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Eurocup Update 2

Having beaten Feering Bell in Round 2, the Kettleburgh team travelled 'up north' for their Round 3 match, playing Bob Carter Centre Pétanque Club in Norwich, who had beaten British Sugar Sports and Social Club 5-0 in Round 2.

With a place in the Semi-Finals at stake, this was always going to be a tough challenge, and in the open triples Phil Pearson, Matt Conway and Baillie Inglis never got into their stride at the start, and the BCCPC team took full advantage, scoring 10 points in two ends to win 13-1.

In the mixed triples Deborah Bell, Steve Bell and Richard Baker had closer game, and with neither team able to capitalise on their opportunities, the game took over 90 minutes to play. At 11-11 BCCPC put their last boule right on the coche, with Kettleburgh having 2 boule left Richard’s shot ran back with the coche to give Kettleburgh the win 13-11.

In the open doubles Steve and Richard were able to get ahead with some good pointing and shooting and despite a late comeback from BCCPC, they were able to run out 13-7 winners to put Kettleburgh 2-1 up,

Deborah and Baillie had another close game in the mixed doubles, with neither team able to get more than a couple of points ahead. At 9-9 BCCPC edged closer to victory scoring a 2 to go 9-11 up. Kettleburgh replied with 2 points of their own to level the game at 11-11. In the next end a good first point by Deborah took 3 boule to beat, before her second point picked the coche up and moved back with it. BCCPC missed the shot, and failed to out point this with their last two, leaving Deborah to point in for game with her third boule, sealing a 3-1 win for Kettleburgh.

In the last open double Phil and Matt were involved in a tight battle, however with the score at 7-7, BCCPC conceded the game as a dead rubber once the mixed doubles were completed.

Thanks to BCCPC for their hospitality, with the game being played in great spirit.

A good team win for Kettleburgh means we now go forward to the Semi-Finals in June/July with the other 15 top club teams in the country.

Results of Team Vote on Proposals

The results of the Team Vote on the two proposals raised at the Team Representatives Meeting in February are now in and are as follows.

Proposal 1

Proposal to reverse the ordering of the divisions so we have larger leagues at the bottom of the pyramid and 5 teams in the higher divisions from the 2026 season onwards.

For - 24
Against - 4

Proposal 2

That the match format be changed to a round of 2 x pairs followed by a round of 1 x triples and 1 x singles from the 2026 season onwards.

For - 15
Against - 14

So both proposals have been carried and will be effective from the 2026 Summer Season.

Ladies League 2025

Team Fees £15 per pair, closing date for entries is 14th April 2025.

Electronic payment details are:
Bank - Lloyds Cornhill North Ipswich
Sort Code - 30-99-50
Account No - 67803562
Account Name - Suffolk Coastal Petanque Alliance

Norfolk v Suffolk Coastal …. The return…

So Norfolk are seeking revenge for last years defeat in the inaugaural match. After much back and forth we have finally agreed a date of 29th September – the format will be the same as last year, a mixture of doubles and triples in a Ryder Cup format, the venue will be Meadlands and the competition is open initially to SCR licence holders, if we do not achieve a full compliment of 24 we will then open to anyone. It will be £5 per person, food will be available at Meadlands, we will confirm nearer the time exactly what but at this stage please simply register interest via myself at [email protected], we will set up registration on the website shortly and I will also advertise there today….

SCR ‘Team Builder’

There is now a separate registration form for any players who would like to enter any of the Suffolk Coastal Region events but who do not have a full team.

This can be found under the REGISTRATION link called SCR PLAYERS LOOKING FOR A TEAM REGISTRATION

If there are two people looking for a third, please enter the name of the second player in the appropriate box so we know you are only looking for a third player.