KENT PETANQUE ASSOCIATION

ISSUE No.37 JULY 2009

Half way through the 2009 season, so

what do you think of it so far ?

Summers here….. white hairy legs and flip

flops the order of the day…..a design

opportunity for a genius to invent sandals

for petanque. Standard of play and much

improved facilities at several venues

noticed and appreciated by all. The overall

numbers of players entering the triples

qualifiers appears to be up on last year.

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After a tiring week contem-

plating two metres of ballot

papers and exercising their

hard fought democratic rights,

the proletariat of Kent washed

off the purple dye from their

digit and headed off for a day

of serious competition plus fun

and enjoyment in the sun, and

sun shade of the Lordswood

Bowl for the 2nd Triples

Qualifier. Thirsty work

satisfied by the reliable quality

of beers served up at

reasonable prices in the Club

House, made for a pleasant day

of petanque. The ideal number

of 32 was met for the number

of teams playing, and produced

a good day of petanque enjoyed

by all. Richard King fell over.

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At a time of night when he would normally be taking the dog for a last

walk, and calling it a day with a cup of Horlicks, Lee Jamieson was called

upon to play in the final game of the KENT SINGLES against the one time

Frenchman Jean Louis Guiot, ex-tennis player, ex-teacher bon vivant, and

carrot eater with good night vision.

The final finished at the hour of 12:25, with JEAN LOUIS GUIOT being

the new Singles Champion Of Kent, beating Lee Jamieson 13—6.

Yes….a few hardened petanque folk stayed until the very end to watch the final, and

missed the last bus home. However the standard of play from both players was very high

with outstanding pointing and shooting.

Jean-Louis is one of the founding members of Hartley Country Club Petanque Club and has

not won this particular trophy before. Lee Jamieson is patriarch of the Jamieson Family

Petanque and belongs to the new Meadow Petanque Club.

32 players competed in good weather conditions at the GEORGE P.H. at Meopham from

7pm until the finish at 25 minutes after midnight.

All games in the early rounds were played to 9 points, then 11 points in the semi-finals,

which meant the final was the only game to be played to 13 points.

After the initial 3 rounds, Jean-Louis beat Barry Wing (last years winner) then Mat

Brown and finally Dean Ashby in the semi-final. Lee Jamieson beat Neil Phillips in the

other semi-final by a narrow margin.

A special thanks to those that stayed until the end to watch the final.

ORGANISED BY ANNETTE & MARTIN EGGLETON

It has been noticed that some venues this year have

provided excellent food and outdoor drinks facilities, while

other venues have not. It is recognised that where extra

effort by the organisers and publicans have been made then

they should reap some rewards in the way of support by the

players. Put simply, players bringing their own food and

drink would not be encouraged.

However, food and drink facilities are different and

inconsistent across the counties venues, and players are

not always aware of what will be available for a Sunday competition, so maybe it might be

a good idea if “flyers” and info. advertising Sunday competitions made it clear as to what

type of food and drink facilities will be available, and if “own” food and drink will be

acceptable. Also it might be useful to specify the types of prizes for the winners and

runners up, trophies or cash. Also-also, it might be advisable to notify of any restrictions

and requirements, such as….parking, no dogs etc.

BBC 12 was once again organised by John and Jan Price

from Wales in their own inimitable style. Some 37 players

took part………...from Lordswood, Adur, Amities, and the

Isle of Wight took part, plus a few from Hartley who made

their own way there and appeared to stay in the area for

most of the Spring.

The party departed from Gatwick on Tuesday 26th May en

route to Camping Monplaisir in Valras Plage via Montpellier

airport. The Monplaisir campsite, a new location for the

BBC, is perhaps a little remote if you do not have trans-

port, but nevertheless had excellent facilities and the

chalet accommodation was of a very good standard.

John and Jan had laid on a very busy programme with

games every day except for the Sunday. Visits were made

to several French villages for matches and meals including

LeSpignan, Vendres, Serignan and Valras Plage. Some ex-

cellent, and some not so excellent petanque was played in

the most cordial and friendly of fashions on what can only

be called challenging terrains. We were pleased to see

Norma and Stuart Parkway, who live in Beziers, who played

at some of the venues. Supper at the venues was generally

taken in the open air and in a most convivial atmosphere

washed down by a great deal of wine partaken of by the

locals and visitors alike. In return, the British party

hosted competitions on the campsite and supper was taken

in the Camping Monplaisir restaurant. Whilst much sing

took place, mostly led by J.P., the quality left something to

be desired. On the final evening, Roger the very friendly

owner of the site, and most of the vineyards in the area,

hosted a supper party in Valras Plage town which many of

the party attended to enjoy an excellent meal and the wine

which he kindly provided. All in all, a very enjoyable trip

for petanque players of any standard. MICK WESTON

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For those who may be interested in taking part in BBC 13 in the

Spring of 2010, the programme for this year is listed below which

gives some idea of what to expect, keep an eye out for the JOHN

PRICE info, towards the end of this year.

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To some, it was just a nice summers day of petanque.

