Registration for the 2026 Ladies League is now open, click here to register.
This season the date and venues for the Semi-Finals and Finals have been set in advance so everyone knows where and when they will be held.
Also to celebrate International Women's Day, all ladies league entrants are given free entrance to the Suffolk Coastal Region IWD competition being held on the 8th March at Eels Foot.
Summer League 2026 Registration is open.
The Team Representatives meeting is on Thursday 19th February at 7:30pm at The Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew.
Both the SCR and SCPA committees are aware of how busy our event calendars have become, so to try and help you plan we have published all the events for Winter 2025 and Summer 2026 on the Events page.
At present we do not have confirmation of when the Petanque England Inter Regional Tournament 2026 will be held, but based on previous years our best guess would be either the weekend of 13th/14th September or 20th/21st September 2026.
As one season ends, another begins, and it is now time to register for the SCPA Winter League 2025.
Entry is £15 per team, payment details are on the registration form, click here.
Entry Fee £15 per pair, closing date for entries is 31st August 2025.
Electronic payment details are:
Bank - Lloyds Cornhill North Ipswich
Sort Code - 30-99-50
Account No - 67803562
Account Name - Suffolk Coastal Petanque Alliance
I am delighted to let you know that £125 has been donated by SCPA to each of our nominated charities in memory of pétanque friends, Mike Fellowes, Margie Galloway, Steve Lloyd, Malcolm Turner, Nigel Strutt and Geoff Bell.
The 2025 Triples Plate competition is now online.
If you lost your first round Triples Cup match, you will be entered automatically into the Plate competition.
https://suffolkcoastalpetanque.co.uk/tournament/2025-triples-plate/
With the Regional Qualifiers next week, we currently have 10 teams entered. A few players are looking to form two more teams, so we’re seeking a few more players to join us and enter teams in both the Championship and Challenge competitions.
With 12 teams, everyone is guaranteed a spot in the competition. You’ll need to be available to travel from the afternoon of Friday, 12th September, until Monday, 15th September, to Weston-Super-Mare. During the Inter-Regionals, you’ll play seven games on Saturday and five on Sunday, making it a full-on Pétanque experience. The event will be held at a Holiday camp, previously at Pontins in Pakefield, but in 2025, we’re moving to Sand Bay in Weston-Super-Mare. The entry fee is around £170 per person for Half Board en suite accommodation, with single supplements applying. You will also need a full Pétanque England license.
The Qualifiers will still be held on Saturday, 10th May, and Saturday, 31st May, to determine the seedings, so you’ll need to be able to attend both days.
If you’d like to enter, please email richardbaker3@mac.com before Friday, 9th May.
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.
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 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.
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.
So both proposals have been carried and will be effective from the 2026 Summer Season.