AUSTRALIAN MASTERS GAMES 2023 – RESULTS – DAY 2 – DOUBLES

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PETANQUE: Day 2 – Doubles

The second event in petanque’s 19th Australian Masters Games 2023 calendar was run at Eastern Suburbs Petanque (ESP) on Monday 9th October 2023.  Five Male Triple teams and six female teams were hosted in the historic grounds of ESP within the Unley Park Sports Club.

The South Australian Petanque League wishes to thank ESP, players, umpires, the tournament director, PFA and the amazing ESP volunteers who contributed to this event being a successful, enjoyable day.

Following completion of competition ESP hosted the social function with a sumptuous gourmet barbeque.

Congratulations to all. The results are as follows:Continue reading→

AUSTRALIAN MASTERS GAMES 2023 – RESULTS – DAY 1 – MIXED TRIPLES

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PETANQUE: Day 1 – Mixed Triples

 The first event in petanque’s 19th Australian Masters Games 2023 calendar was run at Club De Petanque D’Adelaide (CPDA) on Sunday 8th October 2023. Nine Mixed Triples teams were hosted in the grounds of CDPDA which is located in Adelaide’s beautiful south parkland with players commenting on how they had enjoyed the day.

The South Australian Petanque League wishes to thank CDPDA, players, umpires, the tournament director, PFA and the many crews of volunteers who contributed to this event being a successful, opening day.

Thank you to those who came to the opening- a bit of fun!

Congratulations to the Mixed Triples Petanque Competition winners.

The results are as follows;Continue reading→

2023-2024 InterClub Competition Round 2 – Gawler Petanque Club – 24th September 2023

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Round 2 was held at Gawler in fine and sunny conditions. There were a lot of close games and no team escaped without at least one loss. But it was also notable for a couple of other reasons…

Historically, the Gawler venue has not been a happy hunting ground for the usually formidable Eastern Suburbs club. In July 2008, an ESP team1 took home Interclub gold as joint winners with an Adelaide team2. That was 15 years ago. ESP were the premier club at the time and they won every round that season.3 Subsequently, they have won 9 more pennants and they have taken the gold medals at 45 of the 88 rounds played since that date. That’s a pretty good record, to put it mildly. But at Gawler, it’s been a different story.Continue reading→