early on, the sun appeared, everyone dried out, and had an enjoyable day of four games apiece. Well done to Rosanna, who played with Pat from Doncaster, and managed to come first as the overall winner for the second year running. Chris and Janice were thrilled to come 8th, with a very respectable three out of four games won. Migs deserves a special mention as she has a broken wrist, so played left-handed all day, and still managed to come second. What a legend!
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