For the KING’S of Meopham it was a double

celebration day it being SHEILA KING’S birthday and

also her wedding anniversary of a happy long term

marriage to BRIAN. Sheila provided a very big cake,

which she distributed amongst the players.

And weren’t the facilities good. Following on from the

excellent food and drink facilities at the George at

Meopham for the 2nd qualifier, Paul Hardwick and his

helpers provided similar excellent facilities at TOVIL.

Bar-B-Que , bar and marquee and a good atmosphere.

The results of this “3rd Qualifier” combined with the

results of the previous two qualifiers put Team No.8

at the top of the Leader Board, Team No.8 comprises

Richard Spillett, Simon Mannering, Matt Horrigan and

Dave Hurren. However the welcome surprise so far is

that team No.24 are second overall, this young team of

Gary Atkinson, Joshua Littley, Ben Littley and Alex

Bruce have played at a consistent high standard

throughout and look like continuing the same form at

the 4th and last “qualifier”. Another young team No.12

are also doing well and are in 9th place, comprising

Dean Ashby, Jennifer

Cooter and Steve Brown.

For the full list of

placings refer to the

KPA web-site. A total of

128 players have so far

played in the “Triples

Qualifiers.”

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Which reminds me ! Last year at Lordswood during the

Chairmans Cup Competition, Colin Mears was in charge of the

music, and selected some very good records, mainly old or very

old in line with the average age of the players…...some of the

records had not seen the light of many a day, and were good to

hear again, and some could be described as “you must have” in

your CD collection or on your MP3 player. It follows that there must be a list of all time

“you must have” records that appeal to Petanque players.

So try these for a start …….

Brown Sugar Rolling Stones Bird on a Wire Leonard Cohen

Good Vibrations Beach Boys Let there be Rock AC/DC

Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Roads Portishead

At the River Groove Amada Blowin Free Wishbone Ash

Georgia on my Mind Willie Nelson Lil Darlin Count Basie

New York New York Frank Sinatra Heart of Gold Neil Young

An eclectic mix……..forward your selection to add to the list……..send to the Gazette.

Would be interested to see the list of Colin’s favourites.

COLOUR PREFERENCES As long as it’s black.

Gazette Issue No.2 January 2005 contained this

letter—reprinted thanks to Mark Cooter editor at

the time.

Dear Sirs. Please restrict colour photo’s to the absolute minimum. Not all members are on broadband and it thus takes ages to download, worse than that, printing to distribute hard copies uses an enormous amount of ink. And you know the cost of cartridges even compatible ones ! The latest issue with a full front page in colour is not acceptable. I hope I am not the only one raising this issue. ROLAND BAUMANN SECRETARY HILDEN PARK PETANQUE

Good “ole” Roland had a point in 2005. Is it true of today. Maybe for some. However the

present day 2009 Gazette is put together on the basis that readers will use their own

computers and read from the screen, obtained from the KPA web-site and not necessarily

produce a hard copy. Not too many hard copies have been seen hanging from club notice

boards in the last couple of years !

Any comments ?

The “ab fab KENT CLASSIC 2009” has been changed to a one day

event as detailed below. Go to the KPA web-site

www.kentpetanque.org for entry form.

You can watch the final days play of “La Marseillaise” on

FRIDAY 10th JULY ………... non-stop from 8:30 until 18:00

go to http://video-direct.france3.fr/player.php?id=494

Double click on screen for full screen mode J-L.G

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PETANQUE COMPETITION 19th JULY

Beach Walk ( behind the swimming pool) - TRIPLES COMPETITION—£15 per team Registration at 9am competition starts at 10am—for more details go to

www.whitstableoysterpetanque09.110mb.com

Sunday 26 JULY CROWBOROUGH P.C.

TOWN TROPHY DOUBLES Starts at 10am

19th JULY 4th and final Competition of

The KENT TRIPLES QUALIFIER At HARTLEY COUNTRY CLUB

Registration 9:15 Starts at 10 am Licence—plus team strip

SUNDAY 2nd August RICARD CUP DOUBLES

HARRIERS P.C.

TOVIL- WORKINGMENS CLUB

Starts at 10am SUNDAY 9TH AUGUST

HARTLEY COUNTRY CLUB

OPEN TRIPLES

Starts at 10 am

Bar-b-que

Sunday 30th August

SEAL P.C.

The CROWN P.H. SEAL

Courage Triples CUP

Starts at 10am

SUNDAY 16th

AUGUST

The GEORGE P.H. MEOPHAM

OPEN DOUBLES Starts at 10 am SUNDAY 16th AUGUST

CROWBOROUGH P.C.

SPORTS SHIELD DOUBLES

Starts at 10 am

SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER MEADOW TRIPLES

STAR MEADOW SPORTS CLUB

GILLINGHAM

STARTS AT 10 AM

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The Kent Petanque Gazette is edited by Ron Yates. Any item of news for inclusion in future editions should be sent to e-mail

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DIVISION TOP TEAM BOTTOM TEAM

ONE MEADOW 1 FIGHTING COCKS

TWO HARTLEY KESTRELS CROWN A

THREE DUKE OF WELLY CAMPAIGN SINGLETON BARN

FOUR HARTLEY HAWKS THREE TUNS

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