{"id":4585,"date":"2022-10-10T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?page_id=4585"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:09:35","slug":"competitions-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?page_id=4585","title":{"rendered":"Monkstone Club Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the Club&#8217;s intention to hold the usual Club competitions in 2026 including the popular singles competition introduced last year.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>COMPETITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sunday 5 April 2026<\/strong> &#8211; Monkstone Easter Egg Melee <em>(No pre-registration required)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Saturday 22 August 2026<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Monkstone Club Singles <strong>(Pre-registration required)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sunday 4 October 2026<\/strong> &#8211; Monkstone President&#8217;s Cup <em>(No pre-registration required)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sunday 25 October 2026<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Monkstone Club Doubles <strong>(Pre-registration required)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sunday 8 November 2026<\/strong> &#8211; Monkstone Club Triples <strong>(Pre-registration required)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sunday 20 December 2025<\/strong> &#8211; Monkstone Xmas Melee <em>(No pre-registration required)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>FORMAT<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Competitions, except Singles, Doubles and Triples will be played in the standard 3 round melee format where you play with a different partner in each round. Partners will be allocated at random by computer.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Singles competition will be in a format to be decided when the number of entries are known.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doubles &amp; Triples competitions will be played in the form of a 3 round Doubles or Triples melee where partners stay together for all three rounds. Again partners will be allocated at random by computer. In order to encourage entries from newer less experienced members, the entries will be seeded in order to put together teams with members of varying experience.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ENTRY PROCEDURE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Entry is only open to Club Members<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">To enter the Monkstone Club competitions that require pre-registration <strong>you must<\/strong> submit your name <strong>by noon on the Friday before the competition<\/strong>. Entries received after that deadline will not be considered unless the Organiser considers that such entries would result in a smoother run event.<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">To enter the Monkstone Club competitions that do not require pre-registration just turn up on the day.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <strong>ALL<\/strong> competitions, except the singles, you must arrive by <strong>10:45am<\/strong> (<strong>9:15am for Singles<\/strong>) on the day of the competition &#8211; <strong>latecomers may be refused entry.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For events requiring pre-registration, lists of entrants will be sent by email to confirm the entries.<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ALL<\/strong> competitions,<strong> except Singles<\/strong>, will finish between approximately 2:00pm and 2:30pm. The Singles is anticipated to run until at least 5:00pm depending on the number of entries. Please ensure, before entering, that you are available to play up the finish time.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?page_id=6213\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CLUB SINGLES PRE-REGISTRATION FORM<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?page_id=2711\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CLUB DOUBLES PRE-REGISTRATION FORM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monkstonepetanque.org.uk\/?page_id=5602\"><strong>CLUB TRIPLES PRE-REGISTRATION FORM<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EASTER MELEE HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-12\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-12\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winner <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sharon Paynter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roger Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mike Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steve Hawkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amnada Jenkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">No Competition (Covid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">No Competition (Covid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-12 from cache -->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PRESIDENT&#8217;S CUP HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-10\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-10\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Elijah Jeffers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">No Competition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ian McCarthy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sandy Warner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Keith Nott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roger Griffin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mike Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-10 from cache -->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLUB SINGLES HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-11\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-11\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winner (Ladies)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Winner (Men)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Penny Woollmer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Keith Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-11 from cache -->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLUB DOUBLES HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-8\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-8\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winners<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tony Smith\/Lloyd Kinsey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Peter Kensett &amp; Tony Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sean Smith &amp; Spencer Bartlett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sean Smith &amp; Leon Soffianos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gill Clark &amp; Ian McCarthy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts &amp; Jayne Dunn &amp; Peter David<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts &amp; Amanda Jenkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Keith Nott &amp; Tom Mills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gill Clark &amp; Roger Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lynda Hodges &amp; Bernard Adshead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-8 from cache -->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLUB TRIPLES HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-9\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winners<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Roberts\/Paul Hawkins\/Venessa Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tony Smith \/ Evelyn Underwood-Lee \/ Alex Skibinski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tony Smith \/ Peter David \/ John Maroney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roger Griffin \/ John Maroney \/ Leon Soffianos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tony Smith \/ Lynda Hodges \/ Phil Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roger Green \/ Judith Smith \/ Tony Newton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roger Green \/ Gill Clark \/ Barbara Kensett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sean Smith \/ Ian Baildon-Smith \/ Phil Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lynda Hodges \/ Tom Mills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andres Siso \/ Phil Roberts \/ Leo Schwarze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-9 from cache -->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>XMAS MELEE HONOURS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-13\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-13\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Winner <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ian Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-13 from cache -->\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the Club&#8217;s intention to hold the usual Club competitions in 2026 including the popular singles competition introduced last year. 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