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EuroCup Update
The PE EuroCup is an annual competition to find the top four Club teams who then play off in a Final to decide who will represent England at the Confédération de Européenne Pétanque (CEP) EuroCup. The runner-up clubs in each semi-final compete in the PE Cup, and teams eliminated in rounds one and two compete for the Plate competition.
In rounds 1.2 and 3, the competition is a best of 5 games format with teams playing Open Triples, Mixed Triples, Mixed Doubles and 2 Open Doubles.
The Suffolk Coastal Region entered two teams in the 2024/25 seasons, Meadlands and Kettleburgh, who were drawn to play each other in the first round, which Kettleburgh won.
Meadlands are currently waiting to see who they will meet in the Plate competition, whilst Kettleburgh played Feering Bell from Eastern Region in Round two on 8th February.
In the Open Triples, Mat Conway, Phil Pearson and Baillie Inglis never looked to be troubled, winning 13-3
In the mixed triples, Deborah Bell, Martin Inglis and Richard Baker looked to have edged ahead after scoring a 5 to go 11-7 up, only for Feering to reply with a 4 the next end to level the game. Some excellent pointing from Kettleburgh saw them holding two for game, and despite a valiant effort, Feering were unable to change this with their last two boule.
In the open doubles Mat and Phil kept the pressure on their opponents to win 13-3, sealing the match for Kettleburgh.
Whilst in the mixed doubles, Deborah and Baillie displayed some good pointing and shooting to score two 5 point ends, running out 13-6 winners.
In the other open doubles, Martin Inglis and Richard Baker started slowly, going 0-9 down, and struggled to get on back on terms, losing 6-13.
A good 4-1 win against an experienced team, the next match will be against Bob Carter Center Pétanque Club, date to be arranged.
Prizegiving and AGM
SCR AGM and SCPA & SCR Annual Prizegiving
The annual AGM for Suffolk Coastal Region will take place on 20th Oct at 1pm Riverside Centre, licence holders are welcome to attend and agenda has already been circulated.
This will be followed by the annual awards for all league cup and plate winners from. 2:15 – please feel free to bring snacks, the bar will be open!
Regional Triples 27th April
Our first tournament as new region will take place at Meadlands on 27th April, please register your team of 3 or 4 via the registration tab
Ladies Pairs and Triples League Registration
Registration is now open for the Ladies Pairs and Triples Leagues.
Team Representatives Meeting 2024
The 2024 Summer Team Representatives Meeting is being held at The Riverside Center, STRATFORD ST ANDREW, Suffolk, IP17 1LJ, on Friday 16th February at 7:30pm.
As always, it is a requirement for all teams to send a representative to the meeting, and failure to attend may result in penalty point(s) being deducted from your team.
The Agenda for the meeting is below, please note that in respect of Item 9, we invite teams to notify us by next Wednesday 14th of Any Other Business that they would like brought up and discussed, that hasn’t been covered elsewhere in the meeting.
SUFFOLK COASTAL PETANQUE ALLIANCE
REPS MEETING 16th FEBRUARY 2024, 7:30pm
RIVERSIDE CENTRE, STRATFORD ST ANDREW
- Review of 2023 Season - SIMON
- Finances & Statement of Account - SIMON
- Review of 2024 Summer Registration & League Structure - MARTIN
- Updated SCPA Guidance documents - PAUL & RICHARD
- Arranging matches and scheduled dates
- League match rules
- Disputes Panel process
- Pool of volunteers for disputes panel - STEPH & PAT
Suffolk Coastal Region Update
Please see the Suffolk Coastal Region page for an important update on our application.
Summer 2024 Registration Open
The Summer 2024 Registrations are now open.
Registration closes on 7th February and the Team Representatives Meeting will be held at the Riverside Centre in Stratford St Andrew on Friday 16th February at 7:30pm.
As usual, all teams are required to send a team member to the meeting.
SCR Update 2
A further update on our application to form Suffolk Coastal Region has been posted here.
Winter Woolies Triples Tournament
Winter Woolies Open Triples
Sunday 21st January 2024
Flint Hall, Creeting St Peter, near Needham Market
At our new venue of Flint Hall, near Needham Market, we are proposing an Open Triples event this coming January.
It will be a Triples Event, with your entry fee being inclusive of freshly baked pizza, teas and coffees. If you have any special dietary requirements, you need to let us know BEFORE the event.
There are on-site toilets and kitchen facility. A 100-person covered seating area, patio heaters, pizza oven and “bar area” available. Bring your own alcohol if you want to.
This event will be limited to a maximum of 12 triples teams (this is NOT a melee event, so it’s up to you to make your own triples teams). Each triples will get to play 4 games over a 5-round format. The games will be 45 minutes long plus one extra end. Final positions will be determined by wins.
The majority of your entry fee will then be paid to Flint Hall for the cost of food and drinks, with whatever we have left to be used towards prizes. Spot prizes will be awarded on the day for achieving certain mystery achievements.
To register your interest in receiving an official invite to this event, please either respond to this post or email me directly at [email protected].
First come, first served based upon the date and time of your registering of interest.
To avoid any confusion, if you are registering your interest, please let me know who your other two players are, so that I don’t double-count.
NOTE…this is an absolutely new piste and is only a few months old, there are some hard areas and some soft areas as would be expected from a piste this young. So you know what to expect……
