Two members of the club took part in the National Doubles at Brecon RFC PC on Sunday 23rd June. Rose Fiera partnered Rod Dobbins (Wenvoe PC) and Tony Smith teamed up with Graham Attfield (The Barn PC).
Congratulations to Tony and Graham who together won the competition beating Phil Bradshaw (Monkstone Inn PC) and Kon Tomczyk (Caerleon RFC PC) 13/8 in a hard fought contest.
Since early April members of the club having been involved in the WPA Grand Prx Series. This competition comprises 4 rounds and the final round took place over the weekend of 11/12 May at Wenvoe Petanque Club.
The following members of the club have taken part in this competition, they are:
Roger Griffin, John Barnes, Keith Nott & Jim Harrison playing as one team – Monkstone.
Three other members of the club also took part, but as members of other teams, Tony Smith (Binary Data), Brian Dreyer (Blues Brothers) and Rose Fiera (Boulistic Girls).
Congratulations to all those club members who have finished in the top 8 teams, and therefore qualify to represent Wales in Edinburgh in August.
The Home Nations were hosted by the Monkstone Petanque Club. Eight teams from England and another eight from Scotland had come to compete for the prestigious Home Nations Championship Cup. With the Wales squad on home ground, the undefeated English squad were up for some fierce competition. The Home Nations is played in 12 rounds over two days, and is held in rotation in each of the participating nations’ countries.
The first day of play, saw England win seven out of their eight games, Wales take four wins and Scotland one. England notched another 12 wins over the next two rounds and Wales 10. There were further tight games in the fourth round though the next day did not see a good start for the Welsh squad who lost all their games but one against Scotland. As the day went on the Wales side upped their game and all of a sudden, the all-conquering English outfit were suddenly back in reach. Games at the end of play were England with six wins, Wales with five and Scotland with one.
Round 10 scores continued to improve for Wales. The Welsh squad rallied at the 12th round but not enough to take the title from England, who won the Home Nations Championship with 72 wins; second was Wales with 52 wins and third was Scotland with 20.
The Welsh teams, supported by team managers Barbara Vaughan and Tony Smith, fought a valiant fight but it just wasn’t to be.
Results: Wales 1 (Cyril Royer, Ian Bailey, Neil Dobbins) 10 games; Wales 2 (Matthew Franks, Glynn Attley, Phil Bradshaw) 9 games; Wales 3 (Jeff Ball, Dai Cannan, Mike Jacques) 5 games; Wales 4 (Derek Jones, Mike Brown, Brian Dreyer, Lynn Babbage) 6 games; Wales 5 (Julie Bailey, Gemma Foster, Tansy Mayfield) 4 games; Wales 6 (Stewart Spencer, Kon Tomczyk, Peter and Julie Beresford) 7 games; Wales 7 (Jean-Yves Robic, Jake Caston, Scott Murray) 8 games and Wales 8 (Mike Jones, John Barnes, Roger Griffin, Mike Wigg) 3 games.
South Wales Echo, August 2012.